A Unisex Shoe
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My Feminine Thong "Flip-Flop" Collection |
There were few options for boys/men in footwear and I have always been taken by the variety that women have. Flip-Flops embodied something new and was adopted immediately as a feminine sandal alternative.
Here is an interesting article on "Here's how those sandals really affect your posture, your knees and more." from the Huffpost - Life Science.
There were several parts of my adolescent thinking that were all wrong. First the Flip-Flop was not new according to Wikipedia:
Second, the Flip-Flop has evolved into unisex footwear to the extend that it is a predominant warm climate foot item. On any day at my local mall (while people watching), I would see a very high percentage or people wearing a variation of the Flip-Flop; both male and female. If there is an official shoe for Florida, it is the Flip-Flop. It even has its own designated day - NATIONAL FLIP FLOP DAY – Second Friday in June.Thong sandals have been worn for thousands of years, dating back to pictures of them in ancient Egyptian murals from 4,000 BC. A pair found in Europe was made of papyrus leaves and dated to be approximately 1,500 years old.

We went to see Jimmy Buffett the other night. He came on wearing his Hawaiian shirt, shorts and flip flops and at the end of the show gave his flip flops to someone in the first row. I thought this was a nice gesture. Good fun show.
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