to view the photo album on this page . cache wst.opf.3830865.xml javascript must be enabled to view the photo album on this page . javascript must be enabled to view the photo album on this page . golo was established in new york city in about 1915 . initially a manufacturer of slippers it soon started designing and producing women s fashion footwear . from the 50s through the 70s golo designed and made shoes for a roster of fashion luminaries including diane von furstenberg oleg cassini leila larmon and stepen bruce of serendipity and jaccques tiffeau . from it s modest beginings golo eventually created designs which often pushed the boundries of fashion and ran a full spectrum of looks from avant garde sandals to pragmatic waterproof rain boots . possibly best known for the white patent go go boots famously worn by barbara streisand golo shoes boots and sandals have been immortalized by the hundreds of pictures in fashion magazines worldwide . iconic photographers such as bert stern richard avedon and helmut newton have captured the magic created by golo s many personalities . the archives of fashion document the prominence of golo arguably as influential as some of the women that the camera captured wearing them ; cher barbara streisand penelope tree verushka just to name a few . as coco chanel once said fashions change style remains .