You know, I just don’t get it.
Oh, I can understand that as well as being utilitarian,
design and fashion have a place as well, but what is with the impulse to buy
shoes, shoes and more shoes?
When I was delivering mail in Marlborough Mall, there were
what seemed to be hundreds of shoe stores, most of them catering to women. In
some stores there was a tiny corner where men’s shoes would take up valuable
shelf space that would be better served with women’s shoes. I imagine the
rational is that if “she” brings “he” into the store for “nice” shoes, she may
as well look for a pair for herself, since she’s in the store anyways. There
was a sports store that sold mainly running shoes, but there were hiking and
walking shoes as well. I saw a pair of running shoes in the window that had a
price tag of $483.50. I told the clerk that there was a typo on the shoes and
he just laughed and said “No, that’s the price.”
“BULLSHIT! Who would pay $483 for shoes? I guess maybe
professional basketball players…right?”
He told me that pro ball players were supplied shoes by the
team and the only people he had sold them to were the drug dealers. Same thing...right?
I can
remember when there were just three kinds of running shoes. There were high top
runners, low profile, which were the same as high top except they were low, and
deck shoes. I always assumed that people only wore the deck shoes when sailing.
I’m sure that girls had more options, but I never paid much attention to girls.
Today when I go to look for runners, there are so many options that I’m like a
deer caught in the headlights.
A friend on facebook mentioned that she just got a pair of
Michael Kors flats which means nothing to me really, but I figure that if your
shoes have a name, they are probably pretty expensive. I googled Michael Kors
and the shoes can be very expensive, but some of them are reasonable(?).
I understand how millionaires buy very expensive clothing,
but for the most part the really expensive stuff doesn’t last much longer that
the cheaper variety. Sometimes, the amount of money spent on an item directly
translates into higher, long lasting quality, but not for women’s shoes I
think.
I had a discussion on the merits of women’s footwear with
the receptionist at my dentists once. She was trying to say that designer shoes
were in actuality art. Wearable art. I contended that most women were just
sheep that would buy anything if some Frenchman in pink tights and a feathered
boa told them to. She started to get huffy with me, so I told her that we were
never going to see eye to eye on this issue and we should agree that I’m right
and she’s nuts.
I will agree that feet should be covered at all times if
possible. There are uglier parts of the human body I suppose, but we keep them
covered for the most part.
I’ve kind of lost my train of thought here, but the gist is
that shoes shouldn’t cost more than a couple of hours work for the average guy
and they should last for a couple of years at least. Oh….ladies…if you can`t
walk to work in your shoes, they aren`t shoes, because shoes are made for
walking!
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