Alice Eve was born on February 6, 1982 in Great Britain. She began her career in 2004, with appearances in the TV movies Hawking and The Rotters’ Club, in addition to the feature film Stage Beauty. In the 2010s, Eve starred as the unattainable lead character in She’s Out of My League, and also signed on to appear in Sex and the City 2! Alice was once named sixth most eligible woman in Britain by Tatler magazine.
History of shoes is retold in 209 beautiful prints in a new release by The Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, with introduction by none other than Sarah Jessica Parker.
If you love shoes, you can’t let this one pass without a copy landing in your collection. At 232 pages of authoritative content coming from the Costume Institute of Metropolitan Museum of Art, 209 photographs of stunning creations from the museum’s permanent collection are sure to impress.
This one-of-a-kind compilation brings together oeuvres by many innovators. Andre Perugia, Italian born French shoe maker, designed for the rich and famous and started the Padova brand. Roger Vivier invented the stiletto. Beth Levine, a female designer in a men dominated industry, invented the ingenious “Spring-o-lator” to keep backless shoes from slipping off the foot.
Also present are the designs from Manolo Blahnik, stiletto heel loyalist popularized by “Sex and the City” TV series, Vivienne Westwod, British designer and political activist, Christian Louboutin known for his red-soles and many more. The styles featured in the book cover 500 years of shoe history.
“When I was asked to write the introduction to 100 Shoes, my reaction was ‘Only 100?'” Sarah Jessica Parker reportedly exclaimed when offered the honor, as Stylist.com reports. You will certainly wish there were more.
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