Xcite Books Awards 2012

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As seen through a telescope (1900) and The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903)

These silent shorts are thought to be the first foot fetish films ever made. As seen through a telescope (aka The Professor and His Field Glass) was a British short silent comedy film made in 1900 and directed by George Albert Smith. The story line concerns an elderly gentleman who is watching a young couple through a telescope. When her shoe lace becomes untied he glimpses her ankle as the boy attempts to tie the shoe. Aware they are being watched the young man knocks the old man’s hat off when they eventually pass the street.



The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903) was filmed by Edwin Stanley Porter (The Great Train Robbery ) at Thomas Edison's company in New York on July 23, 1903. The story tells of an amorous young shoe clerk who takes advantage of his customer when her ankle is exposed during trying a pair of high-heeled slippers. Obviously overcome he kisses the flirtatious girl while her chaperon is temporarily distracted reading a paper. Once the chaperon realises what is happeneing she proceeds to beat the clerk with her umbrella before dragging the girl form the store. The simple storyline demonstrates perfectly it is possible to convey characters' amorous intentions by very simple means, without using explicit material. The audience are also left to ponder was this a chance encounter or a clandestine appointment.The early movie is also notable for its early use of matched shot editing, with a close-up of the customer's ankle and a longer establishing shot used in combination with each other.

David Lynch and Christian Louboutin's Fetsh Exhibition 2007

In 2007, Christian Louboutin collaborated with the film-maker David Lynch on Fetish, an exhibition of his shoes in Lynch's photographs. The subjects are depicted as erotic sculptural objects including ballet pumps made vertical by an impossible heel, or shoes with heels projecting inches beyond the sole.

God save my shoes

Director: Julie Benasra

The documentary explores the complex and often fascinating world of women and their relationship to their footwear. The originall idea came from for the film’s producer Thierry Daher ( “Just For Kicks” a history of sneakers through hip hop) who thought a psycho-social profile of woemn and their shoes would also be interesting. Thierry invited Julie to direct it and she travelled the world interviewing shoe lovers, designers and experts (but not me ?). On screen interviews include Elizabeth Semmelhak (curator at the Bata Museum), shoe designer, Christian Louboutin, shoe collector, Beth Shak, and burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, among others. Interesting insight into the shoe psychology.

Gaga on dildo heels

Lady Gaga wore giant heels recently on American Idol. Nothing unusual there perhaps but on closer scrutiny the heels were shaped like phalic batons. The $4,500 leather and Lucite platforms were made by British label, Void of Course. The shoes are part of the label’s Impossibility of Love collection.

Walk a mile in her shoes ®

Walk a mile in her shoes ® is a United Gender Movement, dedicated to ending sexualized violence. It was started in 2001 by Frank Baird and has grown to become a world-wide movement with tens of thousands of men raising millions of dollars for local rape crisis centres, domestic violence shelters and other sexualized violence education, prevention and remediation programs. In 2007, Frank formed Venture Humanity, Inc, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation which develops peace, violence prevention and community projects. The mission of Walk a mile in her shoes ® is to create a unique and powerful public experience that educates individuals and communities about the causes of sexualized violence, provides them with prevention and remediation strategies and empowers them to further develop and implement the skills and knowledge interpersonally and politically. The organisation helps inform the world of the valuable contributions men are making to stop sexualized violence.

Funky Foot Fetish

TJ Wade (lead singer and keyboard player) of Foot Patrol has a foot fetish and embraces it fully through the music of his band. The Austin band are about to release, Pussyfootin'.

Foot Patrol - Pussyfooting by pressjunkiepr