Sandals were the first shoes to grace human feet. Although one might think that perhaps the first that the ancient Greeks wore sandals, it was really all the way to the Ice Age, 5 million years ago during the first humans were animals with fur. These basic leather sandals on the feet of our ancestors stone sharp stones and thorns protected.
Even 15,000 years ago during the Paleolithic period, there were paintings, which representPeople who wear sandals. Of course these are only the most basic leather sandals and wore quickly. Only tanga design came into play by the ancient Egyptians, that things really started practicing. They had their shoes mainly of papyrus, palm leaves, as well as leather and wood. wooden sandals in India came shortly after China and Japan and introduced rice straw sandals. The population of South America used ropes sisal plant.
Sandalsare still very popular today, walking sandals, flip flops, sandals, polo sport, and many different women sandals men. Strangely, with all the different ways in time, the sandals are not really a fashion statement, but believes that until the twentieth century. This development can largely be credited to the allure of Hollywood, especially when it comes to women's sandals.
Today shoes are designed for almost any purpose, includingFashion. Exercise Sandals have really taken off in popularity, as well as "dress" sandals that can be used in evening dresses and more. If you are walking, comfort, hiking, beaches, and even sandals that seem to be very unpleasant, but it is pleasing to the eye. It can be assumed then that the beauty of a sandal - like everything else in fashion and function - is in the eye of the beholder.
