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  2. Shoelaces - Wikipedia

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    Black shoelace. Shoelaces, also called shoestrings (US English) or bootlaces (UK English), are a system commonly used to secure shoes, boots, and other footwear. They typically consist of a pair of strings or cords, one for each shoe, finished off at both ends with stiff sections, known as aglets. Each shoelace typically passes through a series ...

  3. Oxford shoe - Wikipedia

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    An Oxford shoe is characterized by shoelace eyelets tabs that are attached under the vamp, [1] a feature termed "closed lacing". [2] This contrasts with Derbys , or bluchers , which have shoelace eyelets attached to the top of the vamp. [ 3 ]

  4. Deubré - Wikipedia

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    Falling back on a word he had originally picked up from his Glasgow-native college roommate, he called it a "doobrie"—a British placeholder name, akin to "watchamacallit" or "thingy." (British media personality Kenny Everett had often used the word "doobrie" in this manner during the 1980s.) Although Clegg suspected his audience had mistaken ...

  5. Shoe - Wikipedia

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    The earliest known shoes are sagebrush bark sandals dating from approximately 7000 or 8000 BC, found in the Fort Rock Cave in the US state of Oregon in 1938. [5] The world's oldest leather shoe, made from a single piece of cowhide laced with a leather cord along seams at the front and back, was found in the Areni-1 cave complex in Armenia in 2008 and is believed to date to 3500 BC.

  6. Derby shoe - Wikipedia

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    A derby (UK: / ˈ d ɑːr b i / ⓘ DAR-bee, US: / ˈ d ɜːr b i / DUR-bee; also called gibson [1]) is a style of boot or shoe characterized by quarters, with shoelace eyelets, that are sewn on top of the vamp. [2] This construction method, also known as "open lacing", contrasts with that of the Oxford shoe. [citation needed]

  7. Category:Shoe companies of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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  8. Dr. Martens - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Martens, also known as Doc Martens, Docs, or DMs, [2] is a British footwear and clothing brand, headquartered in Wollaston, Northamptonshire, England.Although most known for its footwear, the company also makes a range of accessories including clothing and bags.

  9. Poulaine - Wikipedia

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    A woodcut of Kraków (Latin: Cracovia) in Poland from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle. The usual English name poulaine [1] [2] (/ p u ˈ l eɪ n /) is a borrowing and clipping of earlier Middle French soulers a la poulaine ("shoes in the Polish fashion") from the style's supposed origin in medieval Poland. [3]

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