tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2721510449337060016..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Clogs for Keeping an 18th c. Lady's Shoes CleanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-69165911212488914512017-12-13T02:40:01.961-05:002017-12-13T02:40:01.961-05:00This is great! Thanks for the info, I just want yo...This is great! Thanks for the info, I just want you to check these <a href="http://www.sevenwholesale.com/tag/steve-madden/" rel="nofollow">Wholesale Steve Madden</a>Monicahttp://www.sevenwholesale.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36608599051838035882015-03-23T07:18:07.027-04:002015-03-23T07:18:07.027-04:00I didn't know that there was no shank in those...I didn't know that there was no shank in those days though, it makes those who danced the minuet much more worthy of respect. Thank you for an informative post and an interesting follow up commentSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-61807008217281249002015-03-23T07:16:31.541-04:002015-03-23T07:16:31.541-04:00I remember when I was a very little girl you could...I remember when I was a very little girl you could still get rubber galoshes, a term now applied to rubber boots/wellington boots but they weren't the same, they were rubber but you slid your shod foot into them and fastened them at the back. 'Wellies' are rubberised canvas, but galoshes were raw rubber, semi-transparent. I suppose the reason for them going out of use is two-fold; firstly the prevalence of man-made materials in shoes in the modern age [you have to LOOK for a shoe with a leather sole, and generally have to import it from Italy] because most soles are DMS. Secondly, shoes are mass produced in such quantity that the patterned fabric ones become cheap enough to throw away if too heavily soiled to throw in the washing machine. The number of cobblers who carve a last for hand made shoes fitting one pair of feet are dwindling, and I only know of one locally. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-32208263770985651312015-03-23T07:06:16.369-04:002015-03-23T07:06:16.369-04:00How interesting that clogs would have made it easi...How interesting that clogs would have made it easier to walk in heeled shoes. I saw a documentary recently (actually about dancing) that mentioned that wearing heels in the 17th and 18th centuries gave wearers a mincing walk. This was because the shoes didn't have shanks (the reinforcing piece hidden in the sole between the heel and the ball of the foot) and walking normally would cause the shoe to collapse. I would be intrigued to know if your mantua-maker friend could say if this were true! I had always assumed that the rhyme "Mount on French heels/When you go to a ball /'Tis the fashion to totter/ and show you can fall" referred to heels being high, rather than the structure of the shoes being unstable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com