Custom Renaissance Boots » designing shoes http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com Made to order footwear for Renaissance Faires, SCA, fantasy and science fiction fans Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:42:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Thoughts about Designing Medieval and Renaissance shoes http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/11/thoughts-about-designing-medieval-and-renaissance-shoes/ http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/11/thoughts-about-designing-medieval-and-renaissance-shoes/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:39 +0000 admin http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/?p=64 Making the assumption that the footwear that has survived to become part of museum collections may be because it didn’t fit well, wasn’t a favorite pair, didn’t look like the wearer wanted, in short was a dog left sitting at the bottom of a closet, I feel that one could get creative about the detailing [...]]]> Making the assumption that the footwear that has survived to become part of museum collections may be because it didn’t fit well, wasn’t a favorite pair, didn’t look like the wearer wanted, in short was a dog left sitting at the bottom of a closet, I feel that one could get creative about the detailing using the survivors as a starting point. This was also not a period of mass production and I would expect that there was a lot of individuality exercised. If you are inspired, go for it.

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