Pugh's sandals featured a generous platform and a block heel reaching at least 6 inches in height. The shoe's base has a similar silhouette to the styles included in Harris Reed's famous knee-high ...

As Insider Picks director Ellen Hoffman wondered aloud in an article at the time, "Why were 28,000 people willing to wait weeks for a pair of shoes when ... a walkable 2-inch block heel, a footbed ...