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
A Gold Slipper The next day he realises she has dropped one of her golden slippers, and decides to tuck it into his suitcase. At his hotel he bins it, but the cleaning-lady puts it back in his closet, thinking it must have been a mistake. He decides to keep it, and stashes it in a box for no one else to see. Years later, he has become 'morbid', or depressed. Kitty, on the contrary, has forgotten all about it. Wayne Koestenbaum, in "The Queen's Throat", suggested that Mr McKann might be 'a drag queen at heart'. A Gold Slipper "A Gold Slipper"