gam, Stiletto Heel, postcard-pretty, thong. A footwear revolution is happening in the world’s fashion capital. The once-familiar click of stiletto on cobble is giving way to the silence of rubber soles

A footwear revolution is happening in the world’s fashion capital. The once-familiar click of stiletto on cobble is giving way to the silence of rubber soles

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Edited by Dian Hanson
Hardcover, 30 x 30 cm, 372 pages
Hot Legs: From Stocking Top to Stiletto Heel
Once taboo, long the object of sexual obsession, the female leg retains a mysterious allure and powerful erotic charge. TASCHEN's latest in Dian Hanson's acclaimed "body parts" series explores our fascination with gams, stems and pins - from the suffragettes to the sexual revolution - via French postcards, Hollywood pin-ups and vintage nudes. Over 400 photographs and a quirky, informative text document our insatiable leg mania in this volume.
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A boot with a stiletto heel A stiletto heel (AmE: spike heel) is a long, thin heel found on some boots and shoes, usually for women. It is named after the stiletto dagger, the phrase being first recorded in the early 1930s.^[1] Stiletto heels may vary in length from 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) to 20 cm (8 inches)or more if a platform sole is used, and are sometimes defined as having a diameter at the ground of less than 1 cm (slightly less than half an inch). Stiletto-style heels shorter than 5 cm are called kitten heels. Not all high slim heels merit the description stiletto. The extremely slender original Italian-style stiletto heels of the very early 1960s were no more than 5mm in diameter for much of their length, although the heel sometimes flared out a little at the tip. After their demise in the mid-late 1960s, such slender heels were difficult to find until recently due to changes in the way heels were mass-produced.

stiletto
n., pl. -tos or -toes.

1. 1. A small dagger with a slender, tapering blade.
   2. Something shaped like such a dagger.
2. A small, sharp-pointed instrument used for making eyelet holes in needlework.

[Italian, diminutive of stilo, dagger, from Latin stilus, stylus, spike.]

[名]（複 〜s, 〜es）

1 スティレットヒール(stiletto heel)（婦人靴の細くて高いかかと）；((通例〜s))スティレットヒールの婦人靴.

2 （両刃で細い）短剣.

3 （裁縫・刺しゅう用の）目打ち.
gam² (găm)
n. Slang.
A person's leg.

[Probably from Polari (theatrical argot), from Italian gamba, from Late Latin, hoof. See gambol.]

 thong

 (thông, thŏng)
n.

1. A narrow strip, as of leather, used for binding or lashing.
2. A whip of plaited leather or cord.
3. A sandal held on the foot by a strip that fits between the first and second toes and is connected to a strap usually passing over the top or around the sides of the foot.
4. A garment for the lower body that exposes the buttocks, consisting of a narrow strip of fabric that passes between the thighs supported by a waistband.

[Middle English, from Old English thwong.]

 中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 皮帶, 皮條, 鞭梢, 皮鞭, 平底人字拖鞋
v. tr. - 裝皮帶, 用皮鞭打