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Sandals
We have a wide range of ready to wear, hand-made men's sandals and women's sandals available for purchase. If you’d like something made to order please contact us to arrange an appointment.
A.Mc.Donald makes a wide variety of custom made sandal styles for men and women to order in our Sydney workshop in the Strand Arcade. High heel sandals, flat sandals, peep toe sandals, strappy sandals, Roman sandals, Greek-style sandals can all be reproduced.
All fittings are by appointment. Make time is approximately 6–8 weeks, with a series of 3 fittings.
History of Sandals
The oldest known sandals (and the oldest known footwear of any type) were discovered in Fort Rock Cave in the U.S. state of Oregon; radiocarbon dating of the sagebrush bark from which they were woven indicates an age of at least 10,000 years.
The word sandal derives from the Greek word sandalon. The ancient Greeks distinguished between baxeae, a sandal made of willow leaves, twigs, or fibres worn by comic actors and philosophers; and the cothurnus, a boot sandal that rose above the middle of the leg, worn principally by tragic actors, horsemen, hunters, and by men of rank and authority. The sole of the latter was sometimes made much thicker than usual by the insertion of slices of cork, so as to add to the stature of the wearer.
The ancient Egyptians wore sandals made of palm-leaves and papyrus. They are sometimes observable on the feet of Egyptian statues and in reliefs, being carried by sandal-bearers. According to Herodotus, sandals of papyrus were a part of the required and characteristic dress of the Egyptian priests.
