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Talk:Collezioni La Soul
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Puns
Each shoe name is a pun:
| Shoe | Explanations |
|---|---|
| Diva Cleopatra | Cleopatra |
| Shock and Awesomeness | Shock and Awe |
| Mosura Shobijin | See Mothra |
| Shiny Aphrodite | |
| Global Warmer | Global Warming |
| Belafonte Day-O | "Day-O" is the signature lyric in Harry Belafonte's Banana Boat Song |
| Tootsie Soul | Tootsie Roll |
| Modernista | |
| Hot Coffy | Hot Coffee |
| Blue Ray Def Jam | Blu-Ray video format, Def Jam Records |
| Quetzalcoatl | |
| Ooga | |
| Fellini Eight Point Five | Film 8½ by Federico Fellini |
| Eva Noelle | Christmas Eve (?) |
| Gilberto Impanema | Astrud Gilberto and her song The Girl from Ipanema |
| Walkin' Nancy | derived from Nancy Sinatra's song These Boots are Made for Walkin' |
| Lucy Van Pelt | Charlie Brown's friend Lucy from Peanuts |
| Sandi Bernadino | San Bernardino, California |
| Camper Van Boothoven | Ludwig van Beethoven ( / some other correlation) |
| Bunny Slope | The bunny slope is a ski area with a gentle slope where beginner skiers are taught to ski. Hence, a rather apt name for a ski boot |
| Lady Cougar | possibly refferring to this |
| Panthera Pardus | Latin for "Panther Leopard" |
| Dewey Decimal | Dewey Decimal Classification, possibly a shoe designed for librarians/bookworms? |
| Green Giantesse | Jolly Green Giant |
| Aqua Velvet | Aqua Velva |
It also appears that many of these shoes' name are allusions to songs and their respective performers

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