SHOES

Sandal were the most common footwear in the early civilization. In Mesopotamia, around 1600-1200 B.C. a type of shoes were worn by the mountain people to protect their feet from injuries. The shoes was made from leather which they wrap around their feet. Now a days, most people prefer shoes, with style and comfort. According to a recent survey of 3000 UK women, stiletto shoes were voted fourth in a listed of top twenty favorite fashion invention. As for the men, they would choose shoes based on comfort. Therefore, men and women has their own choices of shoes.

Most of the shoes, were invented by men. For example, Jon Ernst Matzeliger developed an automatic method for everlasting shoes, and Lyman Reed Blake who invented a sewing the soles of the shoes. Even though, the inventor of shoes were men, but they always choose shoes based on comfort and with a simple style. On the other hand, some of the men choose a more stylish shoes, to show their personality. For instance, converse shoes would make the person look more "hip and cool". Furthermore, men leather shoes could make a person looks more mature.

There are variety of shoes for women to wear, such as stiletto, high heels, kitten heels, and trainer. Most women, would choose shoes based on style and designer. In addition, one pair of shoes womens shoes, there will be variety of colour and style to choose from. As we could see, most women shop for shoes once a month in average, and some of them have a closet full of variety of shoes. Some shoes, are popularized by actors and singers. For example, in the 60's, Audrey Hepburn popularized the kitten heels, which is less glamorous option than their high-rise sister. Like men, womens shoes also shows the personality of th person wearing it. For instance, wearing high heels could make a women look elegant and vogue. And every women has the same reason to look good everyday, as specially the single ladies, who wanted to impress men of their dream.

In general, shoes are judged based on style and comfort. Moreover, from the variety of shoes, there are a history behind it, from a wrap around shoes to the modern and stylish shoes. And each of the invented shoes, helps people to show their own personality, and make the person look good each day. Most of the men, may chooses comfort for shoes but, they are nor different from women, some of them choose shoes based on style. Whereas for women, style is important, but some make comfort of shoes as the important part of shoes.


Written by : NUR DIYANA AND SHARIFAH MUZNAH