may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . july 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message golo footwear established in 1915 adolf heilbrunn 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 3 golo boot and shoe designs graced the covers and pages of every fashion magazine from 1950 through the 1980s . the footwear was photographed by some of the most admired photographers in the fashion industry including helmut newton 4 bert stern 5 hiro 6 and richard avedon . 7 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 8 stretch patent leather boots designed for jacques tiffeau in 1967 and the iconic denim platform boots designed by leila larmon and stephen bruce . 9 references edit footwear news may 26 2003 shoes walk tall this spring . evelyn livingstone ; chicago tribune ; jan 14 1977 known for the famed go go boot worn by barbra streisand in the 1960s the boot was heralded for its new and innovating design in part by being bigger than an ordinary shoe but smaller than a regular boot as if a true boot had been lopped off before it grew to full height . nastalgia in vogue . eva macsweeney . rizzoli 2011 . isbn 9780847836819 vogue . may 1964 . pg . 124 vogue august 15 1968 . pg 55 harper s bazaar february 1966 cover vogue . april 1 1967 pg 131 boots . the metropolitan museum of art . retrieved 2014 03 01 . fashion the twentieth century . fran ois baudot . universe 2006 . isbn 0789313979 9780789313973 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title golo footwear & oldid 741524720 categories footwearshoe companies of the united statesamerican companies established in 1915hidden categories wikipedia articles needing style editing from july 2013all articles needing style editing navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 01 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view