Sunday, March 3, 2013

History of Footwear in the World

Shoes may not be foreign goods to us. Each went to school / office we definitely wear shoes. In addition to protecting feet, shoes also made an appearance we become more rapi.Namun shoe store was also long and interesting history.

Historians estimate boots were first made in the ice age or five million years ago and were made from animal skin. Shoes primitive ever found in large numbers in rural Missouri, United States and is estimated to come from 8000 BCE (BCE).

Shoes have also been found in the mountains of France and comes from 3300 BC. Apart from animal skin there are shoes made of grass or shrubs to protect your feet from the hot sun or cold temperatures. In addition to the Missouri USA, was also found footwear that comes from ancient Egypt, Viking, and ancient China.

Never found a footwear that comes from Ancient Egypt and has a very beautiful image. Footwear is owned by the King of Egypt. Footwear when it is also used to indicate social status.

Ancient Greek society also has a very supportive footwear which their activity. His shoes have a lot of rope tied around the calf. Ancient Roman army also has a very distinctive shoes and called caligae. When the Roman soldiers returning from war and win, caligae will be given the spikes that come from bronze, silver and even gold.

A Brief History of The Origin of Shoes
In the Year 1800
The first rubber soled shoes created and named "Plimsolls."

1892
Goodyear rubber shoe company and division of the U.S. Rubber Company, began producing rubber boots and canvas in different names and finally decided that Keds is the best name.

1908
Marquis M. Converse founded the Converse shoe company, which revolutionized the game of basketball more than a century and became an American icon.

1917
Keds was the first athletic shoes are mass produced. Then the shoe will be called sneakers by Henry Nelson McKinney, an advertising agent for NW Ayer & Son, because the soles are quiet and no noise on certain conditions.

1917
Converse basketball shoe first issued, the Converse All Star.

1920
Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas, begins producing handmade training shoes in his mother's washroom without the aid of power tools.

1923
The All Star give to the Chuck Taylor All Star, to make branded shoes Chucks, Cons, Connies. These shoes are sold more than 744 million in 144 countries.

1924
Adi and Rudolph Dassler, with the help of 50 family members, register their business as Gebr der Dassler Schuhfabrik in Herzogenaurach, Germany. This became the beginning of the Adidas as they are now.

1931

Adidas produces its first tennis shoe.

1935
Converse releases the Jack Purcell with the logo of "Smile" on the front. The shoes became very famous in Hollywood and among juvenile delinquents, but in 1930, when the badminton and tennis to prominence, Jack Purcell only history.

1948
Schuhfabrik Puma Rudolf Dassler founded and the world was introduced to the PUMA Atom, PUMA's first football shoe used by the West German football team.

1950's
• Sneakers be a shoe option everywhere and became a symbol of rebellion. Cheap and easily available to all young people around the world. In the U.S., cheerleaders wear sweaters, short skirts and short socks with shoes and canvas top (or Keds). The fashion was officially introduced as James Dean photographed wearing jeans and white sneakers.
• high heeled shoes, aka "stiletto" a trend in the early 1950s.

1962
Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman launches high-tech athletic shoes (in the year) as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS) and in 1968 along with design and new technology, changing their name to Nike.

1970
• Platform shoes with 2-5 inch heels to target men and women.
• Age 70 is also an initial model for the shoes clogs became popular.

1972
Adidas logo change by using the concept of "Trefoil Logo" the visual three-leaf logo kerangkai.

1979
Nike created the first series of Nike Air. Then in 1982 released Air Force One, and launched the legendary Nike Air Jordan (1985)-which is an achievement for the rookie of the Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan to Nike Air Max 1987.

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1990
Earlier this era enlivened with the kind of flat-soled shoes, colored and square. However, again returned victorious platform shoes.

1995
Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada officially opened in May.

1996
Adidas to modernize the concept of "We knew then-we know now" that illustrates the success of the past and present glory.

1998-2001
Boots became one of the most popular symbol of the militaristic New Order.

2006-2008
Model wedges shoes (heeled grain) that is compatible with many types of outfit, warp and strappy shoes being sought after women.

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