Label for the exhibitions Shoes: Pleasure and Pain Men’s indoor mule slippers 1710–20 England Brocaded silk with metal thread and leather V&A: T.9&A-1922 [2015-2016] Pair of men's mule slippers of red brocaded silk, with square toe and low heel Gentlemen would have worn these mule slippers with a nightgown. They wore these informal gowns when relaxing at home or receiving visitors. The slippers have the square toe and low heel that were fashionable in the early 1700s.They are brocaded with rich metal thread. The mule of red brocaded silk you can see at the bottom is one of the pair described.