My students and colleagues all know that I love shoes. One of my current MBA students sent me this link; I could spend hours looking at all the choices...
A colleague of mine at the University of South Florida-Sarasota sent me this article from the Wall Street Journal on shoes. The author is bemoaning the fact that she has gotten too old to wear high heels to work. As she notes:
Our shoes define us in a way that other apparel does not.
Our language acknowledges this truth by constantly using shoes as a metaphor. If we can "fill someone's shoes" we are up to the job. If we can "walk in someone else's shoes" we are empathetic. We allude to "old shoes" to evoke a comfort level.
Shoes are also a metaphor for power -- consider Dorothy's gleaming ruby slippers in "The Wizard of Oz." Without them she could have never gone home.
My friend and former Drake colleague, Timothy Johnson, once wrote a poem about my shoes...
Angela Maiers is also a shoe fan.
From the movie, American President...
Lucy: Just be yourself.
President Andrew Shepherd: Be myself.
Lucy: Yeah, and compliment her shoes. Girls like that.
As Cinderella said, "One shoe can change your life."
Anyone else have a good shoe quote?
Delaney-I love this post! I could spend...probably will spend countless hours on this amazing site! You are the best, and I look forward to some serious shopping with you soon!
Shoes lovers of the world-unite!
Posted by: Angela Maiers | November 26, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Angela, Isn't this the best website ever! Happy shopping!!
Posted by: Dr. Delaney Kirk | November 29, 2008 at 11:02 AM
"If the shoe fits, wear it" is another quote. I am glad you liked my Shoe Tree blog. I will try to find this, but for a while I was following this blog by a young woman who was wearing a different pair of shoes every day for some very long time, and writing about her shoes and her days. Fun! I am waaay over into the practical shoes life now, but was pleased that she and I did own shoes with some brands in common. Because of my relatively big feet, which I blamed on my dad, he always told me I had a "good understanding."
Posted by: Mary Ann Bell | December 16, 2008 at 01:26 AM
AHA! Went to my delicious links and sure enough, I had marked the shoe blog. You shoe mavens will like this..All My Shoes! http://allmyshoes.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Mary Ann Bell | December 16, 2008 at 01:30 AM
Oops I thought I posted a few minutes ago, guess just previewed. I said thanks for your comment on my Shoe Tree blog entry and mentioned a blog just about shoes, which I did just post. Some of her pics are now just at flickr and not at her blog but fun to click on and go...she must be a photographer as well as a shoe lover. As to sayings about shoes, here is another: "If the shoe fits, wear it." Of course NOW we have that newest of shoe quotations, something about a goodbye kiss...
Posted by: Mary Ann Bell | December 16, 2008 at 01:35 AM
Hi Mary Ann,
Thanks for the link. I love the idea of taking photos of my shoes on my feet! It's just a shame that she quit back in April-no new shoes for her? Thanks for commenting.
Posted by: Dr. Delaney Kirk | December 16, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love.Do you understand?
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