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Shoetopia : contemporary footwear
Shoetopia is the ultimate book on designer shoes, exploring the ever-evolving world of footwear and the creative designers in it. Footwear design continues to be one of the most important and interesting areas of the fashion industry. This stunning book showcases the most exciting and innovative contemporary footwear designers from across the globe, from established, world-recognized brands like Jimmy Choo and Prada to the stars of the future. From traditional skills to extraordinary new developments in the industry, the book features original design sketches and beautiful photography, bringing together a rich array of desirable footwear.
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Footwear design
Footwear design has become the new dream career, and this book is the first guide to show the key skills and tips behind the trade, for both budding designers and anyone interested in shoes.Since Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik became household names, footwear design is now one of the most lucrative strands of any fashion brand.
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Learning while designing in a fourth-grade integrated STEM problem
This article reports on a 4th-grade problem activity implemented as part of a 4-year longitudinal, design research study across grades 3–6. The activity integrated the four STEM disciplines through a focus on design. Following investigations of their feet measurements and shoes, two classes of 9-year-olds explored the roles of designers and engineers in shoe manufacture, experimented with materials, and then designed and constructed their own pairs of shoes. A conceptual framework, towards informed design (adapted from Crismond and Adams in J Eng Educ 101(4):738–797, 2012), is advanced for exploring students’ learning while designing. Drawing on this framework, consideration is given to students’ use of design strategies, including posing their own problems and design aims, sketching their shoe designs, testing and reflecting on their products, and redesigning and reconstructing. Although more students expressed a desired shoe than a design problem to be solved, they nevertheless were able to develop their own design aims and constraints. Designing a functional and aesthetically pleasing shoe was most common, together with comfort. Material properties typically less accessible to young students (water repellent, durable, insulated) were also considered in their designs. Students’ attention to detail in their design sketches (e.g., style features, 2-D and 3-D perspectives, measurements, materials) suggested they had progressed beyond beginning designers. Likewise, students’ increased satisfaction with their redesigns, displaying knowledge of material properties, measurement and spatial skills, and design processes indicated progress towards informed design.
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Our shoes, our selves : 40 women, 40 stories, 40 pairs of shoes
Ask any woman about her favorite pair of shoes, and you're sure to get an answer that goes beyond their material design. In Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes, actress Bridget Moynahan and journalist Amanda Benchley ask 40 accomplished women to recount the memories behind their most meaningful pair of shoes. This collection features stories from icons like Bobbi Brown, Danica Patrick, and Misty Copeland to intrepid reporters like Christiane Amanpour and Katie Couric to creative forces like Rupi Kaur, Maya Lin, and Gretchen Rubin. Beautifully illustrated with a portrait of each woman and her chosen shoes, the stories explore what most women already know: that what we wear can have power and significance beyond merely clothing our bodies. Our Shoes, Our Selves reveals these remarkable journeys, and the steps these inspiring women have taken to get there, with the hopes of encouraging all women to forge their own paths
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Deformable foot orthoses redistribute power from the ankle to the distal foot during walking
Recently, carbon fiber plates, or orthoses, have been incorporated into footwear to improve running performance, presumably through improved energy storage and return. However, few studies have explored the energetic effects these orthoses have on the distal foot, have utilized such orthoses in walking, and none have sought to specifically harness metatarsophalangeal joint deformation to store and return energy to the ankle–foot complex. To address these gaps, we developed and tested a deformable carbon fiber foot orthosis aiming to harness foot energetics and quantify the resulting effects on ankle energetics during walking in healthy adults. Eight subjects walked under three conditions: barefoot (BF), with minimalist shoes (SH), and with bilateral, deformable foot orthoses in the minimalist shoes (ORTH). Ankle and distal foot energetics, foot-to-floor and ankle angle, stance time, step length, and max center of pressure (COP) position were calculated. When walking with the orthoses, subjects showed 263.6% increase in positive distal foot work along with a 31.9% decrease in ankle work and little to no change in the overall ankle–foot complex work. Step length, stance time, and max anterior COP position significantly increased with orthosis use. No statistical or visual differences were found between BF and SH conditions indicating that our findings were due to the foot orthoses. These results suggest this foot orthosis redistributes power from the ankle to the distal foot for healthy adults, reducing the energetic demand on the ankle. These results lay the foundation for designing orthotics and footwear to improve ankle–foot energetics for clinical populations.
