Live Auction 4175The Daphne Guinness Collection
A PAIR OF ANGEL WING GOLD AND BLACK PLATFORM ANKLE BOOTS
Lot 65

A PAIR OF ANGEL WING GOLD AND BLACK PLATFORM ANKLE BOOTS

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, AUTUMN/WINTER 2010

Closed27 June 2012

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GBP 15,000

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A PAIR OF ANGEL WING GOLD AND BLACK PLATFORM ANKLE BOOTS
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, AUTUMN/WINTER 2010
The vamps and uppers of black satin, embellished with bronze-gold glass beads, the platform, sole and heel painted gold, an angel forming the heel, her wings forming the platform, zip closure to the inside ankle
Size 40
Labelled 'ALEXANDER MCQUEEN' to the insole and monogrammed to the sole (2)

Specialist note

These shoes are probably Daphne's favourite pair within the sale; angel heels are exquisite and remind her of Lee's interest in the celestial.
Compare: Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, Andrew Bolton, 2011, pp. 95-96 for two similar pairs from the same collection.