Shoo Shoes!
For centuries women have endured the pains and pleasures of fashion. Just the other day a friend sent me a couple of images which instantly brought to mind the ancient Chinese practice of foot binding.
Dating from the Sung Dynasty 960-1279 AD, this bizarre practice allegedly started because a Prince of the Sung Dynasty had a foot fetish for tiny feet. Women in their millions were crippled into submission, their quality of life destroyed on a sexual whim. It wasn’t until 1915 that Dr Sun Yat-Sen, China’s modern founder known to millions as “The Father of the Chinese Revolution” declared the practice illegal. Even then it took years before such embedded doctrines worked their way out of the generational system.
By the looks of these shoes it’s reverse “Lotus Gait”, a term used to describe women with deformed feet who avoided placing weight on the front and tended to walk on their heels.
The cruel reality of a perverse fashion!
