![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
![The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/12/1434121503953/774e2eab-a8e6-4d5f-972b-7a118c03e89d-2060x1030.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c27c5575c508d0ab89e729ab200c6a36)
The last women in China with bound feet: 'They thought it would give them a better life' | Art and design | The Guardian
![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/sddefault.jpg)
Foot Binding in China: The Terrible and Banned Practice to achieve a Questionable Beauty-Lotus Shoes - YouTube
![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
![Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Foot Binding, Lotus Position, Chinese Culture - iStock Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Foot Binding, Lotus Position, Chinese Culture - iStock](https://media.istockphoto.com/id/458577969/photo/foot-binding-lotus-feet.jpg?s=612x612&w=is&k=20&c=Hkdnoo0pVaGzcdZ1EnWZDNlHf8j0zLJ82-lYYjmVFzI=)
Foot Binding Lotus Feet Stock Photo - Download Image Now - Foot Binding, Lotus Position, Chinese Culture - iStock
![An 18th century Chinese shoe for a bound foot. Foot-binding was a painful practice first carried out on young girls 1000 years ago in China to make their feet as small as An 18th century Chinese shoe for a bound foot. Foot-binding was a painful practice first carried out on young girls 1000 years ago in China to make their feet as small as](https://i.redd.it/jfi2nsijyek81.jpg)