shoes

[ursula]

I bought early period shoes at An Tir Twelfth Night. I try for sixth century when I'm doing early period stuff, which is a hard time period to buy shoes for: due to market forces, people sell Roman-era shoes and Viking-era shoes, but not much in between. Thus, when I saw comparatively inexpensive, plausibly at least fifth-century shoes, I jumped at the chance.

Of course, afterward I discovered that since I had last checked, there had been a new reconstruction of the sixth-century Queen Arnegunde's shoes, which suggests I really should be looking for something more slipper-like. It's still a better silhouette than my fancy leather Birkenstocks, though!

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

Her shoes look like Poulaines with fancier laces up the leg. But your shoes are still cuter.

[ursula]

The interesting thing is that the garters are completely separate, rather than integral laces, even the one that goes right around the shoe.