A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot, while the wearer is doing various activities. Shoes are also used as an item of decoration and fashion. The design of shoes has varied enormously through time and from culture to culture, with appearance originally being tied to function[1].
Size[]
Shoe size is an alphanumerical indication of the fitting size of a shoe for a person. Sizing systems also differ in the units of measurement they use for length. Some systems also include the width of a foot, such as a letter (or combination of letters)[2].
Bellairs Corpus[]
- Patent leather shoes are never worn by female members of the Contraceptua Youthful Anti-Smut League "since the shiny surface reflects what the wearer has on under her dress (Saint Fidgeta and Other Parodies, 98).
- The size 15 Triple E is mentioned in some logical flimflam sputtered by Snodrog (The Pedant and the Shuffly, 11).