Go-Go boots

Go-Go boots were originally created in the 1960s with the intention that they should be worn while dancing. The term is said to have been originated by André Courrèges, who made a white, low-heeled boot, rising a bit above the ankles. The term is often used to define all types of fashion boots for women, usually knee high boots worn with a miniskirt or dress.

Go-Go boots through the decades

Cinema

1960s

• Marisa Mell pranced around seductively in the 1960s film, ' wearing a miniskirt and boots.

1970s

• Carol Lynley would wear go-go boots throughout the film The Poseidon Adventure

1980s

• Nichelle Nichols' Commander Uhura wears a miniskirt and go-go boots variation of the current uniform for a starbase scene; and also a second off-duty outfit set in Admiral James T. Kirk's apartment, consisting of a one-piece skirt and knee-length boots, in '
• Helen Slater as Supergirl wore boots as the title heroine. In the same film, Faye Dunaway is shown wearing white go-go boots when her character Selena is introduced.

1990s

• Nichelle Nichols would again wear her miniskirt/boots variant of the current uniform(along with a yeoman portrayed by Melanie Shatner, daughter of William Shatner a.k.a. James T. Kirk) in '
• Elizabeth Hurley would wear grey metallic boots in the film ' with a matching miniskirt. In the same film, 'fembots' (women with 1960s hairdos, go-go boots, and hotpants), are introduced over Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'.
• Denise Richards would wear a blouse, skirt, and black knee-length boots for the required school uniform in Starship Troopers.
• The short Canadian film Shoes Off! by director Mark Sawers, features a man who is attracted to a beautiful blonde and her shiny black go-go boots.
• Good Burger, the comedy starring the duo Keenan & Kel, features attractive women in futuristic-looking patent-leather boots and miniskirts for the 'Mondo Burger' rival.

21st Century

• Meg Ryan would wear various miniskirt and boot combos throughout the film 'Against the Ropes.'
• Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried would do a seductive performance in Christmas miniskirts and black boots to the theme of 'Jingle Bells.' in 2002's Mean Girls
• Joy Bryant would wear go-go boots with miniskirts in Mario Van Peebles' Baadasssss!.
• Jane Krakowski would have a sexy scene showcasing her boots in the remake of Alfie.
• Renée Zellweger wears boots in Bridget Jones' Diary 2. The German billboard of the film would showcase the character in boots as well.
• Soul Plane features stewardesses wearing purple miniskirts and gold go-go boots as a standard uniform.
• Resident Evil and ' would feature Milla Jovovich and Sienna Guillory as tough heroines clad in miniskirts and leather knee-high boots.
• Sarah Michelle Geller as Daphne would wear purple go-go boots with a miniskirt in two films based on the classic Scooby Doo cartoons: Scooby Doo & '
• Actress Drea de Matteo wears her 'holiday' black knee high leather boots in the film remake of Assault on Precinct 13.

Television

1960s

• The original ' series had the female officers wearing regulation Go-Go boots with miniskirts.
• Honor Blackman and Linda Thorson as Cathy Gale and Tara King of the British television spy show, The Avengers often wore knee-length boots with outfits. Diana Rigg would wear knee-length boots as a dominatrix called the "Queen of Sin" in the episode, A Touch of Brimstone.
• Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman even composed a song titled, Kinky boots based on their characters.
• The Irwin Allen produced television show, Land of the Giants, had booted female leads in Deanna Lund and Heather Young, with contrasting miniskirts.

1970s

• Lynda Carter sported boots as the beautiful heroine Wonder Woman.
• The second season of introduced the mysterious alien Maya, portrayed by Catherine Schell in a minidress and matching boots. This outfit was also the norm for series regular, Barbara Bain who portrayed Dr. Helena Russell.
• Joanna Lumley wore boots in the show The New Avengers, a spinoff of The Avengers.
• Suzanne Somers' character from Three's Company, Chrissy Snow, would wear boots usually over jeans.
• A short-lived science-fiction series, Fantastic Journey featured an Atlantean portrayed by actress Katie Saylor, dressed in a black miniskirt and black knee-length boots assisting a team lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
• Electra Woman and Dyna Girl was a short-lived superhero show produced by Sid and Marty Krofft, that showcased an attractive female duo in the Batman/Robin mold, dressed in tight, sexy costumes with knee high boots.

1980s

• The first season of ' would have the miniskirt and Go-Go boot combination for background female officers. In the pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", Marina Sirtis' Deanna Troi would wear the outfit, with Denise Crosby's Tasha Yar wearing the outfit in the final scene of the episode. Marina Sirtis would don the outfit one more time for the final episode of the series All Good Things....

1990s

• In ', Terry Farrell's Jadzia Dax would wear the classic miniskirt and Go-Go boot uniform in the episode Trials and Tribble-ations.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar's Buffy the Vampire Slayer would wear boots with various miniskirts; an outfit that defined the character.
• Fran Drescher's The Nanny would frequently wear Go-Go boots with various outfits, as did Melissa Joan Hart in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.
• Katie Couric of NBC's morning show, 'Today,' is known for wearing knee-length, or thigh-high boots.
• The sci-fi show, Lexx featured the very attractive character Zev (later Xev) Bellringer--a half-lizard/half-human--respectively portrayed by actresses, Eva Habermann and Xenia Seeberg, whose everyday wear consisted of a one-piece minidress and go-go boots.

21st Century

• Star Trek would return with the classic miniskirts and boots in the prequel series , with the two-part episode 'In a Mirror Darkly.' Actress Jolene Blalock, as T'Pol, would be showcased in the legendary outfit.

Music

1960s

• Go-Go boots are usually associated with Nancy Sinatra, who popularized Go-Go Boots through her music (These Boots Are Made for Walkin') and lifestyle.
• Singer Jeannie C. Riley, whose 1968 "risqué" song Harper Valley P.T.A. was a No. 1 hit record, was marketed as a sex symbol dressed in an evocative tight mini-skirt and Go-Go boots.

1990s

• Singer Sam Phillips does her own version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots...' for the film Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter).

21st Century

• Geri Halliwell would do a version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots...'for '.
• Jessica Simpson would do her own rendition of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walking' for The Dukes of Hazzard film.

Literature

1940s

• Lady Blackhawk, currently part of DC comics' Birds of Prey, was character that was a spinoff of the Blackhawk comic. She wears knee high black leather boots with a miniskirted aviator uniform.

1970s

• Gwen Stacy of Spider-Man fame was known for her outfits that consisted of miniskirts and go-go boots. Her story was recently re-told in the 1994 Marvel Comics miniseries 'Marvels.'

21st Century

The reissue of the James Bond novel ?Octopussy and The Living Daylights? by Penguin Books featured a sexy agent in a black miniskirt and black boots holding an automatic rifle.

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News

21st Century

• Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, has been noted for her commanding clothes consisting of black knee-high leather boots complimenting an oufit of a black skirt and flowing 'Matrix'-like coat, thought to be a combination of 'sex and power'...

Miscellaneous

• Japanese Race Queens and Campaign Girls are known to wear boots with revealing outfits.
• Go-Go dancers often wear Go-Go boots.