A Woman's Love Affair with Shoes

It's almost a cliché, women and their shoes. If it wasn't before, Carrie Bradshaw and her Manolo's really cemented the fact for all of human kind.

Most women have at least (AT LEAST) one pair of great shoes. These shoes mean more to her than those damn ruby slippers EVER meant to the Wicked Witch. Actually, the Wicked Witch was probably very misunderstood. She was just a woman who lost her favorite pair of shoes. That makes complete sense. Couldn't Glenda have just taken Dorothy to the closest Nine West and bought the little girl a pair for herself? It would have saved everyone a crap load of trouble, not to mention the poor witch's life.

Consider Cinderella. She wasn't normal. Any sane and stylish woman would have turned promptly around and retrieved the missing shoe; screw the carriage turning into a pumpkin. And anyways, what kind of girl can't walk down stairs without falling out of her stilettos? You can tell how neglected Cinderella really was when you witness her total disregard for good shoes. Her evil step mommy clearly never taught her the importance of a nice pair of glass slippers, nor the proper way to walk down steps in them.

Now, the Old Woman who lived in a shoe? This is a woman I can respect. She had so many children; she didn't know what to do. What she DID know? Having all of those little monsters meant selling her beloved shoe collection. Her house was just homage to her lost treasure. I imagine had she not had all those children that shoe house would have been lined with every kind of shoe from floor to ceiling... glorious.

Anyways, you get the point. Most women love shoes. What's the appeal? Think about what the Little Black Dress did for the female figure. Shoes has that same effect on a woman's legs, butt and confidence level. There is nothing more invigorating than walking into a room, confidently and sexily, and commanding attention. No, people aren't looking at your heels, but those heels are like a chariot of fire on which the gorgeous confident woman rides in on, making her presence known.

You can bet that most men aren't looking at your feet when they first meet you, but if that patent leather round toed 4 inch pump makes you feel like a rock star, a man is going to notice THAT. And even if guys aren't checking out the footwear, you know most of the women in the room ARE. "Great shoes!" is one of life's greatest compliments.

A good shoe can elongate your legs, give tone definition to calves, make you seem a couple inches taller, and force you to push back your shoulders, straighten your spine and walk just a little bit stronger. Ain't life grand?

So next time you want to make some joke about women and shoes, think about the unfortunate Wicked Witch who not only had to mourn the loss of her sister, but of a great pair of shoes too.