Why is the stripper platform (grotesquely curved with a spindly, wizened heel) currently so ubiquitous? There is little to recommend it, especially when compared with such beauties as these. I weep…
Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers and Queen, December 1971
Amen! Will someone please make shoes and boots like they did in the late 60s and early 70s — colorful with short, sturdy heels and roomy toes. I have actually looked into shoe-making courses to see if I can learn to reproduce these styles that I love so much.