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2. Peep-toe shoe - Wikipedia

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   A peep-toe shoe is a woman's shoe (usually a pump, slingback, bootie, or any other dress shoe) in which there is an opening at the toe box which allows the toes to show. Peep-toe shoes were popular beginning in the 1940s [1] [2] but disappeared by the 1960s. [3] Peep-toe shoes had a brief resurgence in the 1970s/80s, before falling out of ...

3. Wedge (footwear) - Wikipedia

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   Light blue peeptoe wedge heels. Wedge boots, wedgies, or lifties are shoes and boots with a sole in the form of a wedge, such that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both the sole and the heel. This design dates back to ancient Greece. [1] Greek Actors used to wear these shoes to signify status.

4. List of shoe styles - Wikipedia

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   Shoe designers have described a very large number of shoe styles, including the following: Leather ballet shoes, with feet shown in fifth position. A cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden shoe in one piece, which has been used particularly by the peasants of Cantabria, northern Spain.

5. Caligae - Wikipedia

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   An original caliga found at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt, c. 1st century BC – 1st century AD. Caligae (sg.: caliga) are heavy-duty, thick-soled openwork boots, with hobnailed soles. They were worn by the lower ranks of Roman cavalrymen and foot-soldiers, and possibly by some centurions. [1]

6. High-heeled shoe - Wikipedia

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   In the early post-war period, brown and white pumps with cutouts or ankle straps combined with an open toe were some of the most fashionable women's heels. [20] For many women in the West, high-heeled shoes began to symbolize professionalism, whereas leather and rubber thick-heeled boots for men came to be associated with militarism and ...

7. Tabi - Wikipedia

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   Tabi are sewn with a divided toe, in order to be worn with thonged footwear. [ 11 ] Historically, most people in Japan wore tabi , as most Japanese footwear was thonged; however, some, such as upper-class courtesans and the geisha of Fukagawa , did not wear them, as the bare foot was considered to be erotic in Japanese culture .