2012年12月28日星期五

Slipper in bookcovers







Here are some books about slippers.Usually slippers are not that common in literature works,but we can see this is an easy altitude to life.






http://www.amazon.com/Mile-My-Flip-Flops-Novel/dp/1400073146/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357729304&sr=1-22&keywords=flip+flop



http://www.amazon.com/Flip-Flop-Girl-Katherine-Paterson/dp/0140376798/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357729287&sr=1-11&keywords=flip+flop





http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Slipper-Once-Upon-World/dp/0749654341/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357730143&sr=1-10&keywords=the+golden+slipper



http://www.amazon.com/Ladys-Slipper-Novel-Reading-Group/dp/B005EP26YY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357730176&sr=1-1&keywords=the+lady%27s+slipper


http://www.amazon.com/Foot-Too-Big-Glass-Slipper/dp/1451692668/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1357730209&sr=1-1&keywords=my+foot+is+too+big+for+the+glass+slipper




http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ruby-Slippers-Stories-Jessica-Radcliffe/dp/B000BW8Y6O




Slipper in videos



                                                               Flip flop selbstgemacht

                                        This is a video about how to make a slipper with ordinary tools.







Marie Antoinette's slippers sell for 62,000 euro


This is a video about Marie Antoinette,Queen of France,one of her used slippers sell for a high price.



The Social Network Official Trailer


This is a movie clip of "The Social network" in which Mark Zuckerberg creats social network website as a huge buisness while he likes wearing flip flop all the time.From 2:12 you can find the slippers.




Simpsons flip flops


Another movie clip from the animated series "The Simpsons"


2012年12月25日星期二

Slipper in movies


The slipper and the rose(1976)
King of comedy (1999)

In the mood for love (2000)

The social network(2002)
Lost in translation (2003)

Auther's Christmas (2011)




2012年11月27日星期二

From A to Z




A sense of belonging
Beneficial after walking
Casual
Diverse from shoes
Economic
Flip flops,Friends of feet
Glass slipper which Cinderella wears on
Hygiene in house
Indoor shoes
Janpanese wooden sandals
Known by everyone
Lightweight,Lazy
Modern women even wear outside
Naked feet
Odour bad
Portable,Plastic,
Quantity in two
Relax
Sexy
Take off them when you arrive home
Under the bed
Vogue in 18th century France
Wearable
Xmas,the house is full of everyone's slippers
Yuppies
Zori

2012年11月25日星期日

What is Slipper





What is slipper?

A slipper or houseshoe is a semi-closed type of indoor/outdoor shoe,consisting of a sole held to the wearer's foot by a strap running over (or between) the toes or instep.Slippers are soft and
lightweight compared to other types of footwear.They are mostly made of soft or comforting materials that allow a certain level of comfort for the wearer.This can range from faux fur to leather.


Usually there are many types of slipper when we talk about that,but the slippers that I refer are ones we wear in bedrooms or in our houses.Easy to put on and take off,just to make you feel relax at home.



House slippers in sunmmer


House slippers in winter





History of slippers

At first slippers came from east,appeared in one of inhabitant sultan harems.


Origin of slippers
At that time slippers were like a symbol of captivity, because even very freedom and constancy lovable concubine, didn’t dare to run away from harem to rocky road, in thin and from feet easy slippering, slippers. 





It made people feel that they could finally take a rest after long time walking or long time working.And the very comfortable footwear also gave a chance for philosophical thoughts.I think that's the reason why then slipper wearing tradition went to medieval Europe.But something really changed,they became married friend symbol of loyalty as a symbolical meaning.

Actually also in China and Japan,they have also other types of slippers in ancient time,but they were not as comfortable as what I mentioned above,they made noises such as "tik-tok" because they were made of heavy wood.

Japanese wood slippers


In 18th century France,slippers all happened in glory and richness sinking kings court and near it. In lady boudoir were different size slippers – delicate, filled with swan feathers, gilled and with big lumps and with a little bit snubbed toecap.


Embroidered slippers  at Colchester Castle


19th century made slippers exactly for very practical and in every house needed thing. With every year they became much comfortable, natural or with unnatural material difference, form design, which as possible it could be, repeated its owners foot form, not visual shine.




Simply style of slippers in Europe



























2012年11月6日星期二

Etymology of the slipper



English:  slipper-loafer(slip,the notion being of a shoe that is "slipped" onto the foot)
Italian:  pantofola,ciabatta(ciabatta,type of Italian bread."carpet slipper",so called for its shape,from the same source that produced French sabot,Spanish zapata)
Spanish: pantufla,zapata
French:  pantoufle,sabot
German:  pantoffel,schlappen
Russian:  тапочка
Chinese:  拖鞋---Tuo xie(拖 Meaning:slip   Meaning:shoes)