Now we have the barefoot debuff, at the very start of the game, we won't be able to create shoes or boots for a certain time
why not adding "primitive sandales" or something like that, made from the "plant fiber rope", with a very very low durability, taking damage with falling damage and even being removed if flee ability is on ! (imagine your sandals going away while running as fast as you can)
These couple of images were posted to the Life is Feudal Facebook page back in early june, as such It seems like they're already working on 'something' along the lines of what you've requested. Though they both seem a little bit more refined.