Back in the 1880's in there was this ritual of drinking out of a woman's shoe. Historically, there are many accounts of how it supposedly started. The earliest one I could find comes from a brothel, yes a brothel in Chicago. Two sisters Ada and Minna Lester opened the infamous Everleigh Club in 1900 becoming known then as the Everleigh Sisters. The brothel was decorated with all the luxuries available at the time, from marble in-laid beds, library and orchestra. Not to mention 30 beautiful girls available 24 hrs a day. According to the accounts, Prince Henry of Prussia came to the club in 1902 while visiting the US to pick up a ship for his brother German Kaiser Wilhelm II. During his visit, one of the girl's shoes flew off while dancing, hit a glass and spilled some champagne into it. A man standing by picked up the shoe and drank from it, and like all oddities in life, the other men around decided to do the same, get the shoe from the nearest girl and toast the Prince with "shoe champagne".
Last year my favorite designer Christian Louboutin, teamed up with champagne makers Piper Heidsieck to create a box set titled "Le Rituel". The set is to celebrate the drinking out of a shoe tradition. Besides, what can be better than champagne and stilettos?
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