| Some countries have customs regarding shoe | | | | unlike the loafer that any business man might |
| removal when entering a house. Sometimes it | | | | wear on a weekend. Even platform soles, which |
| is done to avoid bringing dirt and foreign | | | | seemed so outlandish when they were first |
| materials into the house and sometimes it is | | | | introduced have a relative in the chopine, a |
| done out of respect for the house. It is | | | | shoe from the 16th century with a raised |
| customary to remove shoes when entering a | | | | sole, made of wood, and reaching up to 30 |
| home in Asia, Easter Europe, and part of the | | | | inches high. Also similar to the platform |
| Middle East, Africa, Northern Europe, Canada | | | | shoe was the Japanese geta. So, the basic |
| and Alaska. Other matters of shoe etiquette | | | | shape of shoes has not changed that |
| include not showing the soles of your shoes | | | | drastically over time. We have changed the |
| in the Middle East, Africa, Korean or | | | | materials but not the general idea of what a |
| Thailand. If member of different countries | | | | shoe is. |
| all entered a room and removed their shoes, | | | | |
| depending on the time period, you may be able | | | | A shoe is made up of several basic parts, |
| to tell what countries are represented just | | | | regardless of the time period or culture it |
| by looking at the footwear. | | | | emerges from. The only difference is that |
| | | | some of these parts are skipped when making |
| Shoes have come in many different shapes and | | | | certain kinds of shoes. First and most well |
| sizes, from many different countries and many | | | | know the shoe has a sole; this is defined |
| different times. There are drawings in a cave | | | | only as the part of the shoe that makes |
| in Spain that date back to more than 15,000 | | | | contact with the ground. In addition to the |
| years ago. In these drawings, human are | | | | sole, most shoes have some kind of shank, a |
| depicted wearing animal skins and furs | | | | piece of material that is placed between the |
| wrapped around their feet. We have covered | | | | sole and the insole. The basic shoe also has |
| our feet with leather, wood and straw over | | | | other less know parts: the breast, the cap, |
| the years and as we discover more materials | | | | the counter, the feather, the puff, the |
| the shoes grow more interesting and advanced. | | | | quarter, the seat, the stiffener, the throat, |
| Sandals are the oldest kind of shoe and they | | | | the top piece, the topline, the upper, the |
| still exist today. Furthermore moccasins, the | | | | vamp and the waist. |
| traditional shoe of Native Americans look not | | | | |