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Description: | After 1885 shoes were manufactured in standard sizes and were sold in drapers, haberdashers and even department stores. Before this time people went to a shoemaker who had ‘stays’ which were the foot shaped blocks from which the shoes were moulded, for each of his customers. If a pair of shoes were ill fitting the customer could tell the shoemaker and they would create the next pair of shoes slightly larger, for example by adding ½ an inch to the material. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Clothing And Dress Footwear People And Society Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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