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Article About Oldest Shoe
(Date is not accurate due to B.C. era.) Archaeologists discovered this 5,500-year-old leather shoe in a cool cave in Armenia. It is 1,000 yeats older than the Great Pyramid of Giza. -
Some of the first shoes were wore in the Indus River Vally civilization, Mesopotamia. This was between 1600-1200 B.C. Instead of have wrap around shoes, unfit for their environment, they wore wrap around leather shoes, similar to sandals.
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Egyptian Shoes and moreNearly 5,000 years ago ancient egyptians who were wealthier began wearing shoes. Eventually a large majority of people were wearing them and designing them for different purposes. These golden pair were actually King Tuts. The ancient egyptians were some of the first shoe makers.
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The modern shoelace was made March 27, 1790 and began to replace buckles.
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An Irish-American named Humphrey O'Sullivan patented the first rubber heel and it significantly outlasted the leather heel. Later Elijah McCoy created an improvement to the rubber heel.
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When nine small rubber companies joined together they created the first mass produced shoe, called Keds. With the silent rubber sole this created the orgin of the word "sneakers" because you could sneak about.
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The shoes that men wore changed little between the 40's and 50's. They often wore loafers, brogues and oxfords. In America young boys began to wear All Star basketball boots.
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1990's Women's FootwearThe 1990's introduced technology such as cell phones and computers. The large range of lifestyles and fashion changed the range of shoes. There were shoes avalible for all sorts of occasions. For women there were high heels, pumps and platforms. America was booming, and so were our shoes.
