The recorded history of slippers can be traced back to the 12th century when the Vietnamese had been wearing slippers. But in the West, the record can only be traced to 1478. Slippers were worn in Chinese courts as early as 4700 BC. They were made of cotton or woven rush, had leather linings, and featured symbols of power, such as dragons. Native American moccasins were also highly decorative. They depicted nature scenes and were embellished with beadwork and fringing, their soft sure-footedness made them suitable for indoors appropriation. Inuit and Aleut people made shoes from smoked hare hide to protect their feet against the frozen ground inside their homes. Victorian men needed such shoes to keep the dust and gravel outside their homes. For Victorian womens slippers were an opportunity to show off their needlepoint skills and use embroidery as decoration
Post popolari
