] Mrs Allen, the doyenne of fashion, wears clogs! You have no idea what visions this brings into my mind! (well, Linden will have an idea….) I am astonished, to say the least! Does anyone have any pictures to show? Any descriptions?

It seems that the word 'clogs' had a slightly different meaning. Below is a print of a patten, which was used rather as we would use galoshes, that is, as an overshoe. You strapped them on and then attempted to hobble around on the raised iron rings, which would keep you out of the muck found on Regency streets. (See print below)

Now, when I looked up 'clogs' in my 1782 Bailey's Dictionary, what should I find but this definition: Pattens without Rings.

So, I guess clogs were just a basic strap-on outer shoe which would offer your ordinary delicate footware some much-needed protection, but without raising you up.