tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post3320235188783965699..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Flats were sexy onceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-32369767882090420232009-10-22T11:59:02.624-04:002009-10-22T11:59:02.624-04:00I've heard Tsonga shoes are very comfy and als...I've heard Tsonga shoes are very comfy and also handmade: http://www.tsongausa.com/Scripts/story.asp<br /><br />I am pretty sure you get left and right shoes, though.Victoria Janssenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12259793807283856761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-91281557099578918012009-10-22T10:48:28.499-04:002009-10-22T10:48:28.499-04:00Vanessa,I was recently informed that during the Ci...Vanessa,I was recently informed that during the Civil War (and probably before and after), soldiers were issued boots in one size, 8.5 I believe. I think there were a lot of people going around in poorly-fitting and/or poorly made shoes (they're doing it today, too). Some people would be wearing castoffs, and making the best of it. (Again, still the case.) But as I understood it, affordable ready-made shoes from the CW shoemaker (never "cobbler")would come in some basic sizes, and the leather would adapt to the foot.Loretta Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170060214285828433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-18738412600711233192009-10-22T09:24:19.737-04:002009-10-22T09:24:19.737-04:00I love Regency era shoes. Being addicted to flats...I love Regency era shoes. Being addicted to flats myself (too uncoordinated to wear heels), I just sigh over all those beautiful, delicate flats. It's like the Audrey Hepburn fantasy land for shoes.<br /><br />I've taken a number of costume courses over the years, but they generally didn't focus on shoes. Just the basics - dancing slippers, riding boots, etc...so I didn't know that shoes didn't come in left or right. As you point out, that wasn't a problem if good quality leather was used, but what did the working classes wear? Were they clomping around in stiff, poorly made shoes that made their poor feet constantly ache?Vanessa Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571549124283013391noreply@blogger.com