Shoes
Shoes with Hinged Soles
There must be a good reason why, for millennia now, all shoes have come with unibody-construction soles. But Robert M. Lyden thought differently.Full patent here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 17, 2023 -
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Category: Body, Inventions, Patents, Shoes, 1990s
Follies of the Madmen #550
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 19, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Shoes, Advertising, Public Indecency, Twentieth Century
Space Boots
Released by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1969:"space boots of adjustable molded air cushions so that the child can experience the floating feeling of walking on the moon."
source: awmok.com
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 09, 2022 -
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Category: Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Toys, Shoes
Concrete Heels
From designer Mel Diosa.Don't wear them while swimming.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 18, 2022 -
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Category: Shoes
Double-Heeled Shoe
Patent No. 7,574,819, granted to Jin Rie of Los Angeles:
But why stop at two heels when you could have seven?
'Cleat Heels' from Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring 1993 collection
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 16, 2021 -
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Category: Patents, Shoes
Nail Heel Boots
Footwear from Maison Margiela. Fall 2008. Looks like they're no longer available for purchase. But if they were, they'd cost you $1490.
via Tapireye
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 14, 2021 -
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Category: Shoes
Wrinkle Chaser
Unusual job: A wrinkle chaser uses a hot-air jet to 'chase' wrinkles out of leather boots and shoes. This is done using a wrinkle chaser machine.
Tacoma News Tribune - Jan 6, 1957
Posted By: Alex - Sun Aug 15, 2021 -
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Category: Jobs and Occupations, Shoes
Double-Sided Cowboy Boots
From fashion label Hood by Air. Introduced in 2016. Not sure if it's still possible to buy them anywhere.
source: footwearnews.com
source: i-d.vice.com
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 09, 2021 -
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Category: Shoes
Urine-Collecting Shoe
Problem: you're out in public and really need to go to the bathroom, but there are no toilets around.Solution: the urine-collecting shoe, patented by Ran Rahimzada in 2008.
As described in his patent:
According to the present invention, a new shoe includes a container to store a person's urine. The person may use a standard catheter, which is connected to the container in the shoe.
This is an unobtrusive device, there is no bag attached to one's foot, etc. The device may be used discreetly, without attracting undue attention.
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 30, 2021 -
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Category: Inventions, Patents, Body Fluids, Shoes
The Coward Shoe
In 1866, cobbler James S. Coward opened a store in New York City. He named it after himself, and he referred to the shoes he sold as "Coward shoes".Despite the odd name, his business did extremely well. In fact, it endured almost to the present. As of 2014, the company had both a twitter and facebook page. But their website now redirects to Old Pueblo Traders whom, I'm guessing, must have acquired them.
The Keyport Weekly - Apr 23, 1892
Boston Globe - Sep 20, 1927
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 25, 2020 -
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Category: Odd Names, Shoes
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