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[1] From: IN%"GVFISCHE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU" "Gayle Veronica Fischer" 27-AUG-1996 15:05:21.54 You might want to look at _Shoes: Fashion and Fantasy_ by Colin McDowell (New York: Rizzoli, 1989). It is half coffee table book, half informative. The organization of the text makes it difficult to find an easy answer to your question, but if you have time you may want to sit down with it. It has some fabulous photos. Gayle V. Fischer University of Georgia *********************************************************************** [2] From: IN%"nmrooks@cctr.umkc.edu" 27-AUG-1996 16:25:27.46 I heard from one of the editors at Rutgers University Press that they were going to be publishing a book about the history of footwear in the coming publishing year. You might want to give them a call and get in touch with the author. Hope it helps. Noliwe Rooks ************************************************************************* [3] From: IN%"rake.9@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu" 27-AUG-1996 17:15:39.60 I can't recall a source for this, but I remember reading somewhere that Catherine de Medici popularized high heels for women after she married ???someone. If I remember correctly, she was quite young and small of stature. The heels gave her height, but more importantly, they forced her to change the way she held her body and walked, thus making her more distinctive. Not that there was anything "better" about that way of walking, etc., just that it was different from what the other women were doing. It made her more noticeable. So, has anyone else heard this, or is it another "urban legend?" Valerie Rake ******************************************************************** [4] From: IN%"VlyGrl@aol.com" 28-AUG-1996 00:36:54.03 I've heard that they came into wide use to excentuate the sway of the hips! Kay A. Anderson *********************************************************************** [5] From: IN%"MinervaCen@aol.com" 28-AUG-1996 04:28:01.04 Try William A. Rossi, The Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe (New York, 1976) Linda Grant De Pauw President The MINERVA Center, Inc. 20 Granada Road Pasadena, MD 21122-2708 (410) 437-5379 minervacen@aol.com Professor of History The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 "information and inspiration women and the military"
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