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Tuesday 23 July 2013

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By the 1930's, women's feet were finally experiencing some liberation. Women began to quit wanting to emulate queens and royalty and instead wanted to be more athletic. The saddle shoe became popular, considered clunky and big, yet rebellious, and finally women were allowed toe room and a flat shoe. Supposedly the popularity of the dance the jitterbug played into the popularity of the saddle shoe as it was hard to do the energetic dance in heels. Yet today, it is still reported that women have 4 times more foot problems than men, due solely to high heels.
It is funny that we see foot laws reemerge in the United States in the 1960's over the regulation of barefootedness, in response to hippies. And in recent years, schools all over America have begun to enforce strict dress codes, that include things such as Chicago's banning of the red/black version of Air Jordan shoes on campus, describing the wearing of these shoes as "disruptive." In Florida, a middle school banned two-toned shoes, but solid green shoes are not allowed either, and heels cannot be over 1 inch in height. Some U.S. schools currently ban black shoes, which is interesting when you juxtapose the idea that women are not allowed to wear white shoes in Afghanistan as per a 1999 report. James reports that for some unknown reason, Los Angeles has banned wearing condoms on your feet in some of its public schools. He also says that it is illegal to attach mirrors to your feet in Australia, to stop men from looking up women's skirts.
Shoes and feet have long been associated with good luck, even horse shoes. Babies who came out feet first are considered magical in some cultures. And it is thought the concept of shoes as good luck may be related to the concept that the rich had nice shoes as a class privilege, so people used shoes as a token of wealth and luck. (Oddly, I have an old gold charm a woman from Turkey gave me decades ago, and I always wondered why a shoe?!) One old custom places an old shoe outside your door before leaving on a long journey for good luck. Throwing shoes after someone leaving on travels was also a good luck symbol, which is related not only to throwing confetti and rice at weddings, but also tying shoes to a car's bumper as the couple drives away. One ritual says a shoe thrown over a house will land pointing in the direction fate will take you in shortly. And wishcraft tells folks to put gems in their shoes to find treasure. In Spain, women would throw their shoes at Matadors after bullfights to get their attention.
It is said to be good luck if shoes fall onto their soles. Tripping over a boot is considered bad luck. Some believe you need to put your right shoe on first and take it off first, before the left foot, to avoid bad luck. Unless it is Friday, and you do it unintentionally, and then it means you are sure to get into a fight. One tradition says putting your left foot on the ground first in the morning is bad luck. Some say walking around with one shoe on and one off will bring bad luck for a year. Or that putting your shoes on the wrong feet by accident foretells an accident to the feet will occur soon. Some say not to place your shoes higher than your head while in bed, and that tying shoes together and handing them on a nail is bad luck. It is a bad omen for actors to put shoes on a chair in their dressing room.
It was long thought that you inherited the karma and life energy of those whose shoes you wore, and thus it was considered bad luck to accept someone's old shoes, as you may inherit their troubles and ills as well. This "wives' tale" may have been created to discourage borrowing others' shoes, when they were so precious. But it was also thought you could inherit good karma and good luck through a successful person's shoes too. The phrase "following in your father's footsteps" was based on the practice of bequeathing your shoes to your kin upon death, as shoes were expensive, and your son literally walking in your shoes, leaving the same footprints. Another wives' tale that may have utility was putting red pepper in shoes during winter to keep feet warm. Shoes given as a Christmas gift is considered a bad luck omen, and giving shoes to a friend is said to predict them walking away from you. Sticking a hairpin in a shoe is said to guarantee meeting a good friend. And hanging old shoes up as tokens of good luck on the roof of a house is common. An old shoe is considered good luck charm. On Friday the 13th, superstitious people only wear old shoes to thwart off evil. Old shoes are also burned to start life anew.
Shoelaces took a while to catch on as new fangled things, and were also considered effeminate, so men resisted them at first. But as time wore on, rituals involving shoelaces evolved. It is said if your shoelace comes undone, without being caught on anything to pull it out, your true love is thinking about you at that moment. A broken shoelace came to represent bad luck. And if a right shoe lace came undone, it was good luck, and if the left one came undone, it foresaw bad luck. And if you want the coolest shoelace patterns in town, check this site out (http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm) for more lacing methods than you could ever need!
In Japan, street shoes are left at the door so dirt does not get tracked into the house from the street. Etiquette about which slippers can be worn where, such as slippers are not worn in rooms with tatami mats, and toilet slippers are not worn outside the bathroom, are things Americans would need to be taught. I hear even in Japanese grade schools, there is a room for street shoes, and the kids wear a special slip-on shoe that stays at school, which is very different than American culture where our street shoes go from our schools to the streets and then through our kitchens, bathrooms, and bedrooms.
The most expensive shoes sold yet to date are one of the pairs of ruby red slippers Judy Garland wore in the Wizard of Oz. Neil Armstrong's boots that he walked on the moon with in 1969 are not in the Smithsonian, but rather they dumped them in space before returning home, afraid they might be contaminated. There is an old woman who lives in a shoe with too many children, and Wynken, Blynken and Nod sailed off in a wooden shoe. Many sayings include shoes, such as "walk a mile in my shoes," and "if the shoe fits, wear it." There is a shoe as a marker in the board game Monopoly. Songs refer to shoes too. In my lifetime, "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" is probably the most well known shoe song. Elvis' "Don't Step On My Blue Suede Shoes" also ranks high as a familiar pop song about shoes.

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