Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Platform shoes: New style sweeps women’s fashion


Stephanie Risi didn’t think twice about purchasing a pair of 5-inch platform shoes last week at Dillard’s department store. The 51-year-old said the shoes make her feel sexy.

“I think women of all ages look sexy in these shoes,” she said. “They make your legs look longer and leaner, and men love them.”
Platform shoes, also a fad in the 1970s, date back hundreds of years, according to the website fashion.telegraph.co.uk. Impractical high heels, known as chopines, were worn by upper-class women in Italy and Spain during the late Renaissance era, the website reported. Some shoes were said to be nearly 20 inches high.
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