From Roman sandals to trainers and stilettos. Shahidha Bari looks at the shoe trade, with guests including Thomas Turner, who has written about sneakers in his book The Sports Shoe, A History From Field To Fashion; Tansy Hoskins,who examines global commerce in her book Footwork: What Your Shoes Are Doing To The World; Rebecca Shawcross, Shoe Curator at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery; and Roman shoe expert Owen Humphreys from Museum of London Archaeology.

Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street runs at the Design Museum in London until October 24th
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery and its collection of over 15,000 shoes has re-opened this July following a £6million revamp.

Producer: Emma Wallace