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Article: Falling head over heels for shoes
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- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- May 4, 2003
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WOMEN have an intimate relationship with their shoes, far more so
than with knickers or bras. Let's get one thing straight to start
with, we're talking frivolous footwear only. Trainers don't count.
You may have 200 pairs, but the fact remains that the trainer is a
practical shoe. Expensive, maybe, but not skimpy or seductive,
fragile or vertiginous. Not like the ones we wear to impress the kind
of people (other women) who check out our shoes. Chic and probably
Italian, these pander to an entire class system of the foot, but are
ideal for occasions when we have to make an impact. Compared to
buying a new outfit, they may even be economical, and the confidence