Go-Go boots were originally created in the 1960s with the intention that they should be used for wearing while dancing. The term is said to have been originated by André Courrèges, who made a white, low-heeled boot, rising a bit above the ankles. The term is often used to define all types of fashion boots for women, usually knee-length boots worn with a miniskirt or dress.
During the sixties and even today, Go-Go Boots are thought to be a form of female empowerment. Go-Go dancers often wear Go-Go boots.
The original Star Trek series had the female officers wearing regulation Go-Go boots with miniskirts.
Honor Blackman and Linda Thorson as Cathy Gale and Tara King of the British television spy show, The Avengers often wore knee-length boots with outfits. Diana Rigg would wear knee-length boots as a dominatrix called the "Queen of Sin" in the episode, A Touch of Brimstone.
Marisa Mell pranced around seductively in the 1960s film, wearing a miniskirt and boots.
The Irwin Allen produced television show, Land of the Giants , had booted female leads in Deanna Lund and Heather Young, with contrasting miniskirts.
Singer Jeannie C. Riley, whose 1968 "risqué" song "Harper Valley P.T.A." was a No. 1 hit record, was marketed as a sex symbol dressed in an evocative tight mini-skirt and Go-Go boots.
The second season of Space: 1999 introduced the mysterious alien Maya, portrayed by Catherine Schell in a minidress and matching boots. This outfit was also the norm for series regular, Barbara Bain who portrayed Dr. Helena Russell, and female crewmembers.
A short-lived science-fiction series, Fantastic Journey featured an Atlantean portrayed by actress Katie Saylor , dressed in a black miniskirt and black knee-length boots assisting a team lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
1980s
The first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation would have the miniskirt and Go-Go boot combination for background female officers. In the pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint", Marina Sirtis' Deanna Troi would wear the outfit, with Denise Crosby's Tasha Yar wearing the outfit in the final scene of the episode. Marina Sirtis would don the outfit one more time for the final episode of the series All Good Things....
Elizabeth Hurley would wear grey metallic boots in the film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery with a matching miniskirt. In the same film, 'fembots' (women with 1960s hairdos, go-go boots, and hotpants), are introduced over Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'.
The comedy Soul Plane featured airline stewardesses in purple minidresses and gold Go-Go boots.
Secretary of Defense, Condoleezza Rice, has been noted for her commanding clothes consisting of black knee-high leather boots complimenting an oufit of a black skirt and flowing 'Matrix'-like coat, thought to be a combination of 'sex and power'...
The sci-fi show, Lexx featured the very attractive character Zev(later Xev)Bellringer--a half-lizard/half-human--respectively portrayed by actresses, Eva Habermann and Xenia Seeberg, whose everyday wear consisted of a one-piece minidress and go-go boots.
Sarah Michelle Geller would wear purple go-go boots as 'Daphne' in the live-action version of Scooby-Doo, based on the famous cartoon of the same name.
