MIDAS men sandals -- embossed leather

MIDAS sandals from Burnstein Azalee Fashion
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* leather, rubber & metal
* genuine ancient Greek inspired design
* skin-matching HUD with settings for over 10 popular skins
* nail pedicure in 10 colors
* 6 leather textures
* 4 metal textures
* 2 rubber colors
* HUD with settings for resizing sandals, changing textures, changing shine, glow, brightness, transparency and position of the sandals
* alpha layer ("add to worn"), & optional poly-blend mask (resizable, "add to worn") for perfect fitting
* shoe-base ("add to worn")

Perms: copy

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Greek sandals were an indicator of different social strata wearers belonged to. It is believed that the first sandals were made by ancient Romans and Egyptians. The word ‘Greek’ was attributed to this type of footwear thanks to versatile designs created by ancient Greek shoemakers who turned shoemaking into a kind of art.

The first sandals were made from papyrus and palm branches; later people started to use stiff leather. Sandals featured wooden soles and leather straps adjusted to them. Straps of Greek sandals hugged feet from toes to ankles but there were knee high models too. Being a shoemaker was a profitable and respected occupation those days as they created tailored models of sandals for each customer. Wealthier people could afford ordering footwear decorated with precious stones and metals and carved patterns on soles. Shoemakers also used softer leather for shoes designed for rich customers whereas less well-off still had to wear stiff leather sandals.

Despite the increasing popularity of the new footwear, most Greeks still went barefoot; even wealthy people put on sandals only outside. Yet, people engaged in heavy work, such as hunters and soldiers, needed to wear Greek sandals to protect feet when working. Their sandals were made of thicker leather, had larger soles and featured knee-high designs. Apart from that, Greeks, who needed more protection, wore boots. These, like sandals, had wooden soles and leather uppers; however, they covered soles, sides and shins leaving toes uncovered. Later, ancient shoemakers offered their customers sandals made of dyed leather and patches of fabrics. Wearers, who wanted to look a bit taller, could go for sandals with slices of cork incorporated into soles.

According to the materials used for making sandals modern footwear historians single out two types of Greek sandals which are baxa and cothurnus. Baxa sandals were made of leaves or fibres; these were mainly worn by philosophers. Cothurnus sandals were worn by hunters and horsemen as they featured more protective middle-leg designs. An interesting fact is that these two types of sandals served to distinguish comic and tragic actors in ancient theatres.

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MIDAS was a wealthy king of Phrygia in Asia Minor. When Seilenos, an elderly companion of the god Dionysos, became separated from his master's company, Midas captured him with the lure of wine. He treated the old satyr hospitably and upon returning him to the god was rewarded with a wish. He prayed for a golden touch, a boon which quickly proved a curse when the king discovered his food likewise transformed. Petitioning the god again, he was instructed to bathe in the river Paktolos which rid him of the power, and imbued the river's sands with gold.

Later the king was called upon to attend a musical contest between the gods Apollon and Pan (or else the satyr Marsyas). The foolish king declared his preference for the music of the pipe and was inflicted with a pair of asses' ears by the angry lyre-god. Ashamed of this deformity, Midas hid the ears beneath the flaps of a Phrygian cap, the traditional head-gear of the local nobility.

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