Whether they’re Louboutin freaks like Victoria Beckham, or just ordinary people looking for a lift, platforms help us rise above the crowd. It’s been a timeless trends for decades: indeed modern platforms look tame by the standards of the Seventies, when two-inch soles were de rigeur. Some were three times as high, threatening careless wearers with ankle sprains, or even lasting spinal damage.
Men weren’t immune back then either. Rocket Man-era Elton John loved them, and John Travolta strutted on platforms through Saturday Night Fever. Neither seems tempted to revive their old excesses. As one doctor warns: “With platforms, your brain loses feedback from the foot, which is not touching the ground in a normal fashion. You lose touch with your sense of balance.” And that’s exactly what fans of sky-scraper shoes like these Brian Atwood Margie Peep-Toe sandals like. After all, life’s too short to stay grounded.
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