Walk this way: wearing eighteenth century shoes.

What were shoes like to wear in the eighteenth century?

Shoes in this period were very different to the ones we wear today. We can tell this from surviving examples in museum collections, but in order to find out what a shoe is really like to wear you have to actually wear it, which is not possible with fragile and valuable historic artefacts.

As part of my project on “Shoes and the Georgian Man” I therefore commissioned a pair of replica late-eighteenth-century men’s shoes and wore them for an extended period, documenting the experience through autoethnographic writing and photography. This session will share my findings and will be an opportunity to get some hands-on (and maybe feet-on) experience of Georgian objects.

This event is part of a series called ‘So, here’s the thing…’ which gives people an opportunity to talk to an audience about a subject they are passionate about. Hosted by Library and Learning Services at the University of Northampton, students, staff and members of the public are all welcome.

Members of the public will need to request a Visitor Pass to access the Learning Hub.

Please contact Jenny.Townend@northampton.ac.uk if you have any queries about this event, need a Visitor Pass, or would like to be a future speaker.

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