Walk into history in new shoe exhibit at The Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach

It’s time to talk about what Shireen loves more than her shower caps, her co-host, or her perfect skin, and that’s shoes. There’s a new exhibit at a SoFlo museum that’s letting you step into the world of footwear and its history in a unique way.

Every shoe has a sole, and every pair tells a story.

From iconic, fairytale slippers to music’s funkiest accessory.

As the saying goes, if the shoe fits, wear it, and head over to the Wolfsonian FIU in Miami Beach.

The museum is stepping it up with its new exhibit.

Danielle Charlap: “The exhibition is called Foot Notes: Shoes, Symbolism, and Society, and it’s really footnotes, little vignettes about interesting facts about shoes in the first half of the 20th century.”

Think of it as a different kind of look into the history of shoes.

Danielle Charlap: “The exhibition starts with symbolic shoes before you even enter, with a section on Cinderella. I came across an X-ray shoe fluoroscope, which was used for trying on shoes and making sure they fit. We have these amazing posters that have the symbol of shoes. This piece here hasn’t been shown for 40 years. It’s by this artist Ann Slavit.”

Danielle Charlap: “She also really sees it as a personal biographical pie...