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WORLD FOOTWEAR | JULY/AUGUST 2012
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Princess Diana dies in
Paris
Handover of Hong
Kong from Britain to
China
Film
Titanic
screened
Grand Theft Auto
computer video game
starts
Viagra
President Clinton
impeached
Google launched
Saving Private Ryan
screened
Genome cracked
BlackBerry launched
US women’s football
team wins World Cup
Star Wars – Episode I
Gisbourne, New
Zealand population
32,754, is first city in
the world to welcome
in the new millennium
Broadband introduced
Trip Advisor debuts
9/11 - Twin Towers
destroyed
Afghanistan invasion
Global warming
promoted
iPod launched
Toyota Prius
AbioCor artificial heart
invented
Lord of the Rings
trilogy
started
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
© Russell Wong/fanpop.com
90s - 00s
The rise of the Chav culture in the UK copies Burberry check and love of logos. • In the USA, psychobilly bands
encouraged “creepers” – rock and roll shoes on thick crepe soles. • Hip hop artists influence fashion - Tommy
Hilfiger’s baggy pants and oversize tops are worn worldwide. • Sportswear is the new uniform. • Men wear heavy gold jewellery and “bling-
bling”. • The decline of the suit as a uniform - cargo pants and casual Fridays become the norm.
1998: Flip*Flops
registered as a
brand in Germany.
© Bernd Hummel Holding Gmbh
Church shoes
celebrates 125th
anniversary in1997.
© Church & Co Ltd
Pop punk returned and hooded sweatshirts became a
youth uniform.
© 20th Century Fox and
Paramount Pictures.
© New Line Cinema
Spice Girls were number one with ‘Wannabe’ –
the start of the girl and boy bands trends.
Sex and the City
ran
from 1998 to 2004 and
made Manolo Blahnik a
household name
Film and music
Fashion
Sport
IceBug of Sweden won ISPO Outdoor Award
in 2001 for best innovation footwear with
BUGrip technology – retractable spikes for
running in winter.
© Icebug
The first Bread and Butter fair in
Cologne, 2001.
© Bread and Butter
Apple’s first
generation iPod.
© Wikipedia/Aaron Logan/Apple Inc
© WingNut Films
The Saul Zaentz Company
© Shutterstock