Go-go Shoes is a low-heeled women's boot that was first introduced in the mid-1960s. Original go-go shoes, as defined by AndrÃÆ' Â © CourrÃÆ'¨ges in 1964, are white, low heeled, and middle-down, a particular style sometimes called CourrÃÆ'¨ges boot . Since then, the term go-go boot has come to include knee-high boots with high heels that were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s; as well as a number of variations including cat-colored versions and colors other than white.
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Etimologi
The term go-go is derived from the French expression ÃÆ' gogo , which means "in abundance, abundant", which in turn comes from the ancient French word la gogue > for "joy, happiness". The term "go-go" has also been described as the 1964 back-formation of the 1962 "go" slang term, which means something "all anger"; the term "go-go dancers" first appeared in print in 1965. Go-go boots allegedly named in the style of dance.
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1960s
Fashion shoe was revived in the early 1960s by designers such as Beth Levine, although at first they featured fashionable high heels like stilettos and cat heels. The earliest go-go boots are mid-calf, white and heeled flat, as seen in the work of AndrÃÆ'Â © CourrÃÆ'¨ges designer, who is often credited with creating styles. The simple minimalism of CourrÃÆ'¨ges shoes is easily and widely reproduced for the mass market. CourrÃÆ'¨ges shoes provide the foundation for go-go boot development, which is getting taller in the legs and made with alternate colors. While low-ish, the heels also become taller and chunkier. The earliest CourrÃÆ'¨ges boots are made from leather, such as children's skin or patent leather, but many versions and subsequent copies are made in PVC, vinyl, and other plastics.
In 1966, the song "Boots It Made for Walkin '" was released and performed by go-go boot wearing Nancy Sinatra, which is credited with popularizing further boot. Tim Gunn points out that Sinatra helped set up the boot as a "symbol of women's power". Female dancers on Hullabaloo and Shindig! is also wearing short, white boots. This led to the boots being sometimes called 'hullabaloo shoes,' as in an advertisement run in American newspapers in January 1966 for hullabaloo shoes with "kooky heel and back zipper" for "Go-Go Getter".
Post-1960s
In the mid-1990s, as part of a revival of 1960s fashion, go-go boots became stylish again.
References
External links
Definition of go-go dictionary in Wiktionary
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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