Spring Break
True life: women love shoes
Kayla Demeulenaere
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: Editorial/Opinion
04/16/09 - Everyday I am asked by at least one of my male friends about what makes a woman tick? What are we thinking? What do we want? (P.S. - we don't know!) Why are we obsessed with chocolate?
Even I don't have the answers to all of those questions. However, as a woman who owns around 60-70 pairs of shoes, I can certainly give you some insight as to why we are addicted to shoes.
It's not that we're all masochists and love the pain that accompanies breaking in a new pair of 4-inch pumps, but we're raised to love accessories. I'm pulling the Barbie card on this one. She played an enormous role in my love for accessories.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those women who blame Barbie for every teenage girl with an eating disorder because even with her perfect hourglass figure, Ken still left her after 43 years on Feb. 13, 2004.
While I never desired to have Barbie's figure or that ridiculous blonde hair, I loved her style. She had shoes in every color and style and a million outfits to wear them with. And every outfit came with a new pair of shoes and a matching purse. So it's only natural that we feel a need to get a new pair of shoes every time we go shopping.
Aside from my whole Barbie theory, here are a few reasons why I think women love shoes:
1. Shoes don't criticize you. Shoes always fit right, unlike that pair of "skinny jeans" in the back of your closet. You know, your favorite pair of jeans. The ones you've outgrown but you kept just in case you happen to lose that extra five pounds. Unlike Miranda from Sex and the City, you probably won't ever fit into them again; even hers ripped at the end of the show. So throw them away and indulge in a new pair of shoes. Shoes will still fit perfectly after that pint of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey.
2. Women love variety. Black pumps, contrary to popular belief, do not match everything. And we definitely can't be running around in 4.5-inch heels all day. Perhaps we go a little overboard when it comes to variety but sometimes you need the perfect pair of shoes to make the outfit. Don't judge us.
Even I don't have the answers to all of those questions. However, as a woman who owns around 60-70 pairs of shoes, I can certainly give you some insight as to why we are addicted to shoes.
It's not that we're all masochists and love the pain that accompanies breaking in a new pair of 4-inch pumps, but we're raised to love accessories. I'm pulling the Barbie card on this one. She played an enormous role in my love for accessories.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those women who blame Barbie for every teenage girl with an eating disorder because even with her perfect hourglass figure, Ken still left her after 43 years on Feb. 13, 2004.
While I never desired to have Barbie's figure or that ridiculous blonde hair, I loved her style. She had shoes in every color and style and a million outfits to wear them with. And every outfit came with a new pair of shoes and a matching purse. So it's only natural that we feel a need to get a new pair of shoes every time we go shopping.
Aside from my whole Barbie theory, here are a few reasons why I think women love shoes:
1. Shoes don't criticize you. Shoes always fit right, unlike that pair of "skinny jeans" in the back of your closet. You know, your favorite pair of jeans. The ones you've outgrown but you kept just in case you happen to lose that extra five pounds. Unlike Miranda from Sex and the City, you probably won't ever fit into them again; even hers ripped at the end of the show. So throw them away and indulge in a new pair of shoes. Shoes will still fit perfectly after that pint of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey.
2. Women love variety. Black pumps, contrary to popular belief, do not match everything. And we definitely can't be running around in 4.5-inch heels all day. Perhaps we go a little overboard when it comes to variety but sometimes you need the perfect pair of shoes to make the outfit. Don't judge us.
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