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2. Roger Vivier (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Roger Vivier is a French fashion accessories label founded by Roger Vivier in 1937 that specializes in shoes. [1] [2] In the early 1950s, the brand's namesake designer produced the first modern stiletto heel. [3] [4] Another signature design associated with the brand is the Belle Vivier, an elegant pump with a large chrome-plated buckle. [5]

3. 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. [22] 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 ...

4. Spectator shoe - Wikipedia

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   Men's Oxford full brogue spectator shoes, c. 1930 The spectator shoe, also known as co-respondent shoe, is a style of low-heeled, oxford, semi-brogue or full brogue constructed from two contrasting colours, typically having the toe and heel cap and sometimes the lace panels in a darker colour than the main body of the shoe.

5. Peep-toe shoe - Wikipedia

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   A pair of peep-toe shoes. 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]

6. Plimsoll (shoe) - Wikipedia

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   A plimsoll, also spelled plimsole, [1] or pump [2] (also known as a gym shoe [2] [1] or a sandshoe [1]), is a light sports shoe with a canvas upper and flat rubber sole. The shoe originated in the United Kingdom, [ citation needed ] there called a "sand shoe", acquiring the nickname "plimsoll" in the 1870s.

7. Winklepicker - Wikipedia

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   Winklepickers with stiletto heels for women swept the UK in the late 1950s, and at one stage, the High Street versions were commonly worn by a large part of the adult female populace of the UK. They were often manufactured in Italy, but the handmade versions, notably those from Stan's Shoes of Battersea, were the most extreme, if somewhat bulky ...