Join us for a look into the fascinating world of collectible footwear with Elizabeth Semmelhack, Director and Senior Curator of Toronto's Bata Shoe Museum on Thursday 20 January at 3:00pm (GMT).
Elizabeth is one of the world's top, game-changing fashion curators, and author of Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture. During her impressive career, she has been featured in a wide range of world publications as an art and fashion historian and footwear expert, such as The New York Times, National Geographic, Vogue, Elle, InStyle, Forbes Magazine, The New Yorker Magazine and The Washington Post.
Amanda Gray will discuss with Elizabeth how and why sneakers have come to be such hot commodities, the role of the resale market in transforming them into high-value items, and the risks and rewards of investing in sneakers, from limited-release collaborations to NFTs.
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