Gogo Boots 1960s

Go-go boots are a low-heeled style of women's fashion boot worn since the mid-sixties when fashion silhouettes focused on accentuating the leg. They first appeared in the 1960s.
In modern parlance, "go-go boot" can be used to describe any style of knee-high boots regardless of heel height. In the 1960s, Gogo boots were originally created to be used as dancing boots.
André Courrèges introduced the Go-Go boots to the fashion world with his white, low-heeled boot, rising a bit above the ankles.
The term ''Go-Go Boots'' is generally used to define all types of knee-length boots with a mini skirt or dress.

Boots are an essential part of our wardrobe, but they didn’t take off as a fashion look until the 1960s & 70s. Boots are an essential part of all wardrobes now, but prior to the 1960s, the concept of a fashion boot was revolutionary. Before the introduction of the knee high-style that became known as Go-Go boots (from the French word la gogue for “joy, happiness”) women’s boots were purely for riding, walking or protection from rough weather.
The boots from the future - André Courrèges’ Fall 1964 collection kicked off the trend for tall boots.Designer André Courrèges was thought to have originated the style when a low-heeled, white plastic calf length boot was featured as part of the “Moon Girl” look in his Fall 1964 collection. The Go-Go boot and its subsequent – more-earthbound – incarnations came to define an era of streetwise style that has never ceased to go out of fashion.

In 1965, Nancy Sinatra wore those boots and recorded a song These Boots Are Made for Walking that became a smash hit topping the US and Billboard charts. The record sold 4 million copies and the boots made history. And Nancy Sinatra became the poster icon for the Go-Go boots.