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Along with the Ruby Slippers, the Smithsonian has some fabulous footwear in the collections.
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/shoes
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' many shoes were paired with some sort of protection worn for the sole of the show, allowing it to become a flat to walk over cobblestones and protect the nicer upper from the mud and muck of 18th '
🤔 so high heels were invented to keep your feet out of the "muck"
https://www.si.edu/object/shoe:nmah_364628