Charles VIII of France (1470 – 1498) launched a new fashion for shoes with a square tip. He wore them to hide the fact that one of his feet had six toes.… Read More
Those of you who are old as the hills, like me, will probably remember the theme song to the show “My Three Sons,” which you can view here. In that intro, the shoes on the right with the dotted pattern… Read More
In most card games, the king was once the highest card in a suit. But after the French Revolution, the ace was introduced as an act of civil defiance, as the power of nobility declined.