FERRAGAMO SHOE PORN

ferragamo Rainbow What shoes would Judy Garland wear? Probably something that helped to compensate for her tiny five-foot frame, such as the platform sandals in rainbow suede that Salvatore Ferragamo designed for her in 1938 (pictured). What about Peggy Guggenheim? Andy Warhol? Marilyn Monroe? Ferragamo designed shoes for them all, and each bespoke model is beautiful, unique and odd. These shoes may be decades old, but their designs are still fresh, and timelessly weird. Owning a pair is enviable.

This is surely why Coccodrillo, a designer shoestore in Antwerp, Belgium, has collaborated with Ferragamo on a new line of shoe called "Ferragamo's Creations". The two companies have selected ten designs to update and reissue from the 13,000 models in Ferragamo's footwear archive, and the results are being sold in limited numbers at select stores and Ferragamo boutiques (with certificates of authenticity, body-guards, etc). Sounds like fun. The rest of us can simply gaze at the pictures with something like awe that feels more like desire.