Golo Footwear

Golo Footwear is a fashion company established in 1915 by Adolf Heilbrunn, who was from Germany. Golo initially designed and manufactured slippers in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. The company was known for experimenting with materials not traditionally used in footwear, such as cork, stretch fabrics, Gore-Tex for rainboots,[1] and clear lucite sandal wedges.[2]

Golo Footwear
IndustryFashion
Founded1915 (1915) in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, United States
FounderAdolf Heilbrunn
ProductsShoes

There are presently 22 Golo boots, shoes, and sandals in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including an over-the-knee boot made of different-colored patent leather zip-on layers,[3] stretch patent leather boots designed for Jacques Tiffeau in 1967, and the denim platform boots designed by Leila Larmon and Stephen Bruce.[4]

Golo is probably best recognized for the invention of the go-go boot in 1964 [5] which was proudly wore by Barbra Streisand and photographed by Richard Avedon in the August 1965 issue of Vogue.

The Golo brand was bought by Dennis Comeau and relaunched in 2013. [6]


References
  1. Footwear News, May 26, 2003
  2. "Shoes walk tall this spring". Evelyn Livingstone; Chicago Tribune; Jan 14, 1977
  3. "Boots". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  4. Fashion: the twentieth century. François Baudot. Universe, 2006. ISBN 0789313979, 9780789313973
  5. Nostalgia in Vogue by Eve MacSweeny, 2000
  6. Footwear News", AUG 19, 2013
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