#chopines

[milksockets]

'italian, chopines, 1550-1650' in killer heels: the art of the high-heeled shoe - lisa small (2014)

[bebemoon]

look for the name RENATA (requested by @lovesongforavampyre) | selkie "the bordeaux cecile" silk satin mini dress w/ puff sleeves, matea gluscevic "blood" super-high reptile print leather lace-up red chopines, { beauty } "vampire glam with @mehronmakeup" by @___t_a_t_a__ on instgram, a la lune "trinity blood" eau de toilette (blackberry, blood, metal, myrtle, vetiver, frankincense, patchouli), aniler red sheer tulle opera-length gloves

[voluptuarian]

oh idk if anyone's talked about it but American Duchess announced they're adding chopines soon and I have never wanted anything more

[parkstone-international]

Entrez dans l'histoire : Renaissance Chaussures dans l'art et la culture

Entrez dans l'histoire : Renaissance Chaussures dans l'art et la culture

[thesadvampire]

I think it's a grave mistake that no one in game of thrones wears chopines imagine all the storm land and river land ladies tall and stylish wearing these bad boys

Yes this is what I think about when i have nothing to do

[baumwollle]

source

Pair of Chopines, Venice, ca. 1610 

[inky-duchess]

Fantasy Wardrobe: Shoes, Slippers and Boots

I have covered historical clothes from head to ankle but I haven't covered shoes yet. So thanks to @sara-toftlund I will finally be exploring some historical shoes.

Buskin

Buskins are knee/calf-length boots with open toes. They would be laced up at the front. These were worn by mainly soldiers or hunters in Ancient Greece and Rome because they protected the legs.

Caligae

The caligae were the famous sandal-boots of the Roman legions. They were made with thick hobnailed soles and laced at the front. These are the boots that give Emperor Caligula his name since he often wore when dressed like a little legionnaire when living with the Germanic legions. Basically by calling him Caligula we are calling him "Little Boots"

Chopine

Chopines were the beginning of platform shoe. They were worn mainly in 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were made like this to protect the feet from the dirty streets and add a bit of height to the wearer. They were popular with rich women and courtesans. They would be made from wood or cork and often decorated with fabrics and beads.

Geta

The geta are the traditional Japanese footwear. They look rather like flip flops with thick soles. The geta would be worn in all kinds of weather to protect the feet outside except the snow.

Crakows

Were the mad looking shoes we see in art from the Middle Ages with the really long toes. The toes would often be curled and the shoes would be highly decorated.

Moccasin

The Moccasin is a Native American shoe often fashioned from deerskin or leather. The Moccasin consists of a sole of unworked leather and were often fashioned with a vamp, a flap of leather, at the base of the ankle.

Slippers

Slippers are rather a general term for shoes. Slippers would be commonly worn by women in the West but were also worn by both sexes in Eastern Empires such as Persia and India.

Boot

Boots are commonly marked down as the go to style of shoe for fantasy. Boots would often be worn when ridingor hunting or in bad weather. Noblity would not wear boots inside as they were seen as more of an outdoor shoe.

[historybizarre]

A Short History Of High Heels

You could be forgiven for thinking that high heeled shoes were constructed purely to torture women into feeling as if their toes had fallen off by the end of a night out, right? Wrong. They've got a long, storied, and pretty weird history…

If you've ever gone to a shoe exhibition at a museum, you'll likely have viewed parts of it with your toes cramping in anxiety. Why would people put themselves through such torture on the body parts they walk on every day? The answer, usually, has to do with a mix of power, status, beauty, and sex. We didn't get into heels as a species because somebody wanted to feel more comfortable. We wore them (and continue to wear them) to look taller, more elegant, more sexual, tower over our rivals, be the most prominent person onstage, and generally dominate the room. When you stride into a bar in your 5-inch heels you're part of a very long tradition, with some admittedly very peculiar elements.

The rise of the platform heel from the '70s in today's fashion may seem to signal that we're tired of bending our feet out of shape, but all it shows is that we're temporarily tired of leaning all our weight on our toes. Many of us still want that height, that boost, that sashay. And why wouldn't we? After all, everybody from the Persian Emperor to Louis XIV of France had something to say on the topic of heels. While we can't all be like Imelda Marcos, who famously collected up to 3,000 pairs of heels, we can still look at our treasured few and think of how far they've come. Before taking them off and putting on our slippers, that is.