What do Your Shoes Say About You?

[Plum Pea Dahl {★}]

Excerpted from Woman's World Magazine:

Believe or not, every time you slip on a pair of shoes, you're telling the world a little bit about yourself. "Everything from the height of your heel to the shape of your toe has some kind of social meaning that sends signals about who you are," observes Elizabeth Semmelhack, senior curator at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and author of "Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated Shoe."

Stilettos: You're a go-getter. The high heel is the most feminine shoe of all. It suggests confidence. You have a take-charge attitude that goes along with your healthy ego.


Ballet flats: You're elegance personified. The timeless celebrity who best exemplifies your choice of footwear? Audrey Hepburn! Like her, you exude innocence and elegance at the same time.


Mary Janes: You're a trendsetter. Mary Janes are associated with youth and innocence. And when an adult wears them, that innocence gets a fashion-forward edge. You might be sweet and optimisitc, but you're also a creative type who chooses accessories carefully.

Knee-high boots: You're a leader. Your boots scream authority and are indicators of high status. Why? Once upon a time, the boot was worn by wealthy equestrians, and the boot's upper-crust connotations remain to this day. In other words, yours is the mark of a leader.


Peep-toes: You're friendly yet mysterious. This shoe is the equivalent of a wink, so it follows that you're outgoing and friendly. Yet you're also tactful; peep-toe shoes are so attractive because they show only a hint of skin. In other words, you know that less is sometimes more.


Platforms: You're diplomatic. Your shoes are a bit more practical and stable than a stiletto, yet just as high and empowering. As a result, your footwear says you're more of a laid-back ladder-climber.


My favorites are Mary Janes; I don't know how many pairs I have! I never really considered myself a trend-setter, tho, I just like the way they look. What shoe are you?

P.S. You can get Elizabeth Semmelhack's book at www.amazon.com


P.P.S. SHOE MUSEUM?!?! Who wants to go to Toronto with me? :)

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

I'm an.... all of the above, lol. I love shoes, all kinds. But if I had to pick, my favorite would be peep toes. Cool post, I'm gonna have to check out that book

 

[Gosia W.]

hmmm I guess I'm all of the above as well.....now mostly ballet flats due to back problems.

[GiGi Von Vroom]

I'm somewhere between the Stilettos, the Mary Janes, and the Peeptoes!  More peeptoes though!  I looooove them!  Especially with a high heel! 

[Chynna Blue]

Peep toes are the equivalent of a wink..thats such a cute yet apt description!

[Louisa Margarita]

My shoes say that I'm poor. And cheap.

[Ida Baker]

I'm all about the peep toes, stilettos and boots. I wear flats for practicalities sake. Wedges/platforms and Mary Janes don't really do it for me. I have a slight Iron Fist addiction.

 

And that museum is so much fun Cherri, you've got to check it out! Just be sure to leave yourself with enough time/money to add to your collection afterward.

[Miss Audrey Brooks]

I lie in my Audrey Hepburn ballet flats, worship them and wear them often ! Of course my favorites are classic and elegant stilletos. I love a great elegant stilleto heeled shoe that is classic, simple and SEXY !! No stripper heels or platforms here. I think nothing is tackier, more cliche and aesthetically gross.

[Betty Maraschino {Madam}]

All of the above! Ballet flats for practicality. If I had to pick, probably  peep toes. :)

[richardwangphotography]

The shoes that the majority of men wear tell several things.

 

1.  I'm a bum

2.  I'm a clown

3.  I don't care

4.  I'm cheap

5.  And worst of all, a woman chooses what I wear.

[Amy Fontaine]

My shoes must mean I am complex...I own all of these types....  Throw in a pair of Converse for outing with my kiddo and you have my closet!

[Rusty W]

As my bookmark says - 'give a woman a pair of heels and she can conquer the world'!!  My attempt at world power and domination is about to start so watch out fellas lol :-)

 

[Edson Carlos]

I approve of this thread!