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IN 2010, WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE WORLD’S OLDEST LEATHER SHOE WAS DISCOVERED IN A CAVE IN ARMENIA. THE SHOE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND 5,500 YEARS OLD. WHILE LEATHER SHOES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THERE ARE STILL REVOLUTIONARY THINGS BEING DONE WITH THEM THAT HELP TO SET NEW TRENDS.
ne celebrity fashion and footwear designer, Cedrick McDonald, has created a shoe idea so unique he was issued a U.S. patent for it. Picture high fashion pumps with 4-6” heels that turn heads, and as they do, people see what is on the bottom of every shoe – a snakeskin outsole encrusted in Swarovski crystals. It doesn’t get much more fashionforward or more unique than that. “It was time to take pumps a step further and really helps people live life through their soles,” explains Cedrick McDonald, owner of Exotics by Cedrick. “My collection of shoes is unique, jaw-dropping, and certainly something for people to talk about. As soon as you put them on you have a whole new level of confidence and direction in life.”
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