Men's Shoes

"Things are changing with globalization. You never used to see a Frenchman wearing tennis shoes at night."
- Tom Ford

While the oldest shoes in the world date back to between 8000 and 7000 B.C., some anthropologists estimate that humans actually began wearing shoes some 26,000 to 40,000 years ago. Early shoes were more like protective sacs, providing a barrier between sharp objects on the ground and offering some insulation from the cold. Footwear continued to be simply designed until increasing wealth and power in certain areas created a demand for shoes as status symbols. Wealthy clients commissioned cordwainers to create unique shoes for them, and novel shoe styles developed as artisanal businesses flourished throughout antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Until the middle of the 20th century, however, relatively traditional methods were employed in manufacturing shoes. With the advent of mass production, though, along with improvements in adhesives and materials such as rubber and plastic, shoemaking was changed forever, and for the first time, the wearing of shoes became common around the world. Now, more than ever, with fashion changing at a dizzying speed, you need a resource like aboutguy.blogspot.com to help you sift through the infinite number of options you're presented with each season.

Men's Shoes on AM

No one shoe will fit all occasions in your life. In your downtime you need casual shoes, while for sports you need athletic footwear. Formal affairs demand dress shoes, and the list goes on. For every event in your busy schedule, we'll help you find the right pair of shoes. And when seasons change, we'll show you which boots will keep your feet warm and dry in style, and which sandals you'll want to pack for your next beach holiday. We'll also keep you up to speed on shoe terminology and give you tips and tricks for cleaning, maintaining and fixing your favorite footwear.

Men's Shoes Fact

Much more buttery-soft than your regular flip-flops, Havaianas are practically the national footwear in Brazil, their country of origin. Around the world, everyone from foreign dignitaries, American celebrities, pro athletes, and your next-door neighbor lust after Havaianas, resulting in the production of over two billion sandals since the company’s inception in 1962: If all the Havaianas in the world were laid out end to end, they would go around the world fifty times.

extracted from: www.askmen.com