I’d think they’d be breakable, because they’d be slamming against pavement, cement, etc. with every step, with hundreds of pounds of pressure slamming down with each step, but that’s just my theory.

Sadly, Cinderella was just a fairy tale!!!

If glass can be bulletproof, it can be made into walkable shoes. Though not dainty princess shoes.

Here’s a company that makes dainty glass shoes. The site conspicuously has no pictures of anyone walking or standing in them.

Emma Glass Shoes

With modern technology? Maybe. There’s a lot of conflicting information available regarding whether or not one could actually walk (or run) in a modern glass slipper. But more importantly, it wouldn’t have been possible in 1697. The whole point is to illustrate how dainty Cinderella is.

I think so. Makes me think of wooden shoes. Just have to put some sort of rubber on the bottom.

More realistic to make them out of clear plastic-like material and call them glass.

One theory is that the word “glass” is a mistranslation, another is that it is a satire on Louis XIV’s obsession with fancy footwear. Whether this is true or not I can’t imagine that glass slippers would be comfortable to wear and might easily lead to Cinderella being carried from the ballroom on a stretcher.

I think if you used plexiglass it would be no problem.

I don’t see why not.

If you notice on the website, nobody is actually wearing the shoe. The photo shows a man starting to put one on a woman’s foot. These shoes are made as props for a photo shoot, and they sell a display box. The shoes can be sold singly or as a pair.

Yes, of course.

How dare you ask such a question!!

I doubt it.

Glass is actually pretty strong. It’s just that if there’s a little crack, it will propagate all the way across. A glass slipper would probably be wearable if a resilient sole was added to prevent little chips from forming while walking on hard surfaces.