Fun unexpected fact about shoes you may not know yet

Did you know the origin of the name "sneaker" starting from where, the shoe size was conventionally based on the grain of barley or the most expensive shoes ever sold for a price, etc.?

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1. The origin of the name "sneaker" : The name of the sneaker shoe derives from the "sneak" verb (temporarily translated: sneaking away, hiding) because the rubber shoe sole can help us "sneak away" but no sound.This name began to be used in the late 1800s.

2. The size of shoes used to be conventionally based on the length of barleycorn: In the early stages of the 1300s, England first released the regulation of shoe size when King Edward II declared the grain of rice. circuit is a unit of calculation.For example, the average size of men's shoes was 39 barleycorn (shoes the length of 39 barley grains combined).The length of 3 barley seeds equals 1 inch (~ 2.54cm).

3. The first people to wear high heels are men: For centuries, high-heeled shoes are considered to symbolize social status and therefore, men, especially people of the elite Nobles often wear high heels to prove their position.In addition, high-heeled shoes also make it easier for them to ride horses because the heel of the shoe can be "anchored" to the saddle pedal firmly.

4. According to one study, an average American woman owns 19 pairs of shoes.

5. The most expensive shoes ever sold in history cost $ 660,000 (more than 14 billion VND): These are the ruby ​​red shoes of Dorothy Gale character in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" (roughly translated: " The Witch of Oz " released in 1939. The shoes were sold at an auction in 2000.

6 .The first shoes modeled after the shape of the right foot and the left foot were produced in Philadelphia in 1800. Before that, all shoes had two shoes . identical, regardless of their feet. left, right leg.

7. Canoe shoes were invented by chance: In the 1940s, due to the closure of trade, Italy had no steel materials.At that time, the famous shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo experimented with other materials to make shoes and accidentally invented the style of canoe shoes.

8. "Disease" of shoe addiction can be explained by science: In her book "Footnotes: On Shoes" , female Dr. Suzanne Ferriss said: "Shoes are things to collect, regardless of whether women have recognize that or not ". According to a female doctoral study, buying stimulating shoes on a special area of ​​the brain - called "collection points" makes us want to buy shoes without stopping.

9. Shoe dreams can reflect your life: For example, if you dream of a pair of shoes that have gone long and old, that means you will achieve success after a long time of hard work. fig;if you dream of finding shoes and finding it, that means you have found the certainty in your life, etc.

10. The first pair of women's boots was created for Queen Victoria in 1840.

11. The famous shoe designer Jimmy Choo made the first shoes in his life when he was 11 years old.

12. The massive shoe collection of the famous character Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and The City" series is worth about $ 40,000 (~ 852 million VND): A design studio called Pop Chart Lab redraws all 50 Carrie Bradshaw's shoes and from that estimate the value of this BST.