This week in shoes
posted by: brianka in General, Jimmy Choo Shoes, This week in shoes on November 9th, 2009
Okay, so this one is from several weeks back:
- Hundreds of shoes from Imelda Marco’s infamous collection were rescued from rising floodwaters by dedicated museum workers at the Marikina Shoe Museum.
- In shoe-throwing news, a shoe is thrown at the former Australian Prime minister John Howard, while Sikh shoe-throwing journalist Jarnail Singh is honored in Canada.
- Jimmy Choo is interviewed by Roya Nikkhah – c/o NY Times
- Shoes continue to sell well despite recession. Apparently shoes are a luxury many of us refuse to do without c/o NY Times.
- A touching and Stars and Stripes article about two shoe bins marked ‘Left’ and ‘Right’. A story that brings home a sense of immediacy that although we are able to medically save many more military lives than we were able to in years past, the price is often a missing limb.
- Also touching, a Saks Fifth Avenue shoebox ‘full of New York’ care-package arrives in Afghanistan:
Lastly, and on a much lighter note:
-Cracked.com has the best version of the “women’s shoe-shopping dilemma” flowchart that I have yet seen. The after-commentary is also wickedly funny. Especially note the differences in the flow charts for men vs. women (as caught by Shoes N Booze)
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November 10, 2009 at 10:19 am, Being Loving Doing said:
I remember thinking that my mom was like Imelda Marcos when I first heard about that collection of shoes. I was maybe 8. I love only going barefoot (yes it was easy, I grew up in a tropical country). And I couldn’t understand why we should stop by every shoe store while on vacations or shopping. This is her fault if now I’m a compulsive shoe lover (and also if I am quite polite and always well dressed, but It’s much funnier to not say it). I love love your decision tree. I need to share it with all my girlfriends. It’s so true.
Gaelle
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Gaelle
http://beinglovingdoing.wordpress.com
November 10, 2009 at 4:07 am, MM said:
That flowchart is hiliarious!
November 09, 2009 at 3:29 pm, Robyn Marie's Shoe Closet said:
It’s so true, no matter how much I coupon clip, I NEVER skimp on shoes!