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Chopine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. Chopines were originally used as a patten, clog, or overshoe to protect the shoes and dress from m...
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It was once thought that very high chopines, twenty inches as seen in the example from the Museo Correr di Veneziani, were the accoutrements of the courtesan and were intended to establish her highly visible public profile.
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The high platform shoes known as chopines came into fashion in Venice in the sixteenth century. Awkward yet practical, they served to keep the wearer's precariously perched feet from getting wet or soiled in the city's perpetually damp byways and also to signal her elevated social status.
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Venetian Chopines: Material culture keys to understanding similarities and differences between China and Venice, noble women and courtesans [abridged version]
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Research and Construction of Chopines, Pantoufles, Zoccoli, Shoes, Boots, and Other Raised Heels ... This website is designed to provide insight and hints on recreating and constructing historical raised heels, such as chopines, pantoufles, zoccoli, and the like.
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There is a great deal of information available on chopines and raised heels on the Internet, however, much of it is not well documented or referenced. There are a few sites which are reasonably well researched, and I list these in my Links section.
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Chopines (sha-PEENS), shoes with very tall wooden or cork platform soles, inspired what some consider the first clothing fad. During the High Renaissance of the sixteenth century, fashionable, wealthy women in Venice, Italy, eagerly climbed into these shoes that ranged from six to twenty-four inches in height.
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