Over the holiday’s I had a note asking if the purple and gold slipper would be appropriate for a man and could it be made with a change in colors. That’s our definition of custom. Everything can be changed. In this case, all he wanted to change was the color. Most of the slippers can and have been made for both men and woman. The slipper that inspired these was originally made of fabric and for a man. This slipper style was selected by the queen of the Northern California Renaissance Faire to complete her costume for the 2007 event and this is how we translated it for her.
Mid 1500s slashed slipper