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Walk this way : footwear from the Stuart Weitzman collection of historic shoes
\"Famous for his trademark use of unique materials and his creation of one-of-a-kind, \"million dollar\" shoes for Oscar nominees, American designer Stuart Weitzman's personal collection of antique shoes features a similarly eclectic range. Lavishly illustrated with one hundred color photographs from the Stuart Weitzman Collection, this new volume explores the impact of twentieth-century design and culture on the evolution of women's shoes from 1870-1980. It is a must-have for all shoe fans. Edward Maeder is the founding director of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. Stuart A. Weitzman is the founder of the eponymous ,o shoe company Stuart Weitzman\"-- Provided by publisher.
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A New Method and Set of Parameters for Evaluating the Cushioning Effect of Shoe Heels, Revealing the Inadvertent Design of Running Shoes
According to standards, the heel soles of running shoes are currently tested with an energy absorption of 5 J. This study offers an alternative method to improve the measurement of cushioning properties. The new method uses the ratio of absorbed energy to applied force and determines the maximum of this ratio (optimum or shoulder point) and the associated optimal force, energy, and displacement. This method was applied to 112 shoe models using compression testing. The method was found to be insensitive to strain rates and identified shoes that were over-, well-, or under-designed (running before, at, or after the shoulder point, respectively) relative to the range of the first ground reaction force peak (0.700–2 kN). The optimum ratio was between 0.6 J/kN (barefoot shoes) and 11.2 J/kN (Puma RuleBreaker), the optimal energy was between 0.5 and 40.6 J, the optimal force was between 0.1 and 4.6 kN, and the optimal displacement was between 3 and 23 mm. Participants ran at or near the shoulder point (within the design forgiveness range) unless they were too heavy and ran at their preferred running speed. This study proposes replacing current standards with the new method, allowing consumers to make informed decisions regarding injury prevention while running.
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Shoe : contemporary footwear by inspiring designers
\"From Amâelie Pichard's quirky yet wearable oxfords and Nicholas Kirkwood's towering stilettos to Aquazzura's elegant but spicy sandals and Chelsea Paris's formidable heels as wearable art, Shoe: Contemporary Footwear by Inspiring Designers features thirty master shoe designers from Brazil, France, Italy, Poland, Russia, the UK, and the United States, as unique as their creations. Each profile features a biography that highlights the designer's working practices and key sources of inspiration. Illustrations include portraits of the designers, studio shots of mood boards, sketches, swatches, early samples and coordinating accessories, and full-color images of glorious finished designs. Complete with an introduction and notes of the designers' websites and blogs, Shoe is the perfectly curated resource for discovering some of the most inspiring style originals working in the field of footwear today\"--Publisher's description.
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The Influence of Medial and Lateral Forefoot Height Discrepancy on Lower Limb Biomechanical Characteristics during the Stance Phase of Running
Previous research has predominantly focused on the biomechanical effects of anterior–posterior foot motion during running, with comparatively less attention given to medial–lateral foot motion and its impact on lower limb biomechanical characteristics. We recruited 18 healthy runners who wore five different types of running shoes: regular shoes (NS), those with a 6 mm and 9 mm medial–lateral height difference in the forefoot (M6, M9), and those with a 6 mm and 9 mm lateral–medial height difference (L6, L9). Biomechanical parameters of lower limb joints during the stance phase of running, including range of motion, peak angular velocity, peak moment, power, and work, were analyzed. We used paired-sample t-tests and one-dimensional statistical parametric mapping (SPM1D) to compare joint biomechanics between shoes with varying height differences and NS. Under the L6 condition, notable differences occurred in the hip and knee flexion–extension moments during landing and push-off, accompanied by a significant increase in ankle dorsiflexion work and a significant decrease in inversion–eversion work. In contrast, the M9 condition resulted in decreased hip flexion–extension peak moment, power, and work in the sagittal plane. These findings indicate that varying forefoot medial–lateral height differences in running shoes significantly impact lower limb joint dynamics during the stance phase, particularly the L6 condition, potentially reducing knee injury risk and aiding gait improvement for overpronators. The findings offer valuable insights for sports injury prevention and athletic footwear design. However, further research is needed to understand the underlying mechanisms and practical implications for sports injury prevention and performance enhancement.
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