I was walking up a hill in LA’s Little Armenia, in 2006. The very steep hill—described by Mitcz as 35 degrees—which I was scaling, while wearing bright orange patent leather ankle boots with 7 inch clear plastic spike heels and accompanying platforms. I got them at the stripper store on South Street in Philadelphia that had the good stuff but was appointment only and you had to beg to come in if you weren’t a Real Stripper and only did go-go. I’d affixed grip tape from the skate shop to the bottoms to make them more functional for the street.