Shor: women will I e the platform shoes that enable them to add to their inches. These are really a development of the exaggeratedly thick cork-soled shoes introduced for beach wear this summer, but they have normal heels. The platform is a strip Yin to 3in. in thickness or even more, inserted between the upper and the sole, the edges coveted with leather—red on a blue or green shoe, blue on a wine shoe, green on a brown one, and so on.
A very distinctive model called the man" has the platform stud-h brass nail heads. The upper is severely cut like a monk shoe. with an oblong centre opening filled in by an upstanding fringed tongue and a studded band is placed across the base of the opening. It can be had in many combinations of suede and calf, including navy and fan, green and red, dark grey and yellow.
Platforms appear on all kinds of shoes, and some of the prettiest evening sandals have platform:
The "Dutch Boy" is a po of modified wedge heel sh on sen-lo shoes fo sports or country wear. It is fairly lo and broad based and has a wedge extension under the waist of the shoe. Like platforms, it is usually of contrasting colour.
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