I walked into a store the other day and had a lot of questions for a salesman about a product I was considering buying. I was listening intently, until my eyes drifted for a moment, and what I saw stopped me in my tracks. I couldn't take my eyes off of his feet. He was wearing those new socks as shoes contraptions. The ones that look like gloves, covering every toe and you'd swear they were socks, but they have soles on them apparently. Barefoot running shoes I think they call them. Who comes up with these things? The salesman said they were the greatest invention since the wheel.
I remember thinking similar thoughts about Crocs when I first saw them - something like Who in their right mind would put those on their feet? And Uggs. I don't think it's a coincidence they are the first syllable in ugly. I admire people who wear these trend setting footwear items before they've gone mainstream. And by admire I mean question their sanity.
It's the same thoughts I have when I'm at the beach and I see someone wearing a bathing suit that reveals more of them than I need to see. What are they thinking? But I do sort of marvel at people who are not afraid to be themselves, and make their own choices. They are comfortable in their own skin (and the more of it that shows the better apparently).
But back to footwear. I was in Las Vegas recently and have never seen more stripper heels in my entire life. Now granted, it's Las Vegas. Apparently people feel the need to dress like strippers when they are there to sort of blend in -- like wearing flannel in the northeast or turquoise in the southwest. But it made the game of picking out the professionals a lot harder because EVERYONE was dressing like a hooker.
I am probably biased here because I am six feet tall. I used to say 5 feet 11 and three quarters, but realized at some point during college, that 6 feet is pretty cool. But when you are this tall, high heels are the enemy. Growing up, it was a struggle finding shoes that fit me that didn't have high heels. Note to shoemakers: girls with big feet are probably tall, so they don't need any extra help.
I watch shorter women wearing heels and am in awe at their ability to walk in them. My neighbor doesn't leave her house in anything but her heels. Her grown daughter is the same way. She plays were her son wearing 4 inch heels. She goes bike riding, in 4 inch heels. She would fit right in in Las Vegas.
I guess I won't be seeing them wearing sock shoes anytime soon.
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