What are booties?

The items in the first wardrobe of a person who has recently come into the world evoke tenderness. Often they are left as a souvenir, and an adult looks at his infant vestments with a good-natured laugh. His items include booties.

Booties - what type of shoe is this?

This is the name given to tiny shoes without a hard sole.

Reference! The name of the shoes for the little ones comes from the name of the French shoemaker Pinay. With his light hand, in the last third of the 19th century, tiny kid shoes, calfskin or suede shoes came into use. The history of booties began with them.

What age are they intended for?

These shoes are worn by the youngest children - girls and boys who cannot yet walk. Having no sole or instep support, booties warm the baby’s feet while preparing them for wearing “real” shoes.

Advice! Have you ever been interested in handmade? Still, try knitting or sewing a pair of tiny shoes.The technology for their manufacture is simple, and a minimum of material is required. What if you like it?

What is the ideal bootie shape?

For fantasy mothers, there is little limit to their imagination in this matter! Among the various models of booties, there are analogues of boots, tiny sneakers, sandals, ballroom shoes, and long-toed oriental shoes.

The form can be any, as long as it does not violate several requirements. Must:

• be soft and elastic;
• do not squeeze your fingers;
• either have no seams at all, or have seams facing outwards that do not rub the skin.

What are they made of?

The most common are knitted shoes. However, they can be sewn from fabric or leather, felted from wool. Knitted shoes are made using a hook or knitting needles. Particular attention is paid to the choice of yarn. The thread can be:

• cotton - especially relevant for special occasions (lace knitting) or simply for warm weather;
• made of microfiber - suitable for any product: light and insulated, casual and elegant;
• acrylic - can be very warm;
• woolen - with the exception of too long angora; merino is ideal;
• mixed - for example, acrylic with cotton.

Important! Hypoallergenicity is the main property of children's clothing! Carefully study the composition, paying attention to the dyes included in it!

Special requirements apply to booties for newborns: the yarn used for knitting them must be very soft and in no case prick the leg.

Advice! Having chosen the thread you like, knit a small fabric from it and “test” it on the most sensitive areas - the bend of the elbow or the back of the wrist. Do you feel pleasant? You can knit shoes for your baby!

You can decorate baby shoes with lace and braid, applique and beads, embroidery and ribbons.Only fashionable lurex is not allowed - it is too harsh for delicate legs.

What are baptismal booties?

This item has the same special status as the entire christening set: worn once, kept as part of family heirlooms, reminding of a special moment.

Of all the varieties of booties, baptismal booties, worn by either a boy or a girl, most resemble openwork shoes. Most often crocheted from snow-white cotton yarn, decorated with beads and satin ribbons.

Advice! By adding a little soft pink or light blue, you can emphasize the gender of the person experiencing the sacrament of baptism.

Differences between booties for girls and boys

In most languages, child is a neuter noun, and “unisex” items are also present in the wardrobes of older people. They are also found in fashion for little ones - such as booties or booties without any special decorations, in neutral colors - yellow, green, mustard.

And yet, most mothers of tiny girls proudly show the whole world: “I have a princess!” Mothers of little men are no less proud: “She gave birth to a hero!” And children's clothes are designed to highlight the differences.

Therefore already booties for future fashionistas demonstrate all the charm of girly outfits: bows and openwork inserts, lace and ruffles, beads and lush bows. All this is in the appropriate colors - pink-raspberry, red-orange, lilac-pink. Curly booties imitate the appearance of flowers, cats, fluffy cakes, and mice.

Stylization of booties for girls can be flowers, ladybugs, cakes, cats, foxes.

Advice! Are booties in boyish colors crammed into a girl's outfit? Play up blue or dark blue with pink or red details made from delicate materials.No one will figure out the little trick!

Men are supposed to be more serious from the cradle. Therefore they blue, light blue, purple, gray shoes are often stylized as more adult sneakers or boots. However, bears and bunnies, chickens and dogs are not forbidden. Special chic - cars!

Advice! Don’t throw away your first clothes: when congratulating your grown-up heir on coming of age, you can give him a little excursion into the past, showing him what he once showed himself to the world in!