Brief History of Shoes: From 40,000 BCE to Today 👠 🏀 🦶 🌴 👞 👟

🤔 What are the origins of shoes? Why are there so many types of shoes? What are the oldest shoes? How have shoes changed over time? What are the best shoes? 👀 Is it okay to wear socks and sandals? 👀

In this short history of shoes documentary, travel back in time to see the evolution of footwear, including...
🏛️ Ancient Greek and Roman leather sandals (box fresh, get the dogs out 🦶🥵)
🏰 Pointy medieval shoes called poulaines or crakows (tavern summer 🍺)
👠 The first ever high heels from way back in the 17th century (slay 💅)
🏀 Iconic basketball sneakers (ty Michael Jordan 😘)

🌎 Find out how crispy old foot coverings became the Adidas Sambas, Converse All Stars and Nike Air Jordans that we all know (and flex) today, with this cultural history of shoes.

00:00 First ever shoes
00:20 Ancient Greek & Roman sandals
00:30 Oldest socks
00:46 Pointy Medieval poulaines
01:25 First high heels
01:46 First platform shoes – chopines
01:55 Wooden shoes – clogs
02:10 History of sneakers
02:24 Converse and basketball shoes
02:34 Puma and Adidas trainers
02:51 Trainers for athletes and fashion
03:01 Nike Air Jordans