Tango fever
Fashion is perpetually sensitive to the kaleidoscopic patterns registered by the shifts, changes and caprices of everyday life, exploiting the latest fads to its own purpose.In the decade before World War I, America was dancing the Boston Two-Step, the Turkey Trot, the Bunny Hug and exciting new dance called the Tango, which inspired the shoe industry to produce suitable footwear-the cuban heel of 1904, and the tango shoe of 1913 with its louis heel and laces around the ankles.The average woman-if the ever was such a person-bought her dresses from department stores-with tango shoes to match.

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