How Does Foot Wear Affect Individual Personality

RESEARCH TOPIC

The impact of foot-wear form for human outer look

RESEARCH PROBLAM

How and in what ways does foot-wear impact on individual personality?

INTRODUCTION

“Spanish cave drawings from more than 15,000 years ago show humans with animal skins or furs wrapped around their feet. The body of a well preserved “iceman” nearly 5,000 years old wears leather foot coverings stuffed with straw”

(5/26/2015, History of Footwear,)

Footwear has a long span of history. In the past footwear had been used purely as a protection device for the feet. Hence the form of footwear had been created based on protection. Nevertheless it is now being used as a fashion, product and a symbol. There by it has now become an inevitable component to the human being.

For example despite the

 Shoes should not slip off at the heels. Children who tend to sprain their ankles will do better with high-top shoes or boots.

For older people footwear stability becomes more important parameter because of the importance of postural stability and foot’s getting weak against to forces. Older subjects underestimated the maximum foot supination more than younger subjects. The results suggest that soft midsoles predispose the wearer to falling, as they induce a more unstable position of the foot that is underestimated by the subject, thereby limiting postural adjustments to maintain stability. (Stephen R., 1999, p. 349)

3.2.1.3 Growth of the human foot

The foot of a newborn child has only one bone. The rest of the foot is made up of cartilage. Not all bones of the foot are present when first born, nor even in childhood. The final primary and secondary bony structures will have gradually emerged by puberty. When a child reaches 3 years of age much of the cartilage has become bone and by age 6 all bones have taken shape but are still partly composed of