White PVC Boots

[remember]

I remember the fashion for white PVC knee boots in the late 60s and early 70s. These were usually matched with a shiny PVC raincoat or mini dress.

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[staffslad]

Re: White PVC Boots

They were known as go-go boots and often were also paired with hotpants when they became popular. I think other colours were also available. I'm sure I remember girls wearing red ones with matching clothes.

[George 1978]

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The girls who were with Lol Mason on the TOTP performances of the Maisonettes' song Heartache Avenue wore some, and I thought that they were ankle socks at first. Early 1980s I know but they were the same thing.

[staffslad]

Re: White PVC Boots

I had forgotten about the Maisonettes girls wearing them. Late 60s to maybe mid 70s seemed to be their peak. Walking around you would see lots of girls wearing them. They must have been pretty warm on their legs in summer. I remember Ayshea wore them sometimes when presenting Lift-Off--sure she had a silver pair with matching hotpants. Another wearer was Mama Cass.

[George 1978]

Re: White PVC Boots

I had forgotten about the Maisonettes girls wearing them.

Well I couldn't have forgotten them.

I think that it was Pan's People on TOTP circa 1971 which popularised them, along with hot pants.

[tex]

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Kinky boots, a hit in the 60s for Honor blackman and Patrick mc'nee....Yeah baby.

[Twocky61]

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Kinky boots, a hit in the 60s for Honor blackman and Patrick mc'nee....Yeah baby.

They definitely ARE kinky lol

[Twocky61]

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My then gf wore them & I would pull them off for her; right down her legs

[tex]

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Down boy!

[Twocky61]

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lol

Turns me on thinking about it lol

Linda, you know who you are lol

[Twocky61]

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Littledean in the Forest of Dean Gloucester you lived then Linda

Let's name & embarrass her lol:

Linda Price

[staffslad]

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The thing is that I remember lots of girls wearing them in the early 70s, even in small towns. They weren't just a London phenomenon or something only worn by models and celebrities.

One of my secondary school teachers wore them on occasion. Not with hotpants I hasten to add, though I don't think there would have been many complaints from us if she had.

[Richard1978]

Re: White PVC Boots

Either side of them pixie boots were popular in the late 1960s & again in the early 1980s.

My Mum reckoned they were bad for your feet.

[tex]

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Littledean in the Forest of Dean Gloucester you lived then Linda

Let's name & embarrass her lol:

Linda Price

OMG! Linda price from Littledean? Really...you too?

[Twocky61]

Re: White PVC Boots

Yep; except I lived in Cinderford; just up the hill from Littledean