Virtual Shoe Museum
This virtual museum from Shoe Icons Publishing showcases over 800 pairs of shoes and related reference information. Follow the development of footwear from the 17th Century through the present (Salvatore Ferragamo, Manolo Blahnik, etc). Browse the collection by era, designer, brand, or country of origin. Click on each shoe for high resolution detail and a description. The site also contains illustrations, catalogs, magazines, cards, and stamps. Not to mention shoe widgets for techie shoe lovers!
If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles