What is it with shoes and fairy tales? shoes and folklore? I read somewhere that the Cinderella story originally came from China, which makes sense since they still bind their feet over there. Apparently small feet are desirable on women. Or a good woman must have small feet. Which ever came first. Cinderella’s step sisters had feet too big. I also read somewhere that a woman’s shoe is symbolic of sex. The argument is that it a shoe looks like a vagina, so portraying a shoe would be a discreet way of portraying female sexuality. Whether sexual or not, there is definitely an obsession with shoes in fairy tales and…