You Can Never Have Too Many Shoes

Focus on Fashion

Vicki Messer
I've heard that "diamonds are a girl's best friend", but since most of us can't afford all those diamonds, we girls resort to shoes instead. What woman doesn't adore shoes?

We all have an abundance of shoes in our wardrobe, but sometimes it is still hard to find "just the right shoe" to wear with an outfit.

Men don't understand how this can be. I think that is because they never have to worry about the length of their trousers in relation to their shoe style, like we do. Men's pants are based on the length of their inseam, period.

Women have so many lengths of dresses, skirts, jeans, and trousers, that we must be careful about choosing just the right shoe to go with our clothing. There are so many styles of shoes from which to choose and a multitude of colors as well.

Heel heights range from flats, kitten heels, high heels, to stilettos. Styles range from sandals, espadrilles, mules, oxfords, open toes, slingbacks, Mary Janes, platforms, the list goes on and on and on.

The choice of shoe style and heel height should always be determined by the style and length of our clothing. You would not wear a heavy oxford style shoe with a short dress or skirt. The focus would be on the heaviness of the foot instead of the shapeliness of the body. With a shorter dress or skirt, a low heeled shoe or a kitten heel would look much nicer and would also help to elongate the appearance of the legs. A very high heel worn with a shorter skirt or dress would create an imbalance in the outfit and also might create an image that most of us would not want.

In today's more casual society, women are often opting for more comfortable shoes instead of the shoes that cause foot pain and malformation of the toes. However, there is a shoe company that has designed a high-heeled shoe that accommodates our toes very nicely and is said to be quite comfortable. These shoes are made by Cole Haan. This company offers the Sierra Air Pump with Nike Air cushioning, and the Penny Air Loafer, just to name a few. Of course, they are quite expensive, but still not as costly as diamonds.

Shoes have always been a girl's best friend and they always will be our best friend. Why else would we fill our closet space with more and more shoes? They say you can never have too many friends and in the female mind that equates to "You can never have too many shoes."

Source:
http://www.colehaan.com/colehaan/catalog/product.jsp?productId=191635&categoryId=300253&productGroup=191634

Published by Vicki Messer

In 1997 I began a personal journey of healing from years of childhood sexual abuse. For the better part of 10 years, I worked my way through the painful repressed memories of incest at the hands of several...  View profile

  • Finding just the right shoe isn't easy.
  • Cole Haan has produced women's shoes with Nike Air inside.
  • The choice of shoe should always be determined by the style and length of our clothing.

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  • Linda Ann Nickerson9/10/2008

    Fun article . . . gotta love sole (er, soul.) ;-)

  • Donna Porter9/8/2008

    I have an eclectic mix of shoes ...I love shoes, but I too opt for comfort. Well, you had me at the title. :-)

  • M. Eileen Burston9/8/2008

    good writing, my friend! i'm a shoe collector. but--i wear my sneakers just about everywhere. (my orthotics fit best, in those.) that's the trouble with dress shoes--a person like me, with foot problems, can't wear their orthotics in dress shoes.

  • jcorn9/6/2008

    I, too, love shoes. My name is jcorn and I am a shoe addict.There...I feel so much better :) and, actually, I don't have all that many. Only 2 pairs of athletic shoes. That isn't so bad, is it? However, I have many different types of other shoes.

  • Sheryl Young9/5/2008

    Is "Joy Messer" a pen name for Imelda Marcos? Just funning with ya.

  • Carol Roach9/5/2008

    Not all women have an abundance of shoes, I was always a two pair girl, one for slooping around in and one for dress up.

    Shoes are expensive I could never afford them.

  • Charlotte Kuchinsky9/5/2008

    I can't wear heels anymore and I hate that.

  • Cathy A Montville9/5/2008

    Gosh, I wish I was tall...I am a shrimp. I love shoes...it is inherent!

  • J. E. Davidson9/5/2008

    Being 5"10" tall, I try to avoid wearing heels! But really it's not the height that bothers me, but the way my poor feet feel in them. I don't know how some women can wear those things all day. But I do love my (flat) sandals, they are usually in the majority in my shoe wardrobe.

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