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a tiny vehicle for your feet, redesigned every decade to sell the same idea differently
means a sturdy covering for the foot, typically with a firm sole and a less flexible structure than a slipper or sock.
from From Old English 'scoh,' tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root '*skohaz' — cousin to German 'Schuh' and Dutch 'schoen.' Its deeper origins are murky, but it may relate to a notion of 'covering' or 'concealing,' which fits: a shoe is, at heart, a hide pulled over the foot. The wandering plural 'shoon' lingered in poetry long after everyone else had settled on 'shoes.'
- oldest pair
- A 5,500-year-old leather shoe found in an Armenian cave
- high heels
- Originally worn by men to grip stirrups while riding
- left and right
- Distinct shapes only became standard in the 1800s
- laces
- The aglet, that plastic tip, has its own real name
nike air jordan — michael jordan's signature sneaker line launched in 1985, generating over $5 billion in annual sales
converse chuck taylor — canvas high-top shoes designed in 1923, over 600 million pairs sold worldwide
adidas superstar — three-stripe shell-toe sneaker created in 1969, iconic in hip-hop and basketball culture