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May 12, 2012 7:30 AM EDT
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The Illustrated History Of The Platform Shoe

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2010s — Most women today own some version of a platform shoe. Whether it's a flatform, a hidden rise in a pump, or a heel reaching vertiginous heights à la Alexander McQueen's stunners, the platform shoe has become a real fashion staple for modern ladies, and we suspect they'll continue to give women that extra vertical boost for many centuries to come.

Illustrations by Isabelle Rancier

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