Have you ever wondered how the platform shoe came to be in the history of fashion, well let me tell you it wasn't the spice girls that spiced up the platform world. In 1940 the platform shoe came to america on a glamorous entertainers feet named Carmen Miranda. She opened the world to many different styles of the platform shoe from glitzy gold to snake skin the sky's the limit. Carmen Miranda was a five foot one fashion icon with a dream to entertain, and she came rite off the boat with a big smile high hopes and even higher shoes. The artist behind her famous platforms is the one and only Ferragamo he not only designed them but he also patent the platform shoe.
Not only did she dance in them they were one of her signature style statements that blew up in the fashion world even Ms. Monroe had to have a few pairs herself. So today the platform takes to great heights and many different styles and colors and woman all over still rock them. So weather it be a chunky heel a wedge or even a spike heel platforms can make anyone woman feel sexy and confident, and like always say don't knock it rock it and wear it with style.
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