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2. Platform shoe - Wikipedia

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   Platform shoes may also be high heels, in which case the heel is raised significantly higher than the ball of the foot. Extreme heights, of both the sole and heel, can be found in fetish footwear such as ballet boots , where the sole may be up to 20 cm (8 in) high and the heels up to 40 cm (16 in) or more.

3. High-heeled shoe - Wikipedia

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   International Standard ballroom shoes for women are closed-toed shoes with a sturdy 2-to-2.5-inch heel because steps are performed using the foot's heel. [56] International Latin and American Rhythm shoes are open-toed, strapped heels that are an average of 2.5 to 3 inches in height.

4. Court shoe - Wikipedia

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   A court shoe (British English) or pump (American English) is a shoe with a low-cut front, or vamp, with either a shoe buckle or a black bow as ostensible fastening. Deriving from the 17th- and 18th-century dress shoes with shoe buckles, the vamped pump shape emerged in the late 18th century.

5. Manchu platform shoes - Wikipedia

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   The lower portion of the shoe was a high platform heel which was made out of wood while the upper portion shoe was made of fabric. [3] The sole was padded with several layers of cotton which could have allowed the shoes to be worn indoor or only when there were special events. [3] The right and the left were interchangeable. [3]

6. Sandal - Wikipedia

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   Huarache, a Mexican sandal, [14] with sole made of a tire tread, or huarache (running shoe), a flat sandal used by minimalist runners. Jelly sandals or jelly shoes were originally a version of the classic fisherman sandal made in PVC plastic. They were invented in 1946 by Frenchman Jean Dauphant in response to a post-war leather shortage.

7. Stride Rite Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Stride Rite was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1919, as the Green Shoe Manufacturing Company (“Green Shoe”) by Thomas LaLonde ,Jacob A. Slosberg and Philip Green. After founding the company, Thomas LaLonde, who owned the name Stride Rite, and Philip Green sold his interest to Slosberg twelve years later and Slosberg's sons Samuel and ...