Morocco Slippers: Handmade "National Shoes"

According to the world's clothing and shoe net, many people will think of the mystery of "one thousand and one nights" in Arabia.

These stories are Alibaba with forty great robbers, Sinbad, who have voyages and adventures, and Aladdin, who has 42 thousand kilograms, and who takes the magic lamp.

Especially Aladdin, the short vest.

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As we all know, the costumes in the story are real in reality, and what we are going to explore today is the "exaggerated" slippers on Aladdin's feet.

It is said that its prototype comes from Morocco, the most western country in North Africa.

Crowded shops

As a tourist attraction, the scenery of Morocco is famous for its rich colors and distinctive shapes.

This feature is most vividly reflected in the traditional slippers in Morocco. It has a unique "boasting" style in the use of the popular Internet vocabulary.

Morocco slippers are known as "babushi". They are diverse in shape and are divided into feet and feet.

Texture and satin texture, color and nude color, and hollowing, fringes, inlaid beads and so on.

Especially the front end of the shoe can be made into round head, pointed head and so on.

There is also a "ship shaped" slipper with a raised front. The sharp toe of the head rises up dramatically, just like the Aladdin with the magic lamp. It is very popular in Morocco, especially the desert herdsmen.

Walking in the streets and alleys of Morocco, it is hard for you not to notice these slippers with different shapes. The market in the old city is densely packed with walls and floors of shops.

On the street side of the new town, it is decorated again and is staple on the balcony of every household.

If you are lucky, you can also see small plants growing out of them.

Even those who are interested in making a small slipper version of the key chain and refrigerator stickers, a small one, but concentrated the characteristics of Morocco.

But the most common thing is the scenery on people's feet.

The elderly wearing striped gowns and small felt caps, the women who came back from the market to buy vegetables, even the bride in a gorgeous long dress would set foot on such a pair of "babushi".

Handmade "national shoes"

The charm of Morocco slippers, apart from its unique style, also comes from its purely hand-made production process.

In Morocco, many shoe stores have their own shoe making workshops.

In the cities of Marrakech and FES producing leather, the front shop is the business form of many shoe stores.

To make a pair of classic Morocco slippers, we have to go through the following steps: dyeing, cutting, scraping, sewing, trimming, grinding and shaping. It takes about five or six hours to complete.

And that doesn't include shoe decorations.

Beads, sequins, and fringes adorned with shoes are mostly made up of cooperatives made up of Berber women.

With the wonderful hands of women, a pair of leather slippers can give off different looks.

What is particularly worth mentioning is the dyeing of leather slippers.

Morocco leather mop should be dyed with natural pigments and dry for a day before it can be used.

Most of these pigments are made from a kind of ore made from local specialties, which is made up of seeds of different fruits that are rolled into powder.

These natural materials do not cause wearers' skin discomfort.

Careful visitors will also find that such elaborate slippers play a simple daily role.

It is the local people's daily trips and shoes worn at major ceremonies.

Muslims have to pray many times a day, and people need to take off their shoes before entering the mosque.

Most of the local families often need slippers when laying carpets and entering different rooms.

In this case, the convenience of Morocco slippers is highlighted.

In addition, some fancy and high heeled slippers, paired with gorgeous Kraft Tan gowns, complement each other, and this has become a classic costume for major occasions.

There was once a Morocco bride who asked the netizens for advice on the marriage list. Among the netizens' suggestions, the second ranking was such a pair of gorgeous Morocco slippers.

Fashion circle classic single product

As one of the most popular holiday resorts in Europe, everything in Morocco attracts the attention of European, especially French fashionable people.

With the fashion of France, Morocco slippers began to enter the fashion world with an overwhelming momentum.

These characteristics have made Morocco slippers popular. However, what really boosts their entry into the fashion industry is their lazy style, which coincides with the idea of "casual" pursued by fashionable people.

It seems to them that wearing Morocco slippers on the streets is like expressing their carefree heart and freedom, emitting a lazy temperament all over the body, as if they are telling the whole world, "how beautiful is life? What am I wearing casually?"

Today's Morocco slippers, as a classic product of fashion circles, have influenced the design of shoes from generation to generation.

In 2015, Chanel hosted a fashion show full of "one thousand and one nights" in Dubai. The shoes worn by models on foot were also considered by some fashion critics to be improved versions of the Morocco slippers.

All this seems to indicate that Morocco's slippers as a combination of traditional and modern products are destined to be included in the fashion history.

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