The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yantorny Shoe Journal and Pen (MJ1116)

Housed in The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the three sensational shoes depicted on the Shoe Journals are highly imaginative works of art. Amusingly brought to life with faux fabric, sparkles, and rhinestones, these shoes will please even the pickiest fanatic. Journal has 128 pages and is approximately 3 x 4-inches, includes a jewel-topped pen. The Museum’s Costume Institute houses a collection of more than eighty thousand costumes and accessories spanning five continents and just as many centuries, arguably the greatest such collection in the world. From the father of couture, Charles Frederick Worth, to the mother of chic, Coco Chanel, from 1960s pop iconography and paper dresses to postmodern designers such as Rei Kawakubo and fashion maverick Alexander McQueen, the depth and breadth of the collection is simply unmatched. Always send the right message with a delightful selection of signature holiday cards, correspondence cards, and notecard boxes, along with calendars, address books, pens, and notepads, featuring artworks from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Proceeds from the sale of all products are used to support the Museum, one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional standards.