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Hi Hectorm, Yes, I did visit the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto but was not able to get any information on English Sandals. It is interesting that very similar sandals have been worn in Bulgaria (tsarvuli) and Romania (opinci) for hundreds of years and are still worn by both men and women as part of fo...

Hi, I really enjoyed the write up on footwear. My daughter and I are doing research on closed-toe sandals. Does anyone know where the term "English Sandals" originated? I have traced it back to 1903 in the USA when the New York Times used the term "English Barefoot Sandal". The style must have exist...