Foot binding, or ‘lotus feet’, was once considered the height of female sexual attraction (Picture: Alamy) Foot binding, or ‘lotus feet’, stands as a symbol of a bygone China. Alongside seedy opium ...

Foot binding has been illegal in China for a century. But a number of older women, who, continued the traditional custom in secret, are now featuring in a new photography series that aims to bust ...

For most of us the idea of wearing a pair of shoes that are even one size too small is unbearable - but for centuries women in China bound their feet to make them appear smaller than their natural ...

All the women featured in Jo’s photographs are peasant farmers who had their feet bound to suggest social status (Picture: Jo Farrell) It’s a practice many of us have heard of but never seen. The ...

Zhou Guizhen who is 86 years old, shows one of her bound feet where the bones in the four small toes were broken and forced underneath the foot over a period of time, at her home in Liuyi village in ...

In this article, I will give you an interesting insight into the ancient practice of Chinese foot binding. THE origins of foot binding are unknown. There are many suggestions as to when and why it ...

The stomach-churning custom was first adopted 1,000 years ago and was seen as a symbol of beauty and wealth STOMACH-churning photographs have shown the agonising effects of the practice of foot ...

British photographer Jo Farrell, 48, is racing against time to capture images and interviews with the last living Chinese women to have survived the ancient abusive practice of foot binding, which is ...