#one statue that shows the shoes in their entirety instead of being hidden by fabric is the aulus metellus/orator bronze but i cant find a

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post no longer cancelled though actually. take my hand. look at their littwle shoesies with me :')

#this type of shoe is a calceus btw #it is slightly baffling to me how these are actually constructed byt. thats part of the fun of it #it also made me realize i hadnt looked at them closely enough before to draw them accurately. i didnt notice the little ties.... #also what the hell kind of material are they made of thats soft enough to show the outline of the toes through it??? #felt maybe??? #they look so soft&floppy on the top side its kind of dubiously practical but they do seem to have some kind of harder sole at least #one statue that shows the shoes in their entirety instead of being hidden by fabric is the aulus metellus/orator bronze but i cant find a #high enough quality image of it to get a detailed look</3