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History of The Pump

May 22, 2006 by Designer Ella

Suart Weitzman 80s Black Satin PumpStyle.com recently debuted a special article/media feature celebrating the Pump. The closed-bodied heeled beauty has quite the place in pop culture today, as it has over many decades. View the history of pumps on Style.com.

The neatest things I learned:

  • Coco Chanel made the spectator spectacular.
  • Marilyn Monroe custom tailored her pumps for one heel to be slightly lower than on the other foot—to accentuate her “wiggling” walk.

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2 Responses to “History of The Pump”

shoeblogging Says:

i had no idea pumps had an entire history behind them!

Designer Ella Says:

Well, they’ve been around and have been a big deal!