Editing Flip-flops (section)

{{Short description|Type of sandal}}
{{Other uses|Flip-flop (disambiguation){{!}}Flip-flop}}
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[[File:Flip flops.jpg|thumb|Flip flops on feet being worn ]]
'''Flip-flops''' are a type of light [[sandal|sandal-like]] shoe, typically worn as a form of casual footwear. They consist of a flat sole held loosely on the foot by a Y-shaped strap known as a toe thong that passes between the first and second toes and around both sides of the foot. This style of footwear has been worn by people of many cultures throughout the world, originating as early as the [[ancient Egypt]]ians in 1500 BC. In the [[United States]] the modern flip-flop may have had its design taken from the traditional Japanese ''[[zōri]]'' after [[World War II]], as soldiers brought them back from Japan.

Flip-flops became a prominent unisex summer footwear starting in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fr33earth.com/how-and-when-flip-flops-became-popular-unisex-footwear|access-date=19 February 2018|title=How and When Flip Flops Become A Popular Unisex Summer Footwear|date=15 March 2017|publisher=Free Earth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821202425/https://www.fr33earth.com/how-and-when-flip-flops-became-popular-unisex-footwear/|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>