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Product Description Postcard book featuring 30 postcards of high-heeled shoes from the exhibit Head Over Heels Over Heels: One Collector's Love Affair with Shoes. This exhibit featured 600 pairs of high-heeled shoes from the collection of David Childs ranging from the late 1890s to 2010. Head Over Heels Over Heels is on exhibit at the Yakima Valley Museum from February through June 2012. The postcard book contains photos of thirty of the shoes and photos from the exhibit. Review Head for the Heels Yakima Valley Museum's new soulful exhibition is worth trying on by Harriet Baskas AAA Journey You don t have to take off your shoes before entering the new exhibition at the Yakima Valley Museum, but you may find yourself wishing you d left those scuffed up sneakers at home. That s because in Head over Heels: One Collector s Love Affair with Shoes, visitors are just steps away from more than 600 exquisite and rare examples of the most fashionable high-heeled footwear from the late 1800 s to the present. The exhibit is drawn from a much larger collection of shoes belonging to 68-year old Yakima resident David Childs, who remembers being fascinated with shoes as a child. I grew up in the Midwest and my first collection of shoes were paper shoes I d cut out of the Montgomery Ward catalog, says Childs. As an adult, working in shoe stores and learning more about fashion and fit, Childs began visiting vintage and antique stores and stitching together his collection. He knew exactly what he was after. I don t do flats, boots, practical shoes, matching handbags or sets, he says, This is a cultural history of the 20th century as told through pristine, displayable, high-heeled shoes. By that he means Art Deco shoes from the 1920 and 1930s, platform, ankle-strap shoes of the 1940 s, pointed stiletto heels from the 50s and other eras ( Wait around and the styles come back, says Childs) and some unusual, experimental and one-of-