T-bar sandal

T-Bar Sandals (sometimes known as in the UK as "school sandals") are a type of light shoe primarily for children, with an enclosed heel and toe. It is fastened by a cross-wise strap or bar secured by a buckle or more recently, by Velcro. A length-wise strap extends from the vamp and joins the cross-strap over the arch of the foot to form a T shape. A common variant has two cross-straps; these are more common in the US. The toe is often pierced with a pattern of holes or slots. The sole is low-heeled and usually of crepe rubber, stitched-down to the upper. Another variant for boys, seen in Britain and France from the 1960s has a very wide legth-wise strap with very small appertures on either side. First seen in Europe and America in the early 1900s, by the 1950s they were very common for boys and girls who wore them up to their teens. Their popularity declined in the 1970s and 1980s. They are now worn by younger children. Some private schools in Briatain use them as part of the school uniform.