polenta

these shoes are almost the same but these look like leather, doesn't it?
Wasn`t there a film with Sofia Loren called "La Ciociara" for which she won an Oscar award?

clorophilla

there was an exceedent space in the link :-/
http://www.madonnadellaneve.frosinone.it/ciociaria.htm

I read that those shoes stem directly from the ancient roman "calzari"!

polenta

Yes, they look incredibly similar. The only thing is that the ones I've described don't have any sheep skin and the shoes are not pointed. The straps around the leg work in the same way.
Here you can see some people with these cloth shoes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REsWrqBXYRw

As for the van, yes, my father's was almost like this except that the door was not completely made of wood but only the window's frame.
Thanks for reminding me. Good memories....

polenta

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciocia
maybe this one works

polenta

Clorophilla, I couldn't open your link to the ciocie but I found this:

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