In pictures: World at Your Feet conference in Northampton
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Natalie Alexandrou, who is studying for a fashion degree focusing on footwear accessories, looks at a pair of embroidered Chinese shoes from the Northampton Museum collection.
Professor Giorgio Riello, of the University of Warwick, delivers his keynote speech at the World at your Feet conference in Northampton.
Delegates chat and discuss footwear-related interests.
Not all of the interesting footwear on display was in glass cabinets. Here one Northampton University student shows off her pair of Dr Martens shoes.
Martha Stafford (left) and Kelly Spillane admire items from Northampton Museum, home to the world's largest collection of shoes.
As well as leading experts in the fashion and footwear sector, delegates included university students studying for degrees in fashion.
The two-day conference will hear about shoe manufacture in China, the subculture surrounding Vivienne Westwood's designs, the popularity of Clarks Originals in Jamaica and how World War II shaped the development of the stiletto in the 1950s.
Although the human foot has remained unchanged shoes have shown incredible diversity, delegates were told.
This red-heeled shoe by designer Vivienne Westwood was one of the items on display during the conference.
- Published16 March 2013