Platform shoe The platform shoe resurfaced in popularity in the early 2000s when the YSL Tribute Sandal appeared in 2004, quickly gaining popularity by celebrities and the fashion world for its sex appeal and added comfort of a platform sole. The shoe is continued to be released season after season, despite changes in creative directors. During the late 2010s, platform boots became fashionable due to a resurgence of interest in 1970s fashion. These included so-called "nothing shoes" with clear Perspex soles, and mule sandals. Platform shoe Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with an obvious thick sole, usually in the range
Common slipper shell This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference Common slipper shell The common slipper shell, "Crepidula fornicata", has many other common names, including common Atlantic slippersnail, boat shell, quarterdeck shell, fornicating slipper snail, Atlantic slipper limpet and it is known in Britain as the "common slipper limpet". This is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup and saucer snails. The size of the shell is 20–50 mm. The maximum recorded shell length is 56 mm. This sea snail has an arched, rounded shell. On the inside of the