The city of shoes in the world Dongguan, Guangdong province is not only China shoes ... The following below is telling you how many kinds of famous shoes in the world.
The city of shoes in the world
Dongguan, Guangdong province is not only China shoes industry base, but also the city of shoes in the world. It boasts almost one tenth of the world's production of shoes. About 1.5 billion pairs of shoes are made here every year.
The world's largest shoe
The world's largest shoe, a high boot, was made by Red Wing in 2005 to celebrate its centenary and is stored in a museum now.
Specification:
Volume: 638 cubic meters
Length: 20 feet
Width: 7 feet
Height: 16 feet
Weight: 2300 pounds
Workload: 60 workers spend 13 months to finish them
If you were big enough to fill the shoes you'd be about 120 feet tall. ( as high as a 12 story building)
The world's largest sandal
The world's largest sandal was born in Lahore, Pakistan on July 2, 2003.
The sandal was listed on The Guinness Book of World Records, with a length of 3.93 meters and a width of1.46 meters.
The world's most expensive shoes
Stuart Weitzman's Rita Hayworth Open-Toe Stilettos were inspired by a pair of magnificent earrings adorned with rubies, sapphires and diamonds from the estate of late 40's movie siren, Rita Hayworth. They are worth $3,000,000 and now belong to Hayworth's daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan.
The earliest high heels in the world
“I don't know who invented the high heel, but all women owe him a lot. Excuse the pun, but it was the high heel that gave a big lift to my career.”- Marilyn Monroe.
It seems that high heels are indispensable to every girl and lady. It is said that the earliest high heels were invented in France, but in fact they originated in China, dating back to the Ming Dynasty, in the 14th century, almost 100 years earlier than the western world.
The oldest shoe in the world
The oldest leather shoe in the world was discovered in a cave in Armenia. It boasts a history of 5500 years, breaking the record set by the shoes unearthed in the Alps. It was made of an intact piece of leather with marking on it and was found filled with straw. Archaeologists used radiocarbon dating on the straw and leather to calculate the shoe's age.
The earliest basketball shoes in the world
Converse 1917 All-Stars is the earliest basketball shoes in the world. Now we can see kobe zoom, Lebron James Vii Shoes and Nike Air Max, including air max 2010, air max 2011 ...in the world
The most famous shoes in the world
The most famous shoes in the world are definitely "The Bye-Bye Bush Shoe" worn by the Iraq journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi.
During a December 14, 2008 press conference at the Prime Minister's Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes at then-United States President George W. Bush. The throwing of shoes is an act of extreme disrespect in the Arab culture.
A Saudi businessman offered US$10 million to buy the shoes thrown by al-Zaidi. There were also calls from throughout the Middle East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum. Shoe, Ducati Model 271, first renamed "The Bush Shoe" and later "The Bye-Bye Bush Shoe", is manufactured by the Baydan Shoe Company in Istanbul. Unfortunately, on December 18, 2008, Iraqi and American security agents looking for explosives examined and then destroyed the memorable shoes.
JACKET'S MEMOR
There is a common view about the jacket: it only means the fashion of modern society. Even after 20 to 30 years, it will mean nothing; it just stands for outing-of-date. Only what we can see form it is the time, the pass time. What I want to answer:"it is NO"and what I will correct you is that form the jacket, we not see the pass of time, but also we can know the life when it is fashion and the typical when it is out of fashion. It hides many messages, if we can see through the surface, and under stand the nature of it, we can learn more information about it, about our society and ourselves.
The Upkeep of the Down Jacket
Everyone want to own a down jacket of high qualities and they all hope that they will be beautiful all the time. However, not everyone is so luck. Supposed you are lucky enough to get a real original down jacket, you won't keep it for a long time unless you know some tips for the upkeep of the down jacket because of some particular qualities of the down jacket. You will find the tips are really simple and useful after you reading the passage, with these tips; you can not only save a lot of money but also always own a beautiful down jacket. Ok, please enjoy.
Down Jacket of High Quality
People begin to sense the beginning of the cold winter. They all want to buy good winter clothes just for a rainy day. Down jackets is an essential product. However, the reporter found that many people do not know how to buy down jackets, a great number of people have been cheated for many times. For the reason, the reporter interviewed many head-leaders of the relevant department.
