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A Victorian device for trying on shoes.
(lemmy.world)
Must have been invented by a foot fetishist
who seeks glory
They'll never know I'm licking their feet now!
"Oh, sorry, ma'am. I am preparing your foot with a warm sponge. I should have warned you ahead of time."
The guy fitting the shoe has a big smile, and it's not his customer service face.
The lady's eyes were under their skirts in Victorian times?
BE NOT AFRAID
Just a single “whispering eye.”
Why oh why is no one concerned about the use of “and” here?
If they used "or" wouldn't that imply that it only does one at a time?
If the sales person doesn't have a foot fetish before they start using that device, they absolutely will by the end of it
That smile says it all
Inventor of the 'glory sole'
Glory hole for a foot fetishist.
The ankle was all he needed.
So the woman can't see if the salesman is diddling himself while leering hungrily at her exposed ankle?
This is 100% way more reasonable that letting women put their own shoes.
/s just in case
How could she put on her own shoes while wearing a corset? Besides, that’s the servants’ job.
Good point. Also, found the time traveler.
Definitely wasn't inventing gloryholes and had to come up with an alternative explanation when the boss walked in. We've all been there.
"Billingsley! What the devil are you doing with that contraption!?"
- oh this oh uehm it's for ahhh shoes! Feeet! Yess keeps the devil's thoughts at bay when this thing blocks the vision of anyone using it!! I was just facing toward it to check out the size and the wobbling was me testing the build quality ahh yes!
"But where are your pants? And why does that need to involve your bloody cock and balls!??"
- ........
You remain the best, The Picard Maneuver
Everyone continues to like you.
<3
Didn't the woman care about how the shoe looked on her? The device seems to also block the view for her.
Wonder what her leg is being executed for? What crime did it commit?
Nothing. It's toetally innocent.
(...I'll see myself out.)
Excessive skin exposure
It's not being executed, just humiliated in front of all the other feet.
The other feet can like throw socks at it or something.
Al Bundy would have loved one of these
A1 Bundy
I feel like this isn't real
That whole period of history has to be made up
No, I think they meant "this is most likely an AI hallucination, NOT something that actually existed."
Walking around to test the shoes was almost impossible, but usually gathered a little crowd to cheer the lassie on.
This has generated significant interest and discussion, so I'm going to leave this up, but in the future, please submit only photographs and film on this comm.
Got it!
I thought it was a tail, but then.... Is it a hat?
I think that is an actual hood! It would basically be an old style cloth long cap, done extra long and then wrapped around the neck.
Kinda reminds me of the matrix head tails from 3d pocahontas smurfs
Is this a new requirement from the US government for shoe stores or is this about history? I'm really unsure
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