1.   Carmen Miranda got away with cocaine in her platform shoes.

2.   Flares feature highly in the line up, as do dizzy platform shoes that defy gravity.

3.   Platform shoes are on the way out.

4.   Remember flares, platform shoes and glam rock?

5.   And platform shoes are sending fashionites to new heights.

6.   A couple hundred other shops offer such things as platform shoes, designer clothes, skateboards, incense and Indonesian imports.

7.   According to one official familiar with security at Logan, platform shoes could conceal explosives in the sole so they get closer scrutiny.

8.   After all, platform shoes and skin-tight jeans are back in style.

9.   After seasons of clunky platform shoes, now they promote high, high heels so thin they are not useful for walking but very handy for toppling.

10.   But careful observers noticed a few topless women, who were tough to notice in a swirl of leather, chiffon, platform shoes, tiaras and silk pajamas.