The History of High Heels
You're Dead to Me
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The Stiletto, the Most Iconic Modern Shoe in the 19th Century
Shoemakers couldn't use leather and rubber for the war effort, but they could use bits of cork and a little bit of raphaa to create these confections. The other thing too, particularly in north america, is that women were going to work and working in munitions factories and being paid. There was a huge push that women should be buying old fashioned healthy economy. A lot of crazy shoes actually date to that period to encourage consumption.
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