Platform Revival

By the 1950s, the Platform was out of fashion, but by the 1970s, it became all the rage again.

The first of the new wave Platforms was designed by Paloma Picasso in 1968.

The Platform was the shoe everyone wanted in London by this time.

Boots with shocking pink platform soles began to appear.

By their peak in 1975, heels were on average five inches high.

Shoes 1900-1920

Shoes 1920-1930

Shoes 1930-1940

Shoes 1940-1950

Shoes 1950-1960

Shoes 1960-1970

Shoes 1970-1980

Shoes 1980-1990

Manolo Blahnik

Pietro Yanturni

Freed Of London

Charles Jourdan

Roger Vivier

Stilettos

Joseph Azagury

Salvatore Ferragamo

Platform Revival

Jan Jansen

Brogues

Lobb of St James

Dressing the Man: The Art of Permanent Fashion

Paralumun New Age Village