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Free Associations: The Flatform Shoe

The "flatform," a platform shoe with a relatively flat pitch, may be the newest word in accessories this season, but a closer look reveals this style has been stepping through the ages. Here, a condensed history, from geisha girls to glam rockers. (at left, women pose as Japanese maiko, or apprentice geisha; at right models pose in Prada's Spring 2011 flatforms)

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Free Associations: The Flatform Shoe

It's one part platform, one part flat: Here, we bring you a condensed history of the shoe style that will soon stampede Manhattan, from geisha girls to glam rockers,

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