A couple of facts about flip flops

Flip flop are the most comfortable style of footwear in the shoe industry. These are the oldest type of footwear, and below I have listed 10 very interesting facts about flip flop shoes; they are as follows:

• Till the 1960, they were known as 'flip flaps'

• There are many photos of prehistoric men wearing these slip slaps in the rock paintings which were made centuries ago.

• The global sale of shoes and sneakers is far behind the sales of flip flop shoes. Annually, about 20 billon dollar sales are done of only this type of footwear.

• There is evidence of this form of sandals as an item of footwear in most civilizations. The funny thing though is that different civilizations often used different toes for the thong...The Greeks, for example, made use of the big toe; the Romans, the second toe; and the Mesopotamians, the third toe!

• The World War II in America began the usage of flip flops. They were brought in America by the Japanese people and they were called as Zori.

• They caused a lot of blisters as they were made out of cheap rubber. This was the case in 1950s during the time of Korean War.

• It is not that flip flops are always good for health. There have been many issues regarding the health of the people who wear such kind of footwear on a daily basis. It is minimized in the people who wear slippers which have shock absorbers in it and have an inner arch.

• This trend became much popular as the time passed and thus were made of a much better quality rubber and were available in a lot of bright colors. They were adopted by hippies and later became very popular on beaches.

• The trend in the 90s changed a lot. Flops and their variations have become acceptable at workplace. Now there can be variations in soles and upper material, with platform soles and soles that claim to tone your leg and buttocks muscles. These are all cashing in on the oldest form of footwear.

• Later they were made in various patterns and styles and were also loved by kids to a very large extent. They became the most popular at pool parties and a lot of motifs and patchwork was also seen on them.

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