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Platform Shoes Worn by Mae West (1893-1980)
Many cultures is today's world associate physical height with fashionable beauty, and high-heeled shoes serve as status symbols across the globe. Actress Mae West stood only five feet tall, but she often wore specially designed shoes that could increase her height by more than eight inches. The top, white portions of these shoes, where the feet rested, were concealed when West wore a long dress. Only the sparking gold, shoe-shaped lower-portions of the platform would have been visible beneath the hem of full-length gown. |