JOHANNA PRESTON, Melbourne (manufacturer), VIXEN, Melbourne (manufacturer), Johanna PRESTON (designer), Petr ZLY (designer), Meredith ROWE (designer), Georgia CHAPMAN (designer)
Platform mules
1998 {spring-summer}
Medium
leather, velvet, straw, resin
Measurements
(a-b) 11.5 × 25.0 × 9.0 cm (each)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1998
© Preston Zly design, © Textile design by Georgia Chapman and Meredith Rowe
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
label, sewn to insole, woven in burgundy polyester on white polyester: JOHANNA PRESTON / FOR / Vixen Austalia
Accession Number
1998.110.a-b
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Physical description
Mules with platform covered in natural woven straw, overprinted with a floral design in black, The base of the platform curves up at the toe and down at the rear of the sole, forming a flat heel base to balance the mules.
The open-toe uppers are of grey silk velvet, printed with a lace design in black andlined with leather. the insole and sole are leather and the top-piece of the heel is black resin.