shoes

     

A shoe is an item of footwear. Shoes may vary from a simple flip-flop to a complex boot. Shoes may have high or low heels, although in western cultures, high heels are consiered a women's style. Shoe materials include leather or canvas. Athletic shoe soles may sometimes be made of rubber.

Trivia about shoes

  • Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains
  • Espadrilles, clogs & "tennies"
  • Before a Swede puts on his skor, these, he puts on his sockor
  • Bra sizes normally run from AAA to DD; widths of these fashion items usually run from AAAAA to EEEE
  • According to World Book, about 80% of all leather goes to make this item of apparel
  • Cars can be slowed by these parts pressing on the brake drum; don't drag your own on the pavement
  • A cobbler is someone who fixes or makes these
  • A museum at Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine has some 900 pairs of these in its collection
  • In 1997 Americans spent about $40 billion on these, & many wanted to be in Bill's
  • Leprechauns can be located by the sound of their little hammers as they make these items of apparel
  • To find a leprechaun, follow the tapping of his hammer as he busies himself making these
  • George Bell of Virginia, who takes size 26, won 20th Century-Fox's contest for the longest pair of these
  • On an American football team, the only person not required to wear these is the kicker
  • In many places of business, "no zapatos, no service", "zapatos" being Spanish for these
  • Skechers makes these up to size 15 for men
  • Maud Frizon, Manolo Blahnik & Salvatore Ferragamo are best known for designing these
  • Winkle pickers were a pointed style of these worn by British trendsetters in the 1950s
  • In 1894 George Kinney began his chain of stores selling these
  • Sorry, Dr. Scholl, but gel inserts for these aren't allowed
  • Seen here, a Brannock device measures you for these
  • Most tanned leather is used to make these consumer products
  • Rather than stockings, French children put these in front of the fireplace so "Pere Noel" can fill them with gifts
  • In a Grimm tale, a bunch of naked elves make these
  • Guys who failed to figure out how the 12 princesses wore these out each night were killed, simple as that
  • A leather made in Britain was called cordwain & by extension, cordwainers came to be people who made these
  • Winkle pickers, named because they were so pointed you could dig up periwinkles with them, were a style of these
  • A hacker ran away with 1.5 million credit card numbers from DSW, a warehouse for this consumer product
  • A low-back dress with slingback these
  • In a Grimm tale, elves made these for a merchant until his wife made them clothes; they never came back

Tweets about shoes

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  • "Krystalized: KICK-ASS SHOES. I WANT....
  • RT @garbageprince: KICK oF f YOUR SU NDAY SHOES
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  • Reason For the Season Boot