‘Manolo s work is his response to life. This book is my response to that.’with these words, renowned Photographer Eric Boman sums up Blahnik by Boman. his extraordinary,collaboration with legendary shoe designer Manolo Blahnfk.
In over 165 breathtaking photographs.Blahnik’s exquisitely detailed, unabashedly luxurious and impossibly, sexy shoes take centre stage in a fabulous array of settings--a flirty slipper caught in a mouse trap;a nautical shoe on a jaunty day out at the beach, an achingly romant e shoe next to its love...
In over 165 breathtaking photographs.Blahnik’s exquisitely detailed, unabashedly luxurious and impossibly, sexy shoes take centre stage in a fabulous array of settings -a flirty slipper caught in a mouse trap;a nautical shoe on a jaunty day out at the beach, an achingly romant e shoe next to its love. a full-blown rose;a feather-trimmed shoe ferociouslv attacked by the owner of lhose very tail-feathers: a crocodile shoe found lurking in a swamp. Boman’s unerring eve and uncannv empatly with Blahnik’s creativity make for spellbinding and wickedly amusing pictures, which also allude to the collaborators’many shared and eclectic influences.from the cinema to history,from the natural world to art and literature.
Witty,playful,beautiful,totally, unique, this book. complele with entertaining snippets of conversation between Blahnik and Boman.and an introduction by their great friend Paloma Picasso,is a remarkable visual dialogue between two outstandingly creative talents.For any shoe lover ,it will be just as covetable as a pair of ‘Manolos’.