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2. Winklepicker - Wikipedia

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   The male shoes were lace-up Oxford style with a low heel and an exaggerated pointed toe. A Chelsea boot style (elastic-sided with a two-inch—later as much as two-and-one-half-inch—Cuban heels) was notably worn by the Beatles but although it had a pointed toe, was not considered to be a winklepicker. Winklepicker shoes were also worn by ...

3. Slingback - Wikipedia

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   A slingback is a type of woman's footwear characterized by an ankle strap that crosses only around the back and sides of the ankle and heel, whereas a typical strap completely encircles the ankle all the way around it. It typically has a low vamp front similar to that of classic full shoe heels.

4. Pointed shoe - Wikipedia

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   Pointed or pointy shoe or shoes may refer to: Beatle boots, a variant of Chelsea boots worn in Britain and elsewhere from the 1950s to present; Calcei repandi, pointed shoes fashionable in ancient Etruscan culture; see Daily life of the Etruscans § Shoes; Ciocie, worn by Italian peasants since the medieval period

5. Pointe shoe - Wikipedia

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   Pointe shoes employ structural reinforcements in both shank and toe box in an attempt to distribute the dancer's weight load throughout the feet, thus reducing the load on the toes enough to enable the dancer to support all their body weight on fully vertical feet. But this belief is disputed.

6. Stiletto heel - Wikipedia

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   The style survived through much of the 1980s but almost completely disappeared during the 1990s when professional and college-age women took to wearing shoes with thick, block heels. The slender stiletto heel staged a major comeback after 2000 when young women adopted the style for dressing up office wear or adding a feminine touch to casual ...

7. Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia

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   The supporting blocks below the base boards, called the ha (歯, lit. ' tooth ' ) , are also made of wood, usually very light-weight paulownia wood (known as kiri ( 桐 ) ). If there are two "teeth", the forefront one is placed under the ball of the foot, and the geta pivots on it while walking, while the rear one is placed under the standing ...