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Style of Eye - October 2007

footwear

October 19th 2007 02:11

They say the shoe makes the man or woman. Certainly it defines a person’s look, probably more so than hats, or shades, or even jewelry. Footwear comes in so many shapes and sizes, colours, textures and price-tags. Women can spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on shoes. And they do.

In fact women with money (and some with not so much money) tend to have wardrobes set aside just for shoes; shoe closets, they call them. It’s a kind of status thing, they more shoes they have the more powerful they feel, which reminds me of an American television commercial from around the late 70s, early 80s. It was an ad for Hush Puppies, a brand of shoe for men and women. “How many pairs of shoes do you own?” asked an off-camera voice to a well-to do lady, “Ten, eleven, twelve pairs of shoes,” the woman replies smugly to the camera, “But I live in Hush Puppies,” she adds with a sly smirk.

As a teenager I wanted a pair of Fry cowboy boots. The funny thing is, I can’t remember if I ever ended up owning a pair. At high school, when it was mufti day some of the punk girls would come to school in their knee high patent leather Doc Martin boots. Boy, that was a statement-and-a-half.

I’ve never been able to wear what Aussie’s call thongs comfortably (I’m talking about flip-flops, not a g-string!). In New Zealand we called them jandals. I just couldn’t stand the piece of rubber between my toes. Ugh! I wore what I called thongs, which used fabric instead of the rubber. But I much prefer sandals such as Birkenstocks.

I loved my sneakers though, or trainers as they call them in Australia. I owned a sensational pair of Pumas, black with red stripes, very cool. But I don’t like the contemporary sneaker design, all tubing and pumped up fittings. They look naff. I prefer sleek, minimal styling.

Now there’s nothing sexier on a woman than a great pair of boots. Knee-high is the go, but on a perfect set of long legs those thigh-highs can cause quite a stir. Something very suggestive, come hither about boots, especially the thigh-high ones, pure sex, teasing “You wanna fuck me?”, or perhaps, more correctly, they’re making the statement “I like to shag in these boots! All … night … long!”

Shoes are great for height too, especially if you’re vertically challenged; platforms and stilettos. Prince wears three or four inch platform boots (which still only puts him at about 5’6”). Women put their feet through hell wearing stilettos all night long, but there’s sense of quiet power that comes with the elegant height they provide you.

At the moment (off the top of my head) I own two pairs of black boots, a pair of Adidas sneakers, a pair of Diesel designer sneakers, a pair of Birkenstocks, a pair of D&G thongs, a pair of Italian designer dress shoes, and a pair of Italian sandals. There are more in the closet, but they probably need throwing out. Like t-shirts I seem to hold on to them way past their use by date.

white buckle patent leather thigh high boots

dollhouse wonder knee high cowgirl boots

Some very practical footwear, some very cool and stylish footwear, and some dan sexy footwear too! If I was a woman, I'd be owning a pair of those faux fur boots fer sure. I dig those red modern moccasins, and those bonsai sandals tickle my fancy too. But for sheer old school comfort and durability the street player in me recommends a pair of of the Converse basketball boots. And for the ladies? Try those gorgeous sheer black stilettos on for size.

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Comment by Michaelie

October 26th 2007 01:56

Flick Wit

Lots of very groovy shoes here. Love the white superhigh heeled platforms but cannot - cannot - come at the heeled thongs. Or the whore thigh-highs, lol.

Great post.

Michaelie

Comment by Raoul Duke

October 30th 2007 03:39

Style of Eye

Hi Michaelie, yeah those white puss-in-boots are groovy alright. What you don't dig the heeled thongs?! LOL They'd look a treat down on the beach boardwalk! LOL

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