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Monday, November 18, 2002

Thank You, DuPont!

For slingbacks, that is. At least according to the Department of Podiatry at the Curtin University of Technology, which credits "seamless stockings without heel reinforcement" for bringing the slingback into vogue. (See also StockingGirl.com's History Of Stockings, on the role nylon played in this turning point.)

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