Fashioning shoes one step at a time

Going places: An artisan working on a wooden sandal to be exported to the EU. (Inset) A shoe with a royal seal motif. — Vietnam News/ANN

IF you want to know the person you’re talking to, take a look at the shoes they’re wearing. They can tell a great deal about the elegance of the woman who chose them.

They are not only protectors of the feet; they also silently reflect the inner thoughts, emotions, intellect, and cultural maturity of the wearer.

They can also bear witness to a community, a group of people who wear them, value them, and bring them to the next level of wearable art.