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Thursday, February 14, 2013

 
 
South African designer Leanie van der Vyver is a recent grad of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
This project to explore what lies beyond perfection.
Quote by Marilyn Monroe
"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
Facts
4,000 years ago the first shoes were made of a single piece of rawhide that enveloped the foot for both warmth and protection.
The first known images of footwear are boots depicted in 15,000 year old Spanish cave paintings.
Middle East heels were added to shoes to lift the foot from the burning sand.
The first lady’s boot was designed for Queen Victoria in 1840.
Slippers were in use before Shakespeare’s time, and were originally made “rights” and “lefts.”
Tip
Stuff the shoes with newspaper. That's right. Newspaper. Shoes should be "stink-free" come morning.
To get the smell out of shoes, I put a mixture of baking soda, baking powder, and cornstarch in a pair of cotton socks and stick in the shoes overnight.
Recipe
Shoe string potatoes
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