10 Totally Strange Facts about Shoes
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Published On: October 15, 2015
About every kind of shoe and their brands and when their
new collection comes in, you probably know all these things if you care about your styles. Modern Fashion has made shoes one of the basic style constituent but once it was a status symbol limited to a particular social class. Hard to believe??
This is not the only fact that we have recently discovered about shoes.
There are lots of others that will give you a whole new insight of how shoe has evolved in fashion and even in addiction for some. If SJP’s or Chloe Kardashian’s shoe wardrobe has been on your mind in the past for days, these are the facts that you will probably never get over:
1. Dorothy’s Ruby Slipper from The Wizard of Oz worth a million
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Not many art works see that fame like the adaption of The Wizar of Oz did. The lead character Dorothy wore ruby pair in the movie which were kept in Judy Garland Museum after the film gained profound success. The ruby pairs which were stolen from the museum in 2005 still worth a million. Anonymous benefactor according to
Vanity Fair has recently offered a reward to the information provider and location of the stolen shoes.
2. Wedding Slipper is Groom’s Toast in Hungary
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So, they took it a little too far. According to
wedding traditionspost at about.com, Greek and Hungarian people have a set of rituals at the wedding that gives the shoe primary importance. The Hungarian grooms on their wedding are supposed to remove their bride’s shoe and drink champagne in it to finish the celebration.
3. Sneakers come from Sneak
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Don’t pretend that you already had done your research in most people’s
favorite footwear, unlike most people. The word
Wikipedians would use is ‘stealthy’ which means silence and you exactly know one of the reasons why you love wearing sneakers when you are minding your own business. It is exactly the reason, why it was named “sneakers” as well.
4. World’s Largest Shoe Design is Chuck Tailor Inspired
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If you are
Converse fan, the world’s largest shoe according to
Guinness Book of world records won’t make you weird at all. In fact, you might fall in love with this Chuck Taylor Inspired Red
pair of sneakers. This 18 ft 0.53 in x 6 ft 11.07 in and is 9 ft 6.17 high pair has even the brand’s monogram in its very particular place.
5. Shoe Addiction is not limited to Women
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While women’s high heels and
shoe addiction has been in question much more than men, the outburst for Air Yeezy II of Kanye West reminds us that it’s just ‘her addiction’. How post cosumers report it, brands like Nike and Air Jordan who majorly serve men are only increasing their popularity and profits which shows that men are minimalists when it comes to shoes. Seems like any man who will find this
branded collection of shoes with viable discounts will not skip filling carts.
6. There are Surgeries to wear Heels
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Have you heard about Cinderella surgery that woman take just to make the heel wearing experience, painless. This happens in the very same world where you live. The bunionplasty is a reconstructive surgery for the bones of feet that will make you ready to wear heels as much as possible. There is whole procedure with a video which
dailymail featured, in case you are too much into heels. Just in case, heels are not what you care about to ultimate levels,
comfort footwear options have gone very cool too.
7. Clarks England created first comfort shoe
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Clarks England might be
one of the brands you already look up to. It come as additional surprise to you that the brand is officially the originator of moccasin style in shoes. Clarks England today is not limited to moccasin and features a number of styles in shoes and sandals as well. But comfort remains the highlight.
8. 469 is the Average
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According to survey conducted by
Glamour in 2010, the number of shoes that woman is likely to buy in life time is 469 and spend almost $25,000 to buy these pairs. So, if you think 100 pairs was little too much to handle, there might be much more coming your way in the years coming. Inspired to add some pairs right now? You can head to
online collection of finest pairs for viable discounts applicable. Guess you will want to save to add more to your foot luxury.
9. Diamonds and Platinum in Shoe is almost usual
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Heard about Beyonce’s pair with 1310 diamonds set in platinum? It’s not the first time. Anike Noni Rose had them worn too. Not the exact pair. In fact, she had them with 1420 diamonds only.
10. KhloeKardashian is believed to have largest number of Louboutins
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This doesn’t mean to offend Louboutins lovers if they have been collecting crazily all year. But Chloe’s closet amazed fans when there was clearly too much density of Louboutins in her famous and well organized
shoe closet. Does she have competition?
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