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January 11th, 2010 No comments

Toe Platform Shoes

Platform Shoes – High Fashion

There are only a few things in life that is secure. Some would say that death and taxes, but those immersed in the world of fashion trends that are even more reliable. No matter what time of fashion identifies with most, all you have to do is waiting long enough and is almost guaranteed to see the elements of this current fashion trend once again emerge. Bell funds are an example, and another is heels platform. If you are looking for a way to bring a bit of funk back into your closet and your life, there can be faster than getting a pair of platform boots.

If you've never heard of before platform shoes, you should know that first emerged in the late 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s. They were simply the soled shoes that have very thick, usually under the toe, but sometimes in the heel. These thick soles are the property of which eventually gave your name, platform shoes, because it was almost like you are walking around his personal platform. Once the trend caught platform in 1975, was considered essential that would have at least two soles of the feet and five inches thick inch high heels in order to be considered at all hip.

Something that may surprise on platform shoes that women were not the only ones using them. The men who identified with the fast-paced, sexy nightclub scene were also known to be viewed using the platforms, however, there usually do not have the five-inch high heels. If you do not live in the 1970s that you should know that was certainly a moment sex, drugs and rock and roll. Those who had escaped the era of the hippies were in search of a shoe with a little more edge to it, and platform shoes were what they found.

Soon the genres of fashion and popular art began to combine and stir together. The platforms result was so ostentatious that were works of art in themselves. psychedelic colors and patterns were the norm for wearing platform shoes more fashionable.

Women wearing platform shoes were seen in different types of folk art, magazines, photography, fashion shows and even paintings. People around the world wore platform shoes and love the way their high way.

About the Author

Allison Rossino is a fashion writer and student based in Chicago.

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