Sentence examples for chopine from inspiring English sources

When Hamlet, referring to the platform shoe of his day, said to the Player-Queen, "Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last by the altitude of a chopine," he was undoubtedly responding to the psychologically, as well as visually, elevating effect.

The exhibits date back to sandals from Ancient Egypt decorated in gold leaf, and chopines, 16th-century platforms designed to keep silk skirts clean on muddy city streets, and shoes made for bound feet.

Centuries later, Venetian courtesans clopped around in towering chopines, while during the reign of Louis XIV, red heels were a mark of nobility.

Dolce & Gabbana showed velvet Mary Janes perched on mosaic wedges nearly as high as the chopines worn by 16th-century Venetian courtesans to protect their elaborate gowns from the filth of the streets.

Venetian courtesans teetering on 17th-century wooden chopines had nothing on Ms. Guinness, whose progress to the women's room from the dinner table at one charity dinner last fall kept a room full of guests in bated-breath suspense.

Included in the book are 150 pairs, from 16th-century chopines to Roger Vivier's Eyelash Heel pump.

The 14th century saw them worn by the Italian nobility and named chopines from the old Spanish chapa, which means plate, or covering, but their 1970s glam-rock incarnation and later outings as the Spice Girls' shoe of choice sealed their infamy.

An upper-class woman would have been proud to hobble on her "flowerpot-sole shoes" — embroidered slippers on tall pedestals — and Guo pays homage to them in vertiginous chopines that are lashed to the ankles with satin ribbons.

Not Since The 16th Century, When Venetian Courtesans Tottered About In Chopines, Have Shoes Been Quite This Satisfying.