clog
Clogs (also Klotschen . (Pl, sg. Of Klotschen )) are slipper-like Unisex - shoes with a solid, usually made of wood existing floor.
Clogs have developed from special work shoes with a wooden base. They are originally from England and have spread across Sweden. Originally the front leaf, which was always closed at the front, was made of leather, linen or raffia . Nowadays you can find uppers made of all sorts of materials, but like then, they are nailed to the side of the wooden sole. This simple and material-saving design makes clogs inexpensive shoes.
The clog experienced a real boom in the 1970s and early 1980s and is often worn as work shoes by medical personnel. Clogs are also widely used by kitchen staff. In the Scandinavian countries, many people wear clogs.
In Sweden clogs are called träskor , in Denmark træsko (both for German wooden shoes ).
Variants and relatives
Relatives of the clog are the Danish clog closed at the heel and the Dutch wooden shoe .
In the mid-1990s, the Birkenstock company introduced clog-like shoes made of polyurethane (intended for gardening), which were later expanded to include a replaceable footbed to improve wearing comfort.
Shoes made entirely or partially of plastic that are similar in shape to clogs (e.g. Crocs ) are not clogs from a shoe-technical point of view, as they lack a solid wooden floor.
Carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were found in some plastic clogs from certain manufacturers in 2013 during an analysis by the WDR . The WDR therefore recommends that plastic clogs with socks should be used.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chemistry in the shoe - plastic clogs in the test ( Memento from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) In: WDR 2 Quintessenz from July 30, 2013
