Interesting Anecdotes Of Shoes

The 52 bones on the feet almost account for 1/4 of the total bone, either as protection or decorate Uses, shoes They are all important components. Shoes have been telling stories about shoemaking and wearing shoes.

The ancient Egyptians decorated their soles with designs and used footprints to convey information.

The French king Louis Xiv was short in size and was 5 inches tall. Heel With compensation, he drew a pocket design on his heels, which led the army to win the battle.

Women in Greenland keep their babies warm in fur lined boots and high flanges.

Abraham Lincoln took off his uncomfortable shoes, wore slippers and paced up and down in the White House, astonishing his politicians.

Two hundred years ago, in Japan, men and women were swagging through the tall wooden clogs called "g e t a s" in order to avoid dragging the kimono hem in mud.

In 1972, a track and field coach in Oregon poured a mixture of urethane mixture into the iron mold of the custard, and from then on developed the signature shoe style of the first batch of "Nike shoes".

The shoes called "Oxford shoes" were introduced by students from University of Oxford, England, in 1640. But shoelaces were very fresh at that time, which caused a sensation, especially when President Jefferson wore it at a fashionable reception. At that time, people's comment on Oxford shoes was "flashy, imitating the fashionable fashion of Paris".

Just as today's celebration of sports stars is the victory of the sales uniforms, one hundred years ago, when people celebrated military victory, they imitate the shoes of the winning general.

In ancient Greece, shoes symbolized the difference between slavery and freedom. Slaves are not allowed to wear shoes, except in the countryside, where they can wear thick wooden slippers.

When their slaves were sold, their bare feet were covered with chalk or plaster. The free men in Greece dare not go to the streets without shoes, for fear of being taken as slaves.

The shoe tells the story. In our lifetime, each of us may walk sixty-five thousand miles - almost two and a half weeks round the earth. If you take a close look at the shoes people wear, you will find out where they have been and where they are going. Shoes are better than any personal possessions to show everyone's way of life, work and play. And in every culture in the world, what people wear (or not) can reflect their environment and culture, and their social roles as men, women, adults and children. Throughout the history of mankind, shoes have been closely related to special activities - from weddings to funerals, from coronation to execution - and become important symbols in our traditions and stories we share.