Different country...different brand...different style.. different tradition...
Be fashionable...join the trend...
Old and young...Fat or thin... Everyone has the right to be fashionable and choose what would make them complete...
Let us view some of the photos of Traditional Footwear of different countries...
Let's start with this...
Source: http://sharpeye-31-01-60.blogspot.com/2010/07/shepherd-shoes.html
"After going through the Barker factory and their range I could tell they make an extraordinarily good basic product," said Miller. "I just wanted to add a little more luxury to it, have a little bit of a different sensibility as an alternative to traditional English shoes."
The keynote here is that Miller is adding polished friskiness, in no way subtracting any of the hearty qualities that have given English shoes their renown.
Source: http://www.luxist.com/2010/12/24/barker-black-brings-its-edgy-english-style-to-los-angeles/
They called Plaited birch bark shoe in mid 20th century.
As you see it may differ form the where it is being used, why do they wear it or even the style differs from one another...
But there is one thing they are all sharing..it is in the world of FASHION...