At the beginning of the 10th Century the Chinese decided it would be a good idea to bind their women’s feet. There are a few theories as to where and why this painful practice was started but all we really need to know for the purpose of this blog is – OUCH!

At first it was only the elite who had their feet bound as it was a sign of their freedom and wealth then later became wholly indiscriminate. Could you imagine trying to work with broken, bound feet??

Thankfully this is not something that is practiced any more, because I think the most frightening aspect of this is that the women’s feet, once bound, would not measure any longer than 3 inches.

THREE INCHES!

My mobile is longer than that!!

Could you imagine your feet only being 3 inches in length?

Of course, the irony of this is I’m writing about it on a website for women with small feet, thankfully naturally blessed so.

But, I think I can say, although we have small feet, they are not that small!

What we do have in common with those who had their feet bound, is the beautiful nature of their shoes. It is said that women had their feet bound to imitate beautiful dancers and so they were able to wear the beautiful ‘bow’ dancers shoes. I think even today there are a number of women who will wear shoes that are too small, for numerous reasons! But, up until now, if that reason had been fashion related, I would have called them insane. Having had a sneak peak of the new stock that is on www.pretty-small-shoe.com right now I would now think they were quite right to, pain or no pain.

Here are some great petite shoes – all with a great wedge detail – that I would suggest you purchase asap!

Fever – two tone open toe small size wedges in orange, black and pink! These will definite give you ‘Fever’ and have your little feet burning up the dance floor!

Swedge – beautiful, seductive and elegant suede shoe boot-esque small size womens wedge heels.

swedge-tastic ladies small size wedge heel bootie

Laguna – these fantastic petite size ladies wedge heels have the most amazing bow detail and are available in black, gold, purple and red. They are absolutely perfect for the upcoming wedding season if you ask me! I’d get your order in quick for these little beauties for they are sure to sell out exceptionally quickly!!

sexy satin summer small size super wedges