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The year was 1990. It was the “Third Summer of Love”, the Happy Mondays were chanting, “It’s gotta be a loose fit”, and it looked as though high heels would never again be worn by anyone under 30.

Peter McAllister is an anthropologist and science writer from Griffith University on the Gold Coast.