they look death defying... good luck to their toes...
they're inspired from the geisha shoes, here's an old geisha and take a look at her foot! little foot... looks like it's been through hell and back. i can't imagine the pain...
yikesss!
UPDATE: according to anonymous commenter the lady in the picture is chinese and foot binding is a chinese practice, according to him/her the lady must be a lady of the court. thanks for the info!
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