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Creator of the Shoestring?
Who created the shoestring? How did this come about? Is the maker of the shoestring even known?
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It’s as difficult to determine the exact history of shoelaces as it is for shoes. Archaelogical records of footwear are rare because shoes were generally made of materials that deterioriated readily. The first “shoes” worn by primitive humans would most likely have been a simple hide or covering bound to the foot with either leather thongs, grasses or some form of twine. The recent discovery of the bronze-age Ötzi the Iceman, who lived around 3000 BC, revealed fairly complex insulated leather shoes bound with “shoelaces” made of lime bark string.
As for shoelaces in the sense that we know them today, the Museum of London has documented examples of medieval footwear dating from as far back as the 12th century, which clearly show the lacing passing through a series of hooks or eyelets down the front or side of the shoe.
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I’d hazard a guess that whoever started lacing pieces of hide together with animal gut was the inventor – probably sometime in the Neolithic age
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