Golo Footwear is a fashion company established in 1915 by the German immigrant Adolf Heilbrunn. The company initially designed and manufactured slippers in

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, and was known for experimenting with materials not traditionally used in footwear, such as cork, stretch fabrics,

Gore-Tex Gore-Tex is a waterproof, breathable fabric membrane and registered trademark of W. L. Gore & Associates. Invented in 1969, Gore-Tex can repel liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterpr ...

for rainboots, and clear lucite sandal wedges. In 2006, there were 22 Golo boots, shoes, and sandals in the

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, including an over-the-knee boot made of different-colored patent leather zip-on layers, stretch patent leather boots designed for Jacques Tiffeau in 1967, and the denim platform boots designed by Leila Larmon and Stephen Bruce. Golo is probably best recognized for the invention of the

go-go boot Go-go boots are a low-heeled style of women's fashion boot first introduced in the mid-1960s. The original go-go boots, as defined by André Courrèges in 1964, were white, low-heeled, and mid-calf in height, a specific style which is sometimes ...

in 1964, which was worn by Barbra Streisand and photographed by

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in the August 1965 issue of ''

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''. The Golo brand was bought by Dennis Comeau and relaunched in 2013. ''Footwear News", AUG 19, 2013

References

{{Reflist Footwear Shoe companies of the United States American companies established in 1915 1915 establishments in Pennsylvania