Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Generations of American males surreptitiously added inches to their height by wearing Adler elevators-ordinary-looking shoes that contained hidden built-in platforms. Now, inspired by the fancy footwear of rock stars like the Temptations and the Rolling Stones, the Elevated Look has come out into the open. In increasing numbers, men are boldly tiptoeing around in lavishly patterned, attention-getting shoes that have three-quarter-inch platform soles and heels as much as five inches tall. They resemble the wedgies worn by the screaming queen of a King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, and to conservative eyes they seem...
Unlike the elevators, the new high-risers are not intended primarily for the short. "They ought to stay away from the extreme height," advises Bob Smith of Richards shoe store in Hollywood...
Calif., "because it's too obvious. It makes them look as though they're consciously trying to be taller." That has not deterred droves of style-conscious short men from buying high heels. But there is equal appeal, strangely enough, to those of average height and taller -even towering basketball players like 7-ft. 1-in. Wilt Chamberlain wear the shoes because they are both fashionable and seem to provide the buildup that comes from looking down at the world. "When I take off my heels," says Chicagoan Kenneth Jarrett, a near six-footer, "I feel like half...
High-rise shoes run the gamut of style, color and height. In Manhattan...
European women in the main stadium limelight will likely include a tall, nervous blonde, High Jumper Ilona Gusenbauer of Austria. She has leaped four inches higher than her own considerable height of 5 ft. 1 11 in. to set a world record. But she is a constant worrier-about keeping up with the housework, about not spending enough time with the baby-and it sometimes affects her performances. Almost a foot shorter than Ilona is Olga Korbut, who weighs only 84 Ibs. She is the smallest member of a Russian gymnastic team that as usual looks exceptionally talented. Unusually...