Platform High Heels: When Did They Leave the Strip Club and Go Mainstream?

[Bill]

When I watch the news, the weather and traffic girls remind me of mullet haircuts....business up top, party on the bottom. When did platform heels become a thing for women with respectable jobs?

[Jobaka]

Are you suggesting that "stripper" is not a respectable occupation?

[Bill]

Are you suggesting that "stripper" is not a respectable occupation?

Sorry, that was a typo....meant to say "vanilla."

[Shrike6]

Many of the women in my office wear them, and I always wonder how they walk in them.

[Kerrmudgeon]

It started when every hi fashion designer started using them on the runway models, with some not unexpected consequences......OUCH!:cry:

https://youtu.be/irRdZT1BMXI

[ApexOversteer]

The shoes? It's the pole that has gone mainstream... now pole dancing is something little girls are doing... crazy...

[Kerrmudgeon]

The shoes? It's the pole that has gone mainstream... now pole dancing is something little girls are doing... crazy...

....and exercise classes that feature pole workouts.:yesnod:
........did I just say that? hahaha