FROM A TOY: Kan Pokkuri || Noritaka Tatehana, “Lady bloom” 2013 ___ Kan Pokkuri is a Japanese child game in which tin cans are used as stilts, with strings through them and used as handles. Of course we can also see an echo of 16th Century “chopines”. Chopine is a type of women’s platform shoe originally used as a patten, clog, or overshoe to protect the shoes and dress from mud and street soil. Chopines were popularly worn in Venice by both courtesans and patrician women. Besides their practical uses, the height of the chopine became a symbolic reference to the cultural and social standing of the wearer; the higher the chopine, the higher the status of the wearer. High chopines allowed a woman to tower over others. During the Renaissance, chopines became an article of women’s fashion and were made increasingly taller. We can also remember Giuseppe Zanotti’s heel less shoes widely inspired to chopines. Also Jeffrey Campbell gave us his version of chopines...even if I think that her was just a copy of the Zanotti ones 🤷‍♀️ #kanpokkuri #tincans #platform #chopines #giuseppezanotti #jeffreycampbell #noritakatatehana #ladybloom #fashioninspiration #fashionhistory #inspiration #insidethemood https://www.instagram.com/p/BpHeRmkiimQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a1a40bvydi8b
