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03 Dec, 2007

The shoe poll : an update

Posted by andrea tomkins in: Misc. life

The pointy black laquered ones are winning. (from this past post)


1 Response to "The shoe poll : an update"

1 | Marla

December 3rd, 2007 at 7:24 pm

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Nope – you’re wrong. The pointy black shoes are winning by default – having also been referred to as lacking appeal, and I quote: “They make me think of you stood in front of a grade 3 class teaching math.” AND only with funky tights or opaque hosiery to make them acceptable, and I think even then you’ll be channeling the eighties.

As I see it – the poll says the most uncomfortable shoes in the history of all mankind are winning, but only because you don’t have a poll that offers “barely okay black patent leather (and are they even real patent leather – or are they…PLEATHER?) pumps” vs. “buy new sexy black boots”.

Why haven’t you been shopping yet?

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