LAPTI SHOES
A hundred years ago all Russians wore these primitive-looking straw slippers made by peasants in Belarus.
They look like Steve Martin’s “Cruel Shoes,” but holy shit are they comfortable. They feel like you’re putting your feet into vaginas.
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