What is Slipper?
[[File:20150808최광모RX10DSC00927.JPG|alt=|thumb|Korean Slippers ]] A '''slipper''' is a light [[shoe]] worn indoors. They keep [[feet]] warm. People also wear them to keep their feet or [[sock]]s clean. They are usually made of a something comfortable like a [[towel]] material or thin [[leather]]. They come in all sorts of [[shapes]] and sizes. ==History== The recorded history of slippers can be traced back to the 12th century. In the [[Western world | West]], the record can only be traced to 1478.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://betsyblue.co.uk/blogs/news/9037635-history-of-the-slipper|title= History of the Slipper|date= September 10, 2013|website= betsyblue.co.uk|access-date= 2020-03-01|archive-date= 2017-09-22|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170922100857/https://betsyblue.co.uk/blogs/news/9037635-history-of-the-slipper|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iinuu.eu/en/wisdom/good-to-know/slipper-history|title=Slipper History|date= September 9, 2010|website=iinuu.eu|access-date=2020-03-01}}</ref> [[File:2016 Singapur, Downtown Core, Muzeum Cywilizacji Azjatyckich, Ekspozycja (067) (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Peranakan]] Chinese wedding slippers from the late 19th century]] Slippers in [[China]] date from 4700 BCE.<ref>{{Cite web|title= The history of the slipper|url= https://www.ernestjournal.co.uk/blog/2017/8/14/the-history-of-the-slipper|access-date= 2021-02-03|website= Ernest journal|language= en-GB|quote= Slippers were worn in Chinese courts as early as 4700 BC.|archive-date= 2022-10-04|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221004000401/https://www.ernestjournal.co.uk/blog/2017/8/14/the-history-of-the-slipper|url-status= dead}}</ref> They were made of cotton or woven rush, had leather linings, and featured symbols of power, such as dragons. Native American [[Moccasin|moccasins]] were also highly decorative. Such moccasins showed nature scenes and were decorated with beadwork and fringing, their soft sure-footedness made them good for indoors taking (or setting aside). [[Inuit]] and