I found myself at the mall the other day, just doing a bit of window shopping,when I passed by a shoe store. In the window display there were shoes of every type and color. I began wondering who makes all these fashions?What dictates the styles that we wear? Shoes: we wear them daily and yet we know so little about the history of shoes.Here are 10 random and some odd facts that I discovered about the history of shoes.
In Ancient Egypt, slaves had no shoes or wore sandals made of palm leaves. The Commoner wore sandals made from papyrus. Those in higher status were allowed to wear pointed sandals.
The colors red and yellow were reserved for the highest society only. It would be easy to see which status of society one belonged to by simply looking at the footwear they wore.
It wasn’t until 1818, that the right shoe was invented. Until that time, there was no distinction between shoes made for left or right feet. The first pair of right and left footed shoes were made in Philadelphia. Obviously, shoes weren’t made for comfort up to this point.
