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Salvatore Deodato for Romea
At The MAA (Museum of Applied Art) | Belgrade, Serbia
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Quando nel 2011 fu organizzata la mostra "Salvatore Deodato - dall'ideazione alla crezione" presso il Museo "Cav. Vincenzo Andolfi" di Sant'Elpidio A Mare, si pensava che l'eccentrica serie che il designer realizzò per il calzaturificio Romea di Campagna Lucia (VE), con la collaborazione del tacchificio Vale, fosse andata irrimediabilmente perduta.
Ora invece stanno emergendo esemplari da musei ogni volta diversi anche se nessuno - finora - era stato attribuito a Deodato.
Dopo la versione conservata presso la Walker Art Gallery di Liverpool, quella esposta al LVR di Bonn e la versione conservata al Ledermuseum di Waalwijk in Olanda, ora è la volta di Belgrado, in Serbia, dove la mostra "Oh, Those Shoes!" ne presenta un paio ancora diverso.
Dopo la versione conservata presso la Walker Art Gallery di Liverpool, quella esposta al LVR di Bonn e la versione conservata al Ledermuseum di Waalwijk in Olanda, ora è la volta di Belgrado, in Serbia, dove la mostra "Oh, Those Shoes!" ne presenta un paio ancora diverso.
"Le scarpe presso il nostro museo sono marchiate Romea e credo furono disegnate da Salvatore Deodato. L'allora adolescente Lana Zafirović di Belgrado le acquistò a Milano, dopo averle viste sulla copertina di Vogue nel 1972."
The exhibition "Salvatore Deodato - From concept to creation" at the Museum "Cav. Vincenzo Andolfi" in Sant 'Elpidio a Mare was organized in 2011. It seemed at that time that the stunning series created by the designer for the shoe factory Romea (Campagna Lucia – Venice), in collaboration with the last maker Vale, was lost forever.
So it comes with great surprise that different models are popping up from museums across Europe, even though not attributed to Deodato (until now).
The iconic Deodato/Romea model is now showcased in Belgrade, Serbia at the exhibition "Oh, Those Shoes!”, following the one kept at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, the model on display at the LVR’s Schuhtick exhibition (Bonn) and the pair stored at the Leather Museum in Waalwijk, Netherlands.
The iconic Deodato/Romea model is now showcased in Belgrade, Serbia at the exhibition "Oh, Those Shoes!”, following the one kept at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, the model on display at the LVR’s Schuhtick exhibition (Bonn) and the pair stored at the Leather Museum in Waalwijk, Netherlands.
"The shoes of our Museum are branded Romea and, I believe, designed by Salvatore Deodoto. Lana Zafirović, a teenager from Belgrade, had seen those shoes on the cover of the Vogue and bought them in Milan in 1972."
told us Mrs. Bojana Popović, curator of the exhibition"Oh, Those Shoes!".
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FOUR OF A KIND
1973 | Salvatore Deodato
At museums across Europe
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Clockwise from top left:
01 | Belgrade, Museum of Applied Art | Photo Source: Designed
02 | Bonn, Germany | At The Schuhtick Exhibition | Photograph by Inge Specht
03 | Waalwijk, Nederland | Leder en Schoenen Museum | Waalwijk (Cortesy of by Inge Specht)
04 | Liverpool, England | Walker Art Gallery
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1973 | Salvatore Deodato for heelmaker VALE
S. Elpidio A Mare, Marche region
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And then, two years later, the Deodato model started to appear elsewhere: the first one from none other than Hollywood (Santa Monica actually) king of shoes Fred Slatten (1992 - 2015). A two-page spread in US TV Guide described the shoe as:
Slatten's hole-in-the-wall wedgie (center) is of laminated wood with decoupage sides and a $ 90 price tag.
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1975 | Fred Slatten
From: TV Guide - November 15, 1975
Source: Goldmine Trash
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1977 | U.K.
Source: British Pathé
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More likely a reproduction than a Deodato original found in this 1977 video from British Pathé about the damages platform shoes can cause the wearer. The video description says:
Location Unknown / Unclear - London?
Girls and men walking. Reporter interviewing various people about the claims that platform shoes being health hazard. An expert talks about it but is not very good in convincing a girl not to wear them (The Deodatos). More people on the street being interviewed. Some people say they look ridiculous, shoe salesman defences them with bizarre explanations etc. The end of an item shows the reporter wearing platform shoes and having difficulty walking. Voiceover informs that most of the injuries happen in the first few days of wearing them. Reporter walks off with difficulty.
(163 ft - Mag. Track in 4645 F)
Cataloguer's note - brilliant item, very entertaining.
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1977 | Platform Shoes | U.K.
Source: British Pathé
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1973 | Salvatore Deodato as seen in
Museum Cav. Andolfi | S. Elpidio A Mare (Marche region)
Photograph: Matteo Zaffaroni
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