I’m seeing a lot of people talk about the shoes that the singer Rosalia has released with Nike. It’s

I’m seeing a lot of people talk about the shoes that the singer Rosalia has released with Nike. It’s a pair of trainers where the laces are tied up like with espardenyes.Rosalia, who is from Catalonia, has explained that these shoes are inspired by her grandfather who always wore espardenyes. The shoes are called Air Force One Espardille, where “espadrille” is the French translation of the Catalan word espardenya. Espardenyes were worn until recently by everyone in rural areas and the working class in cities, but nowadays it’s usually only older people who wear them every day, while younger people wear them on festivities or to do traditional dances, though an adapted version (usually with a high heel) is popular for women to wear in summer. Still, their popularity throughout history has brought espardenyes to be considered as the national Catalan shoes.Who knows, maybe with Rosalia’s influence young people will start using espardenyes more again? Personally I wouldn’t mind, they’re very comfortable, and chilly for the hottest months.[The photos of real espardenyes are from vetes.espardenyes and Espardenya Cadaqués (Etsy).] -- source link

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