Introduction:
It is interesting to make a review on the subject of the artand science of Footwear design. Probably, it will be necessary to make areference about the history of Footwear, its use, purpose and art of shoemaking, then and now and the size system.
Story of Footwear:
It was more than a few thousands of years ago that the firstEgyptian shoe maker laid the Foundation for an industry, which now has theprivilege and responsibility of sewing practically every second individual withwork, yet almost half the population of the world still goes barefooted.
It is estimated that eight hundred generation have passedsince the beginning of the use of footwear. It would be almost difficult todecide the period when footwear and clothing was first worn by man. Probablythe first shoe of which we have any record is a sandal like design. It wasunearthed by an explorer in the south east of Cario, Egypt, which was at theheight of glory in about 2000 B.C. An argument in favors of the use of footwearfor protecting the feet, a shoe maker declared that, If God had intended manto go barefoot, he would not have given him the skins of animals.
In ancient Egypt, footwear craftsmanship had reached a veryhigh standard, using a variety of materials such as brightly dyed leathers,precious metals and jewels in the making of high class articles.
In India, leather footwear and tanning were known to theearly Aryans, reference of which are to be found in the Rig-vedas, and noliterature in any Indo-European or Aryan Language is as old as Rig-vedicHymns.
About the Author:
Author is working as a senior technical faculty in FDDI,Fursatganj, Raebareli. Having experience of 26 years in the field of productionfrom raw to finished leather in the areas of Inspection of Leather, purchasecost variance & Cutting.
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