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USA - Erotic dancers' shoe with
two-tone snakeskin upper - Mid 20th Century
Footwear often contributes to sex attratctions far beyond the locus
of the foot by eroticizing the legs, the hips and buttocks, the
gait, the posture and carriage. The shoe has sensualizing effects
on the whole person. Platform shoes require a delicate walk that
increases the exotic lure of the wearer. For thousands of years,
women have had an affinity for fragile foundations and willowy walking.
The Greek "Kothornos", the Italian "Chopines",
tha Middle eastern "Kub-kabs", the japanese "Geta"
and the Chinese "Lotus shoes" all created a mincing walk
and men have always responded erotically to the sight of it. Above
platform shoe, created for an exotic dancer, has a cut-out decoration
of sixes and nines being a direct indication to a favoured love
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Research and text by : W.A.H.M. Habraken-Oosterhout-Holland