Though utterly rejected in China now—the last shoe factory making lotus shoes closed in 1999—it survived for a thousand years in part because of women’s emotional investment in the practice.

Their toes contorted and flattened, their heels pulled tight into a bracing arch, these “lotus feet” are now ... wearing dainty silk embroidered shoes over their gnarled toes.

By the start of the 19th century, almost all women in China had bound feet. The last known case of foot binding was reported in 1957 and the last lotus shoe-making factory closed in 1999.

In the ancient “golden lotus” (三寸金莲 ... He began the collecting the tiny shoes 40 years ago during a trip to China. Since then he’s collected hundreds of pairs, saying he stopped ...

The article contains images created using artificial intelligence. Lotus shoes In China, there was a thousand-year-old tradition of bandaging women’s feet and putting small shoes on them to make ...

A celebration of all things Chinese at Harbourfront’s Dim Sum Chinese Festival this weekend is a good opportunity to take in a vast array of cultural expression, from mainland China, Hong Kong ...

Though utterly rejected in China now—the last shoe factory making lotus shoes closed in 1999—it survived for a thousand years in part because of women’s emotional investment in the practice.