Chinese lotus shoes
TIL that the ancient Chinese bound women's feet in "lotus shoes" measuring three inches in length, as smaller feet on women forced them to walk in a way that was considered erotic. :
Antique Chinese Lotus Shoes foot Binding Shoes silk Slippers - Etsy Norway
In the Attic - Chinese Lotus Shoes — Brewster Historical Society
Foot-Binding Shoes (Lotus Shoes), A | SkullStore Inc.
Lotus shoes – Bloshka
Lotus Shoes: The Cruel Sensuality of Ancient Times | Shunga Gallery | Chinese shoes, Decorated shoes, Small shoes
Love is... his and hers Lotus Shoes ⋆ Lazy Daisy Jones
Chinese Foot Binding - Lotus Shoes
Lotus-shoes | isolandic official | Flickr
On High Heels and Lotus Feet | Summer Brennan | Granta
Lotus shoes | China (Han) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Two pairs of lotus shoes and one pair of shoes from the Miao tribe
Belinda Durrant — Lotus Shoes for Zhou
Foot-Binding Shoes (Lotus Shoes), A | SkullStore Inc.
Foot binding - Wikipedia
Chinese foot binding (缠足) and lotus shoes | shihyenshoes
Lotus Shoes: Stories between Stitches - Tang Teaching Museum
No. 2548 Pair 19th C Chinese bound-feet silk shoes - lotus shoes — Percival Hunt Collections
1,060 Lotus Shoes Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images
The Strange Practice of Chinese Foot Binding | The Internet Says it's True
Image of Lotus shoes for bound feet, China
Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube
Peabody Museum on X: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell
Lotus shoe - Wikipedia
Lotus shoe - Wikipedia
A brief history of Curious Footwear — Movementum
