Ah yes, we could make many jokes about that, yes? But we don't have time, because we have something really important to discuss: SHOES!
Do you have a pair of shoes that you absolutely adore but are just not... fresh anymore? (We won't betray our age by admitting that there's anything snicker-able about that line, either.)
Anyway - take a shoe like our adored black satin pump with gold jeweled heel by Todd Oldham (before he sold out to every cheap licenser in town...). Hmmm. Such a lovely shoe. Now why don't we wear it? Perhaps because we have grown accustomed to towering, swaggering, sashaying through town on platforms that would make the Sun King swoon?
Well, just like said Solar Monarch you