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20th-century footwear
The 20th century saw a variety of footwear styles and the rise to promi-
nence of the shoe designer. Examples of footwear style include the
1920s' bar shoes, the 1940s' utility styles, the 1950s' brothel creepers,
the winklepickers of the 1960s (
Figure 4.4
), stiletto heels (
Figure 4.5
) and
the 1970s' platform soles. Shoe designers have been prominent through-
out the 20th century, but the 1980s and 1990s have seen increasing
success for shoe designers such as Patrick Cox, Manolo Blahnik, Emma
Hope, Vivienne Westwood, Jeffery West and other notable designers,
with their names being identified through their footwear styles and designs.
Extreme footwear has hit the headlines of national papers and TV
news, such as the platform shoes by Vivienne Westwood (
Figure 4.6
) that
figure 4.4
Winklepickers
