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Ashley Hilgeford
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“Why do you need so
many shoes?” my husband
asks me, as he shakes
his head and stares at my
closet in disbelief. I say
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“my closet” because we
have his and her closets,
when actually I should
probably have a closet
for just my shoes alone.
I start to answer him and
I realize that it’s one of
those age old questions
that men have been asking
women for years. It’s up
there with “What’s inside
the women’s bathroom?”
and “Why do women always
want to know what
men are thinking?” It’s
not just my husband, millions
of men want to know
“Why do women need so
many shoes?” The truth is
women are in love with
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I have early memories
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shoes (at least two sizes
too big). It gave me such a
feeling of being grown up,
such a strong sense of what
it is to be a fully-fledged
female; perhaps it’s in
these early formative moments
that we begin our
fascination with shoes.
The first time I walked
in a pair of heels, pacing
up and down the kitchen
floor, I can remember the
concentration - and the
tripping over! But also I
remember the confidence
it began to give me.
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Girls and women are
raised with narratives
such as Cinderella and
her glittering glass slipper,
Dorothy and her red
shoes and more recently
Carrie Bradshaw and her
Manolo Blahniks. It’s no
wonder huge masses of
women adore shoes; it’s in
our cultural genes!
Besides we women
simply cannot wear the
same shoe every day. We
need change and we want
to look good. No, we
want to look hot. No, we
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See what I mean? The bottom
line is that we need
different styles for different
looks. Our shoes need
to match our outfits and
our outfits need to match
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After all, you can’t wear
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