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2. Sandal - Wikipedia

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   Roman sandal, a sandal held to the foot by a vamp composed of a series of equally spaced, buckled straps; Saltwater sandals, a flat sandal developed in the 1940s as a way of coping with wartime leather shortages, primarily worn by children; Soft foam sandals, invented in 1973, are made from closed-cell soft foam and uses surgical tubing for the ...

3. Platform shoe - Wikipedia

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   While a wide variety of styles were popular during this period, including boots, espadrilles, oxfords, sneakers, and sandals of all description, with soles made of wood, cork, or synthetic materials, the most popular style of the late 1960s and early 1970s was a simple quarter-strap sandal with tan water buffalo-hide straps, on a beige suede ...

4. Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia

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   A pair of geta. Geta (pl. geta) [1] are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops.A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three (though commonly two) "teeth", held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground.

5. Stiletto heel - Wikipedia

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   Stiletto heels may vary in length from 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) to 25 cm (10 inches) or more if a platform sole is used, and are sometimes defined as having a diameter at the ground of less than 1 cm (slightly less than half an inch). Stiletto-style heels 5 cm (2.0 in) or shorter are called kitten heels. [citation needed]

6. Manchu platform shoes - Wikipedia

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   Chinese Manchu platform shoes refers to the traditional high platform shoes worn by Manchu women which appeared in the early Qing dynasty and continued to be worn even in the late Qing dynasty. [1] [2] It is a type of Qixie (Chinese: 旗鞋; lit. 'Manchu shoes'), Manchu shoes, [1] which forms part of the Qizhuang, the traditional attire of the ...

7. Slip-on shoe - Wikipedia

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   They began as casual shoes, but have increased in popularity to the point of being worn in America with business suits. Another design was introduced as Aurlandskoen (the Aurland Shoe) in Norway (early 20th century). [3] A less casual, earlier type of slip-on is made with side goring (sometimes called a dress loafer). [4]