Shoe
A shoe is a type of footwear. It is an item of clothing. You can wear them outside. Shoes come in pairs, with one shoe for each foot. People usually wear shoes in public. They are worn for hygiene, style, and comfort. While there are some shoes that don't need socks to wear, shoes are usually worn with socks.
Shoes are a type of foot protection. For example, many shoes can protect a person's foot from sand; others do not.
Types of shoes
There are many different types of shoes. Athletic shoes, for example, are lightweight to make running, walking or jogging easier. The sole of the shoe is also softer. Slippers are a kind of indoor shoe. They often serve to keep feet warm. Tall shoes are boots. Rubber boots are used in wet places.
Shoes are also worn for fashion. Shoes with a high heel are called high heels. Shoes for formal wear are made of leather. They are worn for business and ceremonial functions.
Shoe Media
A variety of shoes displayed at the Nordic Museum, including models from 1700 to the 1960s.
The oldest known leather shoe, about 5500 years old, found in Armenia
Esparto sandals from the 6th or 5th millennium BC found in Spain
Roman shoes: a man's, a woman's and a child's shoe from Bar Hill Roman Fort, Scotland.
Footwear of Roman soldiers (reconstruction)
Dutch pattens, c. 1465. Excavated from the archeological site of Walraversijde, near Ostend, Belgium
A shoemaker in the Georgian era, from The Book of English Trades, 1821.
Woman's shoe, China, possibly Shanxi or Ningbo style, late 19th to early 20th century
By the late 19th century, the shoemaking industry had migrated to the factory and was increasingly mechanized. Pictured, the bottoming room of the B. F. Spinney & Co. factory in Lynn, Massachusetts, 1872.
Advertisement in an 1896 issue of McClure's for "The Regal".
A shoemaker making turnshoes at the Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum. English subtitles.
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Other websites
Media related to Shoes at Wikimedia Commons
External links
Shoe on English Wikipedia
