Take a peek into our nearly 15,000 collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we share interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this pair? When did they enter the BSM collection? These low-cut, lace-up sneakers would have been worn for a variety of athletic and […]
From the Vault: L.P. Perchellet Boots
Take a peek into our 14,000+ collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we’re sharing interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this pair? When did they enter the BSM collection? These pair of boots, along with five other identical pairs, was purchased for the museum […]
From the Vault: Ceremonial Shoes
Take a peek into our 14,000+ collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we’re sharing interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this pair? When did they enter the BSM collection? This pair of ceremonial shoes was purchased for the museum by Sonja Bata in Yangon, […]
From the Vault: Jox Cross Country Sample Sneaker
Take a peek into our 14,000+ collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we’re sharing interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this pair? When did they enter the BSM collection? This sample sneaker (c. 1978), the Jox Cross Country, was donated to the museum by […]
From the Vault: Roger Vivier Pullovers
Take a peek into our 14,000+ collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we’re sharing interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this object? When did they enter the BSM collection? This is a ‘pullover’ of Roger Vivier’s design, The Rocket, and was created for Yves […]
The Beauty of Beads
By Elizabeth Semmelhack, Senior Curator Small, luminous and colourful, beads have been used to decorate footwear around the world for centuries. Historically beads have been crafted from a wide variety of natural sources such as pearls but even in ancient times some of the most desirable beads were made of glass. From the very beginning […]
From the Vault: Mules from Malaaca
Take a peek into our 14,000+ collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we’re sharing interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this pair? When did they enter the BSM collection? This pair of mules was acquired by the museum from Christie’s in London in 1998. […]
Footwear and the Pandemic
We have been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year, and much has been written about its impact on global fashions. For those of us who study this field, these past 15 months have offered an amazing opportunity to examine how consumer habits have changed when it comes to footwear, and to start […]
From the Vault: Kadohadacho Moccasins
Take a peek into our 14,000+ collection with our blog series, From the Vault! Every other week, we’re sharing interesting stories about one of our artefacts. What is the provenance of this pair? When did they enter the BSM collection? This pair of moccasins was one of four made by Kadohadacho maker Sun-wit Sturm née […]
Nude
At the Bata Shoe Museum, we often use footwear to explore histories of larger cultural concepts such as gender, capitalism, sex, colonialism and race. Often, these complicated stories are not obvious from just looking at the shoes themselves – it is through careful research on the history of the shoes and the contexts in which […]