In the Philippines, when former First Lady Imelda Marcos and the rest of her family fled the country in the face of the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986, it was then discovered that she left behind an astounding 3000 pairs of womens shoes, with no pair alike, cementing her name as one of the most famous shoe addicts in world history.
But Imelda is not the only one with an addiction to womens shoes. Many other members of the rich and famous have closets full off different shoes – from casual to formal, from flats to heels to wedges – you name it they’ve probably got it.
Why shoes then? Because shoes, like it or not, especially for women, are fashion statements. Just look at red carpet fashion coverage of events like the Oscar awards or the Golden Globe Awards – more often than not, the choice of shoes of a female celebrity either makes or breaks her outfit. It may be worn down on your feet, but womens shoes are eye catchers, and wearing the right pair is always essential in any outfit.
Unlike men, who despite having several of their number who also collect footwear, womens shoes are more varied – because of the really wide playing field designers have in this respect. A design for a wedge will look different if you switch it with heels or make it a flat altogether. Heel height also factors into the whole design process, so there’s really a lot to work with, making womens shoes a very fertile ground for expressing not only the designer’s creativity, but moreover, also the personality and personal taste of the wearer. Contributing to the women’s love affair with shoes is the sheer number of new designs that come out every season and every year. Small brands and big names alike always make sure that they have new and exciting designs for women to choose from, even adding more fuel to the fire of shoe collecting. Some women will even sacrifice spending on other things (like food – diet, anyone?) just to be able to afford that perfect pair of shoes she saw in the department store the other day – despite already buying another pair of “perfect” shoes last month. Some take the unfortunate road of getting into serious debt just to afford buying more and more shoes. Some collectors can’t even find the time to use all of them, but still they go on adding more and more boxes of footwear to their collections.
You can also tell more about a woman based on the pair of shoes she has on. There’s on quote about womens shoes, one made famous by Tom Hanks in the classic award winning movie , Forest Gump: “Mama always said you could tell an awful lot about a person by the kind of shoes they wear.” And that, despite coming from a movie, cannot be any truer. How a women wears her shoes also shows a bit on insight about herself – someone who does not take care of footwear is most probably disorganized in other areas of her life.
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