Moccasin

The Moccasin (English moccasin ) is a soft shoe model ( Slip ) without paragraph whose shaft is passed under the foot around and on top usually achieve an additional insert, a palm-sized piece of leather, with a frequently conspicuous held (hand) sewn seam under the ruffling leather edge ( because of the shape stability), gets.

Word origin

The word is borrowed from one of the Eastern Algonquian languages. So it is denominated in Powhatan mohkisson or mokussin, Massachusett makussin, makizin Ojibwe, Algonquin (in the narrow sense) makasin and Micmac mksɨn ( reconstructed original Algonquian: maxkeseni "shoe" ).

Historical

The moccasin is one of the oldest shoe models of humanity. He is the shoe of the Native Americans, the Indians.

Among the Indians making the moccasins was women's. Because the moccasin is not a very durable shoe model, these were invariably made to stock and even traded. Woodland Indians wore moccasins without additional outer sole (important for the sensitivity to the ground while hunting in the forest), whereas the moccasins of the upland Indians had an additional Rohlederlaufsohle (protection of the foot and increase the shelf life).

For festive occasions moccasins were (later with glass beads by the settlers ) decorated with Quillarbeit. In the 18th century the first moccasins were sent by the American settlers to Europe ( England ), where they were used as slippers to fashion.

Features of moccasins

This is a soft leather slip-on shoe without a heel, in which the stem is looped under the foot. Today, real moccasins are offered only rarely having all the hallmarks of this type of shoe:

  • A separate insole there is not.
  • A shaft lining does not exist.
  • A separate paragraph is not available.
  • A sewn with curling Mokassinblatt shapes the shoe from above image.
  • Possibly there is an additional sewn-on sole.

The moccasins nowadays predominantly offered are often made ​​for everyday use by a different floor from the original construction. In addition to the simple machartbedingt sole ( that is, the insole is also the outsole ), many contemporary models with an additional insole / insole and / or be provided with a separate outsole.

Moccasins can be used as flat shoes, ankle high or bootees - a sewn- boots tube extended - to reach below the knee (so-called Stiefelmokassin ).

Wearing properties and use

Moccasins are made of soft leather shaft, so they are very cuddly. The foot is in them hence no guidance or support. Even the heel damping (no additional or only a thin sole ) is not increased by this shoe model. In this respect, the moccasin is not suitable for longer distances and not even for pre-damaged feet.

Due to its poor water resistance, he is a fair-weather shoe. Its appearance ( casual, not formal, but sporty with lots of feet showing, mostly from suede, without "fixed" shape and the foot -adapting etc. ) ideal shoe for leisure and makes it inappropriate to business attire; there Loafer Mark the boundary of the still wearable halfway Formal.

Likelihood of confusion

Often, the moccasin shoe model is confused with the Mokassinmachart and shoes, the shaft was made after Mokassinmachart ( including boat shoes and some loafers ) would sometimes incorrectly as moccasins.

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