Until the Cultural Revolution for a millennium, Chinese apostrophized with “green ginger in front, goose egg at the back" the feet of women who had not suffered the torture of dressing.
With this treatments, at the cost of unbelievable suffering , their feet were deformed up to take the form of a small half moon, be coated with neat shoes silk no longer than 12 cm.
These small feet, useless for their owners, were called"golden lilies" and were a characteristic female really appreciated, needed to find a good husband and obtain, therefore, a good social position.
A time and a place far away from ancient China, We preferred the "green ginger”, feet that are grown, as much or little, just following their nature.
To these feet, and their owners, is dedicated verdezenzero, to give them a chance, often denied, their can finally choose a pair of shoes simply by following their taste, without conditions or compromised due to the mere fact have a size a bit out standard.
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