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2. Slingback - Wikipedia

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   Slingback straps are usually adjustable through a buckle or an elastic segment, allowing the wearer to slip their foot into the sandal easily without the need to make further (or any) manual adjustment to the strap or buckle, while still holding the foot in the sandal relatively securely. The buckle can be made of metal, plastic, or even ...

3. Sandal - Wikipedia

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   Clip-on sandals or clip-toe sandals, similar to flip-flops [citation needed] Crocs, clog like shoes from a synthetic, rubbery, waterproof material, created in the United States in 2002; Clog can be formed as a heavy sandal, having a thick, typically wooden sole; Crochet sandals [12] Fisherman sandal is a type of T-bar sandal originally for men ...

4. Deckers Brands - Wikipedia

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   While working as a rafting guide in 1982 he noticed the lack of proper shoes for river activities. Sneakers would become heavy when wet and would take days to dry, and flip-flops would slide off feet very easily. A pair of Teva sandals. Thatcher added a nylon ankle strap to a traditional thong-style sandal, thus creating the first sports sandal ...

5. Flip-flops - Wikipedia

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   The leaves of the sisal plant were used to make twine for sandals in South America, while the natives of Mexico used the yucca plant. [12] The Ancient Greeks and Romans wore versions of flip-flops as well. In Greek sandals, the toe strap was worn between the first and second toes, while Roman sandals had the strap between the second and third toes.

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. Adidas - Wikipedia

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   Adidas's Superstar and Pro Model shoes, affectionately known as "shelltoes" for their stylized hard rubber toe box, were fueled by, among others, coaches such as UCLA's John Wooden. [63] Adidas drew about even with Converse in basketball by the mid-1970s before both started to fall behind then-upstart Nike in the early 1980s. [ 64 ]