Elevator shoes (also known as height increasing shoes or shoe lift shoes) are shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles (known as lifts) under the heels to make the wearer appear taller. A shoe is an item of Footwear. Shoes may vary from a simple Flip-flop to a complex Boot. The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the Foot. It is based on the projection of one Bone, the Calcaneus, behind the articulation of the

Unlike high-heeled shoes, the component of elevator shoes that increases the wearer's height is inside the shoe, hiding it from observers. Shoes with thickened soles are also used in cases of orthopaedic problems, although the term elevator shoe is not usually used for these.

Most elevator shoes are now manufactured in China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

See also

• High-heel shoe
• Platform shoes

Platform shoes are Shoes Boots or sandals with thick soles often made of cork plastic rubber or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are technically also

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