![Tiny brocade shoes for the horrendous but now extinct Chinese practice of binding young girl's feet into the prized Lotus foot Stock Photo - Alamy Tiny brocade shoes for the horrendous but now extinct Chinese practice of binding young girl's feet into the prized Lotus foot Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/AD87T7/tiny-brocade-shoes-for-the-horrendous-but-now-extinct-chinese-practice-AD87T7.jpg)
Tiny brocade shoes for the horrendous but now extinct Chinese practice of binding young girl's feet into the prized Lotus foot Stock Photo - Alamy
![Peabody Museum on X: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell Peabody Museum on X: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhfZ-REWAAUoY0O.jpg)
Peabody Museum on X: "This week's Extraordinary Things theme is "Beauty and the Beholder." Lotus shoes were worn by Chinese women with bound feet. Beauty standards eventually changed, and foot binding fell
![Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/nintchdbpict000324115471.jpg)
Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
![Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KVby2Bd_wSg/maxresdefault.jpg)