19 Fashion Coffee Table Books All Footwear Fanatics Should Own Allie Fasanella
If you have a shoe lover in your life or consider yourself to be one, the book world is filled with fun footwear-themed titles from designer monographs and sneaker collectors’ guides to artsy photo books perfect for the coffee table. Ahead, our 20 favorite shoe-centric coffee table boots and where to find them.
“Sneakers”
Esquire contributing editor Alex French and
Wall Street Journal contributing editor Howie Kahn, this 320-page tome takes readers inside some of the sneaker industry’s most legendary stories. Featured throughout are photos and interviews with the people at the center of the action, including basketball great Kobe Bryant, tennis icon Serena Williams, Kith founder Ronnie Fieg, Nike designer Tinker Hatfield and advertising titan Jim Riswold.
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