Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-25491743-20170404200104/@comment-2153169-20171010173541

CoolDudeAl wrote: Lady Junky wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Lady Junky wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: Lady Junky wrote: FrancisPaul wrote: Shoes would be Clothing too, right? Like Silver Slippers and Glass Slippers? Shoes are considered accesories, not clothing. At least, that's what I always saw ^^' So you go everywhere barefoot? No, shoes are generally required if you go somewhere, so it would be clothing, not an accesory. ... This has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that shoes are accesories XD Clothing does not mean you it is necessary x) Clothing doesn't necessarily mean it is something you must wear at all times, but accesory means it is an optional thing to wear, and shoes are very rarely optional in public. Here's the dictionary definition of an accesory:

an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else

I know that a lot of shops are using this expression about what they're selling "Clothes & Shoes".

Edit: Just digging and I found that shoes are indeed under accesories or footwears. But not clothing. Probably because shoes aren't made of cloth. In America at least though, if you tell someone to put on their clothes, they would know that includes shoes. Yes, tecnically we could make a footwear category, but that's only the silver slippers and the glass slippers then, right?

"Clothes and Shoes" is also an American thing x) That's where I found it actually x)