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

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

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   鞋 Meaning:shoes）