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Double take.(spectator shoes )(Brief article)

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Here's a bit of less-than-earth-shattering fashion trivia: The spectator shoe was first worn by men in the 1920s-men competing in or observing (hence the name spectator) a sporting match. OK. And here's a slightly more amusing tidbit: In Britain they call them ...

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