National Russian clothes - felt boots. These shoes look clunky and funny, but, oddly enough, they are very functional. Thirty years ago, all the kids walked in felt boots almost to school. The same small galoshes were put on tiny boots - very comfortable shoes were obtained. What are boots?
These shoes are made from wool. Moreover, no synthetic materials, in principle, can be added, because then the structure of the material itself will change.
Wool is felted, and as a result it is so compacted that it can be used to make shoes. Felt boots made of wool, of course, are water-permeable, and therefore they used to be worn with galoshes, and now they often make felt boots themselves with rubber soles.
What are the advantages of felt boots?
Made of wool, rubber-soled boots are breathable. Their feet never sweat. Despite the fact that wool is a permeable material, boots with rubber soles almost do not let water through. If you put them on in a light thaw and carry them for several hours along the Volglosnow, the feet will remain dry and warm, and the felt material will absorb a lot of moisture.
Any boots, even the most reliable company, will not withstand several hours of walking through deep snowdrifts. Any skin will not be able to absorb any significant amount of water, so moisture will definitely make its way to the foot in a couple of hours. And in the felt boots between the foot and the snowdrift - a reliable hygroscopic material.
Felt boots with rubber soles can be bought at the beginning of the season or in specialized stores all year round. And they are not expensive at all, much cheaper than boots from popular brands.
Felt boots were forgotten around the end of the eighties, when even children began to wear boots. After foreign goods massively penetrated into our country, the products of which only firms and manufacturers did not try to wear its population! And Italian shoes were in honor, until they realized that they were not at all suitable for our climate, and Belarusian ones. Finnish felt boots with rubber soles appeared with us quite recently, a few years ago. And almost immediately people appreciated their functionality. The kid does not need to tie and fasten anything: he put his leg in and went - warm, they do not get wet. Such children's felt boots with rubber soles are worn by half of the children from kindergarten.
But felted shoe manufacturers have also stepped up. Organize exhibitions and workshops. Felt boots are no longer worn with galoshes, more often the sole of the felt boot itself is made rubber - this ismore comfortable and more aesthetically pleasing. The result is no longer a shapeless felt boot, but a very interesting boot. Moreover, even its color is now not necessarily gloomy gray. Felt felt boots made of white wool, make them differently colored. Patterns, small pictures are applied to light felt boots. Soles for such felt boots are now made, taking into account all orthopedic rules.
Felt boots with rubber soles are comfortable and practical shoes, they are almost perfect for our climate. The low price makes it affordable.
