Meanings
- not comparablefootwearCovering individual toes or groups of toes separately.
They may chafe the tops of your toes, so you will also need to wear some soft split-toe socks underneath, stocked here at Japanese-style department stores or even at the major chain drugstore.
1988, Audrey Sutherland, Paddling Hawai'i, page 441 more example
The design detail dates back to the 15th century, when split-toe socks were worn with thonged sandals, and its use by western fashion houses has sometimes been subject to questions over cultural appropriation.
2020 October 30, Lauren Cochrane, “The return of split-toe footwear leaves fashion world cloven”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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