Saturday, September 5, 2009

A Brief History of Shoes

First shoes were made for human feet against the hard surface and protect the unfavorable climate. They were meant to cover their feet. Earlier shoes was more like a sandal. A pair of sandals from California, is the oldest pair of shoes, which is still in use. These are almost 9000 years old. They are made from plant fibers together and also look very simple. People used to wrap a piece of coat and tie with a leather strap around their feet, in the Middle Ages.

The shoe modelshave evolved over the years.

European farmers began a different kind of shoe was at the beginning of the twelfth century, which was formed from a single piece of wood. This shoe is on the sabot. Be blocked by Sabot improved in England. It was a wooden sole, while the upper part consisted of the tissue.

Later, Count of Anjou developed special kind of shoes, showed the form, as he wanted his own skin differently shaped feet. This type of shoeintroduced by the French elite class people. In the sixteenth century, the French elite women began to wear high-heeled shoes. This led to the concept of well-heeled women means women, the rich class.

Shoes have been using hand tools such as curved awl, chisel-type blades and scrapers from the 14 Century from BC. These tools were used in Egypt. After some time, tools such as hammers Lapstone, a variety of friction-sticks and pliers were also used.

In1760 the first industrial unit in Lynn, Massachusetts was founded in order to mechanize the production of shoes. In 1870, a native of Dutch Guiana, Jan Matzel wandered, the United States has developed a shoe lasting machine, and helped to revolutionize the shoe industry. In just a minute, this machine has a single value on the shoe.

There are two interesting events on shoes:

- If Imelda Marcos, the former First Lady fled to Hawaii after the People'sPower Revolution in 1986, she had almost 3400 pairs of shoes.

- Robert Wadlow, who was 8 feet 11 inches tall, was the world's tallest man. He wore the biggest shoe size 37 was.

There are different kinds of shoes:

Hiking boots

For cardiovascular conditioning, athletes must be walking. For these exercises, they need shoes that are light in weight. To reduce the pain in the heel, they provide additional attenuation at heels. There are some walking shoes that slightly rounded, moving alone, the weight on the foot from the heel.

Trainers

Trainers a damping effect, heel control and shock absorption in the heel, the joggers and runners.

Aerobic Shoes

For aerobic conditioning, aerobic shoes should be easy. Their soles have impact-resistant to prevent the foot stress.

Sports> Shoes

Shoes have to be designed with the help of various materials. You do not need to provide comfort for the athlete and must also prevent injuries.

Shoes have and will always play a major role in the world of fashion.



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