After wearing those shoes for so long,
Do you really know what you’re wearing?
Let’s challenge ourselves to learn more
According to use, women’s shoes are generally divided into 8 categories:

By heel (more than the following) :

boots
Boots have a very long history. They were used by ancient men for fighting and hunting. Civilians could not wear them, and they were a symbol of patriarchal society. So many boots are derived from men’s shoes. Interestingly, the practicality of boots nowadays is far less than that of modern sports shoes and casual shoes, so men wear them less, and the “appearance” of these shoes has become “decorative features”, which are more worn by women.
The earliest boots were Cavalier boots dating back to the Middle Ages. Features include a boot that flips down and a ring that holds a three-way harness (for resizing).

This design was carried over into harness boots.

In ancient times, men’s means of transportation were horses, so later came the special riding boots.

At first, however, the boots did not fit the legs well, and gradually they became more comfortable, so they became shorter and shorter.

Then the riding boots came to the United States and were improved to become the old American cowboy boots.

Biker boots were born after a collision with biker culture.

In addition to sports, boots are sometimes worn for war, and that’s how modern combat boots were born. In peacetime, combat boots were used for production and became work boots.

Lace-up Boots such as cargo Boots and combat boots are derived from formal boots such as Blucher Boots or Derby Boots. These boots are the lengthened version of Derby shoes and Oxfords.

May Khaki’s signature shoe, duck hunting boots (Sorel successfully made them red)

And the Moccasins of the Indians.

booties
If Boots is masculine, Bootie is feminine. These boots are usually thin at the ankle and have a high heel.
The most common of these are Chelsea boots.

The Chelsea boot for women is closer to the Chelsea boot’s original look, with a long, pointed head and a distinct heel.

There are many styles that have branched off from Chelsea, such as the Side Cut, which removes the elastic.

Later, the structure and material were improved, and zippers were installed to solve the problem that the boots were difficult to get in, which led to the emergence of side zipper ankle boots.

In addition to the opening of the boot in the side, there are also openings in the front of the upper.

There are also fish-mouth ankle boots with bare toes.

flats
Flats, like booties, are exclusive footwear for women and are characterized by their simplicity, Flats and shallow jaws. The most widely worn are ballet pumps, which are signature shoes from Ferragamo, Sam Edleman, Tory Burch and others. Everyone has a different front end decoration.

On the more feminine side of the shoe, the high heel, you’ll find that many shoes originated from dancing.
In addition to ballet, ghillie shoes, which originated in Ireland, are also popular. They are commonly called lace-up dancing shoes.

You can’t miss Mary Jane, everyone loves Mary Jane. Mary Jane is a school shoe from Great Britain. It is characterized by a strap on the instep, which can be one strap, two or three.

Then there are the Mary Jane and ballet pumps, like the Miu Miu pair that went viral last year.

The sexiest single shoe is the Orsay, which features a hollowed out side.

The Espadrille was originally worn by working people in Spain and later made famous by Lauren Bacall in Key Largo. The feature is grass braided bottom. Many people call them fisherman’s shoes, but they are wrong. Fisherman’s shoes have other “shoes”.

High heels (pumps)
The Pumps are also called Court shoes. In the past, they were used by women for social events and dancing. The pumps were characterized by high heels and a light mouth.
At first, there were more surfaces on which to pump, but this gradually became more simple and influenced the Flats design. As the design elements became more extensive, Pumps ceased to resemble Pumps. This is why high heels are now often referred to as heels, referring to all high-heeled shoes.
The most typical Pumps are relatively simple.

The Flats upper style is also available on Pumps, and Mary Jane’s earliest use of women’s shoes was in the form of pumps.

Orsay shoes have one side hollowed out and two sides hollowed out

Other common examples include the Slingback, which features heel straps, and the Ankle Strap, which features ankle straps.


Fish mouth heels suitable for spring and summer.

And T-Strap from the same family as Mary Jane.

Loafers
Loafers, originally a men’s dress shoe, are now more popular among women, and their long history has produced many classic styles.
Such as coin buckle, horse buckle, tassel, bow tie and so on

Similar to love there is a kind of smoking shoes, chic sense of explosion, it is the beginning of the aristocratic indoor shoes, characterized by soft material, at the same time have decorative patterns.

Moccasins are similar to Loafers, with the main difference being the sole. Moccasins are best known for their Tod’s bean shoes.

Loafers now have two distant relatives: the Slip-on, which originated from skateboarding, and the Boat shoes, which originated from sailing. The Slip-on has extra elastic on both sides.

Leather straps were added to the boat shoes.

Oxfords
Like loafers, Oxfords are men’s dress shoes, while women’s versions are more elegant, but less sophisticated in their workmanship

Oxford is similar to the Derby, the main difference between the two is closed or not.

Sandals
Roman shoes, derived from ancient Greek warrior shoes, used by ancient men in fighting.

Then there’s the triangular Thong, which comes from an ancient Egyptian shoe with a cloth belt and a straw sole

Fisherman sandals are relatively neutral and were originally worn by men fishing in Europe. Now they can be worn by women too.

T-sandals and Ghillie sandals.


Slippers and slippers
Sandals are literally only Sandals, but they are often used only when they are not sandals.
Flip flops are a Brazilian favorite, adapted from the Japanese wooden clog.

Muller shoes, these are heelless, high-heeled sandals invented by the French, and are one of the most popular shoes of the moment.

Mules are closely related to Clogs, the round-toed wooden soled slippers that inspired Mules at the beginning of their life. Both Birkenstocks and Crocs come in Clogs.

Of course, there are low heels, the most simple Slides, the popularity of minimalist style makes this kind of shoes are also popular among consumers.

Sneakers
The most common shoes are tennis shoes, basketball shoes, running shoes, skateboard shoes.
Many of the hottest little white shoes of the past few years have their roots in tennis shoes, from Keds Champion in the 20s to Stan Smith in the 70s. And the popular daddy shoes of these seasons are also derived from sneakers.

Running shoes are also the rise of recent years, before the Sneaker circle is almost only basketball shoes themselves in play. There are many styles of running shoes, which have to do with the wide range of years in which these shoes were created. In recent years, Yeezy is also a running shoe.

Needless to say, AJ is the king of basketball shoes. Chuck Taylor of Converse is the king of basketball shoes in the canvas era

Although there are few skateboarders in China, skateboard shoes are quite widespread

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