Robert's high heel shoes

[Matjaz1]

I saw in The song remains the same and in some photos, that Robert wears high heel shoes!! I also saw some photos of him wearing that and also some photos os Jimmy wearing such shoes and i think also Elvis!!

I find it kind of strange to see man wear such shoes!! So for those who were around at that time, was that star fashion and if so, did many stars wear those or just a few, or did perhaps regular guys also wear these kind of shoes??

Thanks for answers!!

[Tripmender]

^ These were known as 'platform' shoes, and were usually worn by short men.

Sometimes, they had concealed lifts, so that the wearer's feet were actually about 15 inches above floor level. Kind of like stilts, in fact.

[Matjaz1]

Thanks!! Plant certainly wasn't short, so i guess he wore them for extra stage presence, to be even taller then he was!!

[jsj]

in the early and mid 1970s platforms soled shoes were the general fashion.