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2. High-heeled shoe - Wikipedia

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   High-heeled shoes, also known as high heels (colloquially shortened to heels), are a type of shoe with an upward-angled sole. The heel in such shoes is raised above the ball of the foot. High heels cause the legs to appear longer, make the wearer appear taller, and accentuate the calf muscle .

3. Geta (footwear) - Wikipedia

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   The original motivation for wearing the high platform shoes was not fashion, but practicality: to keep feet and kimono from coming in contact with things on the ground, such as dirt, filth, water, or snow. The dai may vary in shape, from oval shapes to more rectangular, with the former being considered more feminine and the latter more ...

4. Armadillo shoe - Wikipedia

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   Side view of an armadillo shoe, covered in iridescent paillettes made to look like scales, from the show's final outfit, "Neptune's Daughter". The armadillo shoe (alternately armadillo heel or armadillo boot) is a high fashion platform shoe created by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen for his final collection, Plato's Atlantis (Spring/Summer 2010).

5. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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   High-Heel Wedding Church: A glass slipper that Prince Charming would struggle to find a fit for. Imsil Cheese Theme Park: I dunno, this place seems a little cheesy to me. Jackson Hole, China: A planned resort town outside of Beijing that is based off a small town in Wyoming. Jatinga: The Bermuda Triangle of birds. Jaxa (state)

6. Get Smart - Wikipedia

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   Smart's shoes sometimes contain other devices housed in the heels: an explosive pellet, a smoke bomb, compressed air capsules that propelled the wearer off the ground, and a suicide pill (which Max believes is for the enemy). Agent 99 had her concealed telephones, as well. She had one in her makeup compact, and also one in her fingernail.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.