Sunday, March 13, 2011

Seventies Shoes

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Source: Ebony Magazine. April 1972

My eyes! My eyes! Enough, already!

Although, if forced to choose, I’d select the Flagg Shoes from the photo above.

“Big Mutha,” anyone?

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37 comments:

  1. savannah9:21 PM, March 13, 2011

    first!

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  2. savannah9:21 PM, March 13, 2011

    ok, now i'll read the post. xooxox

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  3. LẌ9:22 PM, March 13, 2011

    The 70s were a tough shoe time for me. I am already tall enough. But more importantly, awkward. So there was the real danger of falling off the platform shoes!

    Oh Hai Savannah!

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  4. savannah9:24 PM, March 13, 2011

    i wore the dr. scholl exercise sandals! but not with shorts! i also wore ferragamo platform sandals back in the day.xoxoxo

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  5. savannah9:25 PM, March 13, 2011

    oh hai, xl! xoxox

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  6. Ponita in Real Life9:43 PM, March 13, 2011

    I tried the Dr. Scholl's but they hurt too much so I went back to my Adidas red suede court shoes. Although I did have a pair of navy and cream platform shoes that made me 6 feet tall!!!!

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  7. Ponita in Real Life9:43 PM, March 13, 2011

    PS - Oh Hai! XL and Savannah! ;-)

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  8. Jenny10:34 PM, March 13, 2011

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  9. Jenny10:36 PM, March 13, 2011

    I was looking online at Zappos today and Dankso looks so much like the clogs of the 70's that it just made me HAPPY!!!

    Signed,

    The Happie Hippie,

    Boxer.

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  10. Jenny10:36 PM, March 13, 2011

    Hai Ponita, XL and Savannah!

    (blame the vodka.)

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  11. normadesmond10:59 PM, March 13, 2011

    i've worn all these shoes and more. like a fool, i threw out my navy blue suede earth shoes, but still have the burlap bag.

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  12. designing wally12:25 AM, March 14, 2011

    Oh Hai, Everybody!

    I've worn a few of these, the #4 in particular was the most comfortable shoes I've ever had including the modern (I'm not going to say the "C" word).

    Must say though, the platforms need to come back!

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  13. eroswings12:29 AM, March 14, 2011

    I'll take the smiley face shoes!!!

    They look funky and they'll put a spring in my steps!

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  14. CyberPete2:20 AM, March 14, 2011

    You picked out the worst of them! There were nice shoes in the 70s

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  15. Roses3:21 AM, March 14, 2011

    I quite like the *clogs*. Funnily enough, I've seen similar recently.

    The Dr Scholl's look bloody uncomfortable.

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  16. Roses3:21 AM, March 14, 2011

    *waves*

    Oh hai bitches!

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  17. Damien3:39 AM, March 14, 2011

    my 70's shoes were a pair of desert boots from my mother.... oy vey....

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  18. The Mistress5:24 AM, March 14, 2011

    SAVANNAH: first!
    ok, now i'll read the post.
    i wore the dr. scholl exercise sandals! but not with shorts! i also wore ferragamo platform sandals back in the day.

    My FAVE Ferragamo is the Rainbow platform sandal!

    The sole is composed of cork layers covered with various coloured suedes.

    It looks like something out of the seventies but it was created in 1938.

    XL: The 70s were a tough shoe time for me. I am already tall enough. But more importantly, awkward. So there was the real danger of falling off the platform shoes!

    How tall ARE you?

    PONITA: I tried the Dr. Scholl's but they hurt too much so I went back to my Adidas red suede court shoes. Although I did have a pair of navy and cream platform shoes that made me 6 feet tall!!!!

    Amazon woman!

    BOXER: I was looking online at Zappos today and Dankso looks so much like the clogs of the 70's that it just made me HAPPY!!!
    Signed,
    The Happie Hippie

    Get a hair cut.

    NORMADESMOND: i've worn all these shoes and more. like a fool, i threw out my navy blue suede earth shoes, but still have the burlap bag.

    Is that where you keep your stash of vodka bottles?

    WALLY: Oh Hai, Everybody!
    I've worn a few of these, the #4 in particular was the most comfortable shoes I've ever had including the modern (I'm not going to say the "C" word).
    Must say though, the platforms need to come back!

    What exactly IS the number four?

    We need to talk about the “C” word.

    EROS: I'll take the smiley face shoes!!!
    They look funky and they'll put a spring in my steps!

    We’re so glad you’re back!

    AND with a bonus springy step!

    Boing!

    CYBERPOOF: You picked out the worst of them! There were nice shoes in the 70s

    Find some and link to them.

    ROSES: I quite like the *clogs*. Funnily enough, I've seen similar recently.
    The Dr Scholl's look bloody uncomfortable.

    Stick with your kinky boots.

    DAMIEN: my 70's shoes were a pair of desert boots from my mother.... oy vey....

    If they were good enough for Steve McQueen…

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  19. Ms Scarlet6:24 AM, March 14, 2011

    Clogs and wedges are big in the UK this Spring... and I quite like clogs too... BUT I will probably stick to my flip-flops in Summer...
    *runs and hides*
    Sx

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  20. The Mistress7:16 AM, March 14, 2011

    SCARLET: Clogs and wedges are big in the UK this Spring... and I quite like clogs too... BUT I will probably stick to my flip-flops in Summer...
    *runs and hides*

    You know perfectly well where I stand on flip flops.

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  21. Ms Scarlet7:24 AM, March 14, 2011

    Erm... how do you feel about espadrilles? Or is that a foolish question?
    Sx

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  22. The Mistress7:28 AM, March 14, 2011

    SCARLET: Erm... how do you feel about espadrilles? Or is that a foolish question?

    Wear them if you must.

    You will not be punished.

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  23. Ms Scarlet7:34 AM, March 14, 2011

    ...well they are a suitable alternative to the flip-flop.
    Sx

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  24. Anonymous7:42 AM, March 14, 2011

    Espadrilles are nice! I'll have some this summer.

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  25. The Mistress7:48 AM, March 14, 2011

    MAGO: Espadrilles are nice! I'll have some this summer.'

    As Miss Scarlet says, "they are a suitable alternative to the flip-flop."

    Don't EVER let me catch you in Crocs.

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  26. Geoff7:58 AM, March 14, 2011

    The 70s were depressing. Tuf shoes were no more.

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  27. Leah11:50 AM, March 14, 2011

    Oh god. How many many times I slid out of my Dr Scholls or fell off my clogs...

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  28. ayeM8y12:39 PM, March 14, 2011

    I had the beige Earth shoe when I was in the 5th grade. It came in handy for kick ball games. Of course you know I‘m a shoe fetishist and occasionally wear my, Big Shoes.

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  29. Kelly Red1:26 PM, March 14, 2011

    I remember too may of these. And I wore those nasty "jellies" in college. Looked cute, but they made your feet sweat and then stink. I had an idiot friend who wore "glass slippers" for her wedding. Yes, you can all collectively gag, I did and I was the maid of honor. Anyway, her feet were so drenched in sweat she actually sloshed. Gross!

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  30. The Mistress3:30 PM, March 14, 2011

    GEOFF: The 70s were depressing. Tuf shoes were no more.

    Tuf times.

    LEAH: Oh god. How many many times I slid out of my Dr Scholls or fell off my clogs...

    Don’t blame the shoes.

    Blame the vodka.

    AYEM8Y: I had the beige Earth shoe when I was in the 5th grade. It came in handy for kick ball games. Of course you know I‘m a shoe fetishist and occasionally wear my, Big Shoes.

    The famous BIG SHOES!

    In your case, it’s big shoes, big fill-in-the-blank.

    KELLY RED: I remember too may of these. And I wore those nasty "jellies" in college. Looked cute, but they made your feet sweat and then stink. I had an idiot friend who wore "glass slippers" for her wedding. Yes, you can all collectively gag, I did and I was the maid of honor. Anyway, her feet were so drenched in sweat she actually sloshed. Gross!

    *vomits*

    Thank you for sharing, Kelly!

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  31. Random Chick4:30 PM, March 14, 2011

    I must apologize for my absence from Infomaniac as of late...I was whisked away in a TARDIS by some little blue men. They were quite adamant that I go with them.

    We ended up in a land with no poverty, religion, or politics. It was called Neverland and Micheal Jackson was still alive, with Elvis and the guy from Sandford and Son. We had a lovely time but alas, it didn't last forever.

    I am back in this world of insanity but with a keen understanding of facial plastic surgery.

    I actually had a pair of those Happy Face shoes on when I stepped out of the TARDIS and back home. No one noticed.

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  32. Mitzi 6:35 PM, March 14, 2011

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  33. Mitzi 6:43 PM, March 14, 2011

    Second picture number 5 my mother had a similar pair, she used to call them her "cornish pasties" until the dog chewed them.

    I remember wearing these black sandshoes (sannies) for PE.

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  34. The Mistress7:48 PM, March 14, 2011

    RANDOM CHICK: I must apologize for my absence from Infomaniac as of late...I was whisked away in a TARDIS by some little blue men. They were quite adamant that I go with them.
    We ended up in a land with no poverty, religion, or politics. It was called Neverland and Micheal Jackson was still alive, with Elvis and the guy from Sandford and Son. We had a lovely time but alas, it didn't last forever.
    I am back in this world of insanity but with a keen understanding of facial plastic surgery.
    I actually had a pair of those Happy Face shoes on when I stepped out of the TARDIS and back home. No one noticed.

    You’re lucky you made it home.

    Last time I travelled in a TARDIS, I was kidnapped by the Yakuza, as you may well recall.

    MITZI: Second picture number 5 my mother had a similar pair, she used to call them her "cornish pasties" until the dog chewed them.
    I remember wearing these black sandshoes (sannies) for PE.

    The photo won’t load at the moment so I’ll just have to imagine you in hideous footwear.

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  35. kabuki zero9:56 PM, March 14, 2011

    kabuki owned no less than 4 of the styles shown, and now is racing down memory lane in 5 inch maroon suede gummy soled platform shoes, which i wore in Boston in the snow and ice. obviously kabuki has great balance or we would not be having this conversation today.

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  36. The Mistress11:32 AM, March 15, 2011

    KABUKI: kabuki owned no less than 4 of the styles shown, and now is racing down memory lane in 5 inch maroon suede gummy soled platform shoes, which i wore in Boston in the snow and ice. obviously kabuki has great balance or we would not be having this conversation today.

    Mistress MJ is a fool to have imagined you in kitten heels all your life.

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  37. Michael Guy4:41 AM, March 16, 2011

    Oh how I miss my platforms! And though the style came back for women it never resurfaced for men. I think I owned two of the styles feature here. Le sigh...

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