Originally posted by red clay
Originally posted by medenaywe
It is hard to run away with those shoes,i supose!Regards Sander. |
I'm inclined to believe that they [the shoes] were a fashion fad to increase a woman's hight and sexuality, not unlike high heels today. |
Looking at the picture I'm inclined to agree that the chopines, in this case, are almost certainly a social statement of implied importance. This is not to say that they're not being used, by the wearer, to rise above dust or mud...etc....This type of footwear has also been known as bath house shoes too at times.