costumehistory:ornamentedbeing:Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum c.1820-40 My heart bleeds for w
costumehistory: ornamentedbeing: Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum c.1820-40 My heart bleeds for women and their poor feet. I don’t know how I would ever have survived without a left and a right shoe. After an evening of dancing in straight lasts Regency slippers I feel hobbled, I can’t imagine a lifetime of that. They look very narrow… I wonder if people just had narrower feet until the past 100 years or so? The World War I era boots that I bought a few weeks ago (pics soon, hopefully!) fit me but I have small feet. Everyone I’ve shown them to has said how narrow they look as well. I miss my pumps, need to get a new pair. -- source link