Women Only: Platform Shoes

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Summary

Excerpt from a television magazine. Features an interview with a representative of Lotus shoe manufacturers and a catwalk show.

Year:

1973

Duration:

0:08:43

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

HTV West

Master format:

16mm

Description

The excerpt begins with the presenter Jan introducing the topic of platform shoes and boots for the winter and spring seasons. She talks with Stuart Sutton, a representative of Lotus Shoe manufacturers. They discuss various styles of shoes and heel height. We also see some of the recent styles modelled on a catwalk. Jan and Stuart then look at some examples of historical platform shoes and examples from other countries. The final part of the film shows a shoe that was made for an elephant and there is a photograph of the elephant wearing the shoe.


Credits

Introduced by Jan Leeming