Brothel creepers

Brothel creepers

(British)

Shoes with thick crepe soles, fashionable among teddy boys and others in the 1950s ('brothel stompers' is an American version). Brothel creepers has some- times also denoted suede shoes or 'desert boots'.

'Red tiger-stripe brothel-creepers are all the rage.' (Tatler, March 1987).

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