Something about slippers

A slipper or houseshoe an semi-closed type of indoor footwear,consisting of a sole held to the wearer`s foot by a strap running over (or between) the toes or instep. Slippers are softand lightweight compared to other types of footwear. The word is recorded in English in 1478,deriving from the much older verb to slip,the notion being of footwear that is 'slipped" into the foot. Slippers may be shaped like a standard shoe,or may have no heel,so the foot can be slipped in the back.They now come in many colourful designs-cartoon characters,patterns and animals are often used to decorate this type of foot wear.
The traditional British slipper of the Victorian era is the Albert slipper,named after Prince Albert,and is a velvet slipper with plain leather sole and quilted silk lining.
In Japan,one type of the latest fashion of slipper is fluffy clogs evolved rom those made during the Meiji period (1868 to 1912). The Japanese were accustomed to taking off their shoes before entering their homes and donning slippers at the threshold-this was not the case for western cultures,where custom regarding domesticity differed and slippers werw mainly worn by a home`s residents in the evening. For the Japanese it was problematic for foreigners who did not know or follow their customes to enter homes whit their shoes on.Special slippers were made for the foreigners to pull over their shoes in order to keep the indoors sanitary.Such slippers are in widespread use in Japan.Toilet slippers provide further demarcation between areas considered clean and unclean within the house.Slippers also evolved much earlier in India.
The term "slipper" is sometimes incorrectly used interchangeably with the term flip-flops and sandal.This is especially true where footwear is not customarily worn indoors: in the Philippines,India,Malaysia,Netherlands,Singapore and Hawaii the word "slipper" generally refers to the sandal or flip-flop.
Derek "The Slipper Man" Fan holds the Guinness Book of World Records for wearing a pair of dress slippers for 23 years straight as of June 30,2007.