footwear

Pendragon shoes is one of the most amazing and strange shoe  exclusive handcrafted leather shoes. This company is a Queensland based duo of designer shoemakers Jacqueline Orme Ward and Adrian Lockwood that have worked for several projects in theater and cinema including the recent and successful film "Peter Pan" by Warner Bros (that by the way is a wonderful version with a pretty soundtrack from James Newton Howard to go along with)

When it comes to the point to find the right shoes for a fantasy garment,  it's often one of the weak points that often spoil the historical or rigor of it all. I just found this wonderful site Lady Oren's medieval shoes with a lovely collection of shoes and boots. Most shoes can be made in leather or suede  and you can add some motifs in certain models. I love these below, a with a leaf fairy design burnt on leather:

We´ve all seen drawings in old books of Irish fairy tales with those fancy to dance all night away with goblins and fairies... Ghillies are typical soft  leather shoes for irish and scottish dancing in fact and have a lovely ancient traditional historical look For an accurate definition read this wikipedia article about them (yes I know this term is also used for some camouflage material as we´ll cover in the future). Surfing the net I found the perfect site for them...