The Fine Art Of Shopping For And Snagging That Perfect Pair Of Shoes
The Psychology of New Shoes from a Woman’s Perspective
No woman in her right mind would turn down a chance to go shopping for new shoes. Whether she has 1 pair or a 100, the lure of shopping for shoes is over powering. There just is no question about it, shoes are FUN! That is not to even mention the infinite outfit combination we have even more FUN putting together as a result of new shoes! Shoes must both look right and feel right for the occasion. Therefore, options are needed and the more you have the absolute better.
Styles change and so do women tastes. Whether high heels or platforms, square, rounded or pointed toes, Flip Flops or athletic, the lure of shopping for shoes is irresistible. There are just so many kinds of shoes all serving different purposes. Hours are spent in shoe departments all over the world shopping for shoes. From $5 flip flops to $500 designer name shoes there are so many things to consider. One thing is generally certain: If a woman REALLY likes a pair of shoes, whether she needs them or not, she will most likely buy them, regardless of price.
I know a couple and the wife has hundreds of pairs of shoes. The husband has but two pair, one black and one brown. BORING and oh, so WAY not enough options. What about style? And does he have Dress Shoes or is these two pair of the athletic variety or what? That, of course, does not include his Golf Shoes. Most men have at least two of those if they are like my Father and Brother, both avid golfers. Any way, he said that’s all I need and I always have plenty of money to go golfing every weekend. She said you take the golfing (and your boring shoes) and I will take all the therapeutic effects of the shopping. It also is such good exercise, both mentally and physically! ?
Being practical about buying shoes is so out dated. The more shoes there are the more choices. Life is good if it is all about choices, not about being practical. Practicality was for my mother, and the days of practical shopping are gone forever. Now plastic rules (along with beautiful shoes) and somehow the credit card bill will get paid. I mean if we only live once, we should certainly be spending like it. Life is way too short to not have the cutest and best shoes possible. We can find other ways to be thrifty but please do not be so when it comes to shoes. The days of the have mores are here to rule and the days of the have not’s (shoes that is) are long gone forever.
Another couple I know tries to go shopping together (BIG mistake). Inevitably and much to her husband’s dismay and irritation, the wife ends up in the shoe department trying on shoes, one pair after another. This is a beautiful thing to see, right? She finds a pair she likes and says to her husband, I want these shoes! Her husband replies Do you need them? She says No, but they will go great with my pink dress that I bought six months ago and have never worn because I have never had just the perfect shoes to go with it. Besides, I did put back several pair that I also liked very much, but not quite as much as these. They are so choice, sweet and absolutely the most divine shoes I have, to date, ever seen!!! The husband gives in, all the while thinking about the bills that are coming due.
Let a woman give you husbands a few tips about shopping:
1 Its a losing battle.
2 Don’t go shopping with your wife, it ruins her shopping trip. Would you want us to go golfing with you? I didn’t think so. It would ruin your day.
3 When your wife goes shopping, expect a marathon and don’t expect her home before the stores close should she arrive home early it will be a pleasant surprise. If she doesn’t--Fix your own dinner!
4 Never call her on her cell phone and ask where you are? Or when are you going be home? This is a Big NO NO and grave interruption to her therapy. She does not want to be in touch with reality while shopping. Trust me on this one.
Girls enjoy a most pleasant shopping experience! Happy shopping! Husbands heed my warnings and all will be well! AND--Happy golfing or whatever other pastime compensates for your serious lack of options!
If The Woman's Dress Shoe Fits, Then Buy It!
In this age of enlightenment, how come we still call them woman's dress shoes?
Sure, most of the time we wear our woman's dress shoes with a dress, but more often than not we also wear them with our tailored trousers, business suits and jeans. But we don't call them "tailored trousers shoes" do we?
And how come we're still wearing those four-inch Stiletto Heels, when we know how hard it is to stay out of the cracks in the pavement, even in our flats?
Don't you think we might have learned a lesson by now? The . . . damn . . . things . . . hurt. And they also damage our spine, calf muscles, cause bunions and other equally gross malformations of our feet.
But if Sex and the City taught us anything about the ways of the world in the 21st century, it was that Carrie looked smashing in her Manolo's as she ran, yes, ran, down Park Avenue to meet whichever gorgeous hunk she was schtupping at the time. The moral of the story being "Yes girls, your designer dress shoes will always get you your man!"
So here are my not-so-serious tips on how to have a wardrobe full of fabulous women's dress shoes:
Make the shoe salesperson your "new best friend". He or she is going to be part of a very, very special relationship - you and your new dress shoes.
Forget comfort when you've got class! Look at those things! Don't you just have to have them? Regardless of the fact that they feel like you've got metal clamps on your toes? Anyway, you can always sit down somewhere after an hour or so, well, can't you?
Remember cost does not equal comfort when shopping for designer dress shoes. If they cost two months' salary, they're worth every bit of the pain.
When trying on your dress shoes, check how you look from every angle - sitting, standing, lying face down or up -- yes, you'll need to know how you look when you're flat on your back after falling off your 4 inch spikes.
Far be it from me to postulate on learning nothing from our forefathers (oops, I mean mothers!), but as long as Mr Blahnik, and Jimmy Choo, and assorted other grand masters of shoe design keep making designer Women Dress shoes (there's that phrase again) that are simply to-die-for, well, bunions be damned, I'll die for them!