Do You know About Shoes?

● The first lady boot was designed for Queen Victoria in 1840.

● The oldest is known footwear is a pair of sandals made of straw Braid, and from Egypt.

● The first of leather sandals and ornaments made of gold were found in the bathroom of the pharaoh Tutankhamen.

● The first shoes seen in modern Europe were used in the French courts between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Were so heavy that led uncomfortable and severe pain in the ankles.

● The babuchas, also known as "sleepers", began being used in the twelfth century by the Moors.

● The first templates used to protect the feet began to be cork.

● The heel at the end of the century XVI and XVII of the end.

● The Industrial Revolution brought with it the numbering of the footwear.

● It is in the twentieth century when it begins to experiment with new materials such as rubber soles.

● The first rubber shoes were launched for sale in 1971.

A curiosity ...

Ismelda Marcos, who was once First Lady of the Philippines, has the largest collection of shoes in the world, with more than 3 billion pairs at their disposal!!!