Slipper

Slippers are a type of shoes falling under the broader category of light footwear, that are easy to put on and off and are intended to be worn indoors, particularly at home.

Slippers in China date from 4700 BC;[dubious – discuss] they were made of cotton or woven rush, had leather linings, and featured symbols of power, such as dragons.

Such moccasins depicted nature scenes and were embellished with beadwork and fringing; their soft sure-footedness made them suitable for indoors appropriation.

Inuit and Aleut people made shoes from smoked hare-hide to protect their feet against the frozen ground inside their homes.

This motif was introduced in Charles Perrault's 1697 version of the fairy tale, "Cendrillon ou la petite pantoufle de verre" ("Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper").