Posted on 06/09/2010 8:34:42 PM PDT by GonzoII
Still, the world's oldest known leather shoe, revealed Wednesday, struck one of the world's best known shoe designers as shockingly au courant. "It is astonishing," Blahnik said via email, "how much this shoe resembles a modern shoe!"
Stuffed with grass, perhaps as an insulator or an early shoe tree, the 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe was found exceptionally well preserved—thanks to a surfeit of sheep dung—during a recent dig in an Armenian cave.
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Great story. I especially like that they consulted Manolo and quoted him extensively.
A woman’s size 7.
I was sorta trying to figure out what was stunningly modern about it.
An UGG!
Let’s hope the archaeologists continue searching the sheep dip for its mate.
(If it isn’t found, there’s always ebay.)
Women’s size 7. Maybe a triple E, though. :)
Wingtip... a shoe built to last the test of time.
I have a pair of Wingtip shoes that I bought over 40 years ago. They look as new today as they did the day I took them out of the box. Sheep dung... hmmm.
“or an early shoe tree”
Nope, my guess is the hay was to cushion the foot.
Will PETA protest THIS?
Soon to be featured on Ses in the City III, the girls go shopping during a night at the museum.
My wingtips are only 30 years old. I picked them up for less than $30.00. Still in good shape.
It’s shaped something like a foot—just like modern shoes!
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