From tech to fetish, shoes in fairy tales are a mark of status Rebecca-Anne C. ... In the Grimms’ “The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes” (1815), too, shoes are ruined.

There is nothing new about a shoe fetish. Fairy tales have long featured amazing, high-tech footwear: ... In the Grimms’ The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes (1815), too, shoes are ruined.

The stepsisters tried to fit into the shoe, but it was Cinderella who was proven to be the prince’s dance partner. The ballet ended with a return from the fairy godmother, the fairies and the stars, ...