Platforms were not ‘invented’ in the 70’s! Long before the platform heel exploded into our lives in the 1970’s it had actually been around in many disguises centuries before. The history of platform shoes includes the Okobo, the Kabkab, the
“I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end.”
“I’m like old shoes. I’ve never been hip. I think the reason I’m still here is that I was never enough in fashion that I had to be replaced by something new.”
“Most ankle strap shoes are seriously unattractive, cutting the line of the leg as well as cutting off the circulation! Try dancing in them – your feet will look like a pair of overdone hotdogs afterwards.”
“It takes a real man to fill my shoes.”
Cinderella… proof that a new pair of shoes can change your life.
“A lot of guys I know are into this whole scarf trend. Not my thing. I prefer to update and personalize my style with the smaller things, like a pocket square or, again, with the shoes. All in the details.”
“I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. Everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large.”
“When I’m down, I might find something that I haven’t worn for a while that was bought for me – or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.”
‘The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
“Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.”