Thanks for introducing us to the young queens and especially Elisabeth de Valois. What a great way to feature women leaders and the history of their rise to throne. The platform shoes certainly looked better than those tiny and tight shoes the Ching Dynasty's noblewomen and others had to wear to show off their tiny feet!
Loved this essay - and just last week I saw some chopines in Austria - at Schloss Ambras! I'm not sure I've ever noticed or thought about chopines before, but the bit about them being a particularly Spanish fashion was on one of those labels, too. Looking forward to listening to all your book podcast interviews Leah!
Thanks for introducing us to the young queens and especially Elisabeth de Valois. What a great way to feature women leaders and the history of their rise to throne. The platform shoes certainly looked better than those tiny and tight shoes the Ching Dynasty's noblewomen and others had to wear to show off their tiny feet!
Loved this essay - and just last week I saw some chopines in Austria - at Schloss Ambras! I'm not sure I've ever noticed or thought about chopines before, but the bit about them being a particularly Spanish fashion was on one of those labels, too. Looking forward to listening to all your book podcast interviews Leah!
Like an early platform shoe but extreme! Think about how everyone must have looked walking around in those!