Knowledge, Information and Experience
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step……..so join me take you on a roller coaster journey of SHOES 👞👟👠👡👢
I know it’s hard to believe but the accessories that currently cover your feet have a 40,000 year history. Yes you read it correctly it’s 40,000 years….. It’s hard to imagine a time before the invention of shoes.
The history, changes and tendencies in footwear fashion can be divided into the main world history eras:
1. Prehistory (2,5 million BC – 1250 BC): Austria and Italy, archeologists found a naturally mummified human named Oetzi from the Stone Age who died about 3300 years before our era. This Alpine traveler was wearing shoes made from deerskin with a sole made from bearskin and stuffed with hay.
2. Antiquity (1250 BC – 476): The first sandals emerged in ancient Egypt. They were made from palm leaves, papyrus fiber and raw leather.
3. The Middle Ages (476 – 1453): Although the Middle Ages are considered the dark ages, it was during this time that a lot of new footwear trends and fashion appeared. The heel was discovered and was only worn by men at first.
4. Early Modern Times (1453 – 1918): Men’s and women’s fashion was different during this period and until the end of the 18th century, it was mostly dictated by men. Men were the first to wear shoes with heels. Up until the end of the 18th century, men’s legs were considered to be the standard of beauty. Although women also wore fancy shoes, they were hidden under long skirts. So men were the ones to dictate fashion, footwear fashion in particular.
5. Modern Times (1918 – these days): There was a huge breakthrough in footwear in the second part of the 20th century with the establishment and prosperity of American pop culture which was associated with the desire to be different, unique and to be part of a certain subculture. Cheaper raw materials, new structures and a different lifestyle changed the image of gentlemen and ladies.
With the evolution of shoes material used also changed – A variety of materials are used for making shoes- leather fabrics, plastic, rubber, fabrics, wood, jute fabrics, and metal. More than 200 operations are required for making a pair of shoes.
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It is essential to bring more consciousness into your life in ordinary situations when everything is going relatively smoothly. In this way, you grow in presence power. It generates an energy field in you and around you of a high vibrational frequency. No unconsciousness, no negativity, no discord or violence can enter that field and survive, just as darkness cannot survive in the presence of light.
