Although foot binding seems cruel in the 21st century, modern shoes frequently deform the foot. Shoe lasts often show an evenly pointed shape around which modern shoes are built. The foot that fits the shoe made from a pointed last should have its big toe in the middle, flanked by two smaller toes on either side. Platform shoes which elongate the leg, but place the wearer in danger of ankle twisting, have come in and out of fashion several times in the last fifty years.
In the 1990s a famous incident occurred with platform soles, when Naomi Campbell slipped during Vivienne Westwood's fashion show whilst Miss Campbell was wearing very high platform shoes.
Left - A platform shoe by Vivienne Westwood.
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