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The right steps to spring style

February 21, 2011 14:23

ByJan Shure, Jan Shure

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The female world divides into those who spend a lot on shoes and those who spend a little… I am sorry to disappoint/disillusion readers, but I am in the latter camp.

Yes, I know all the arguments in favour of pricey shoes - they camouflage a Primark outfit making it look as if it came from Browns, they are "noticed" in chi-chi shops and ritzy restaurants marking you out as well-dressed rather than a chav, and a real lady always wears "good" shoes, etc.

But, really, what a lot of anachronistic twaddle, intended to make us slaves to the idea that only designer shoes will do.

Shoe prices soared into the stratosphere about 20 years ago when shoe designers stopped being the Cinderellas of the fashion universe, and Manolo Blahnik and Jimmy Choo took their place at the couture table at suitably eye-watering prices. They were followed by Christian Louboutin and Rupert Sanderson, and more recently by designers like Nicholas Kirkwood, Michael Lewis, Beatrix Ong and Jerome C Rousseau.