Espadrilles: A Historical Legacy of Natural Elegance
Did you know that modern espadrilles are related to shoes Native Americans were wearing over 8,000 years ago? Espadrilles are shoes with cloth uppers and rope soles. According to the journal Science, some of the 8,000-year-old shoes from the Arnold Research Cave in Missouri resembled espadrilles, in that they were woven from tough, fibrous plants. Leather was also used in some specimens, including the one shown here.
