platform shoe

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So it’s a platform shoe with the Toms inside the platform and then the other one on top.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Then, in 2017, a designer for the fashion house Balenciaga reimagined Crocs as an insane platform shoe with soles so thick they were like loaves of bread.

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2020

One woman’s high platform shoe split, and she tied it up with a strap; a hipster’s checkered shorts tore as he scrambled up the rocks.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2015

Within the chaos there are certain consistent trendy items that have demonstrated exceptional staying power: examples include the skinny jean, the prominently logo'd handbag, the tattoo, and the cripplingly high sculptural platform shoe.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2011

I catch my mom watching me in the mirror as I trip over Amanda’s platform shoe and have my ass handed to me by a hardwood floor.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy