Giorgio Riello - An Academic Study Of Footwear

[at9]

Professor Giorgio Riello has studied the history of footwear and written books on the subject. In this youtube video he talks about the history of shoes:

I suspect it was filmed at the footwear museum in Northampton.

 

For those not in the UK, Northampton is a medium sized town in the English Midlands which used to be a major centre of footwear production.

[dww]

Very interesting.

[wedgemao]

interesting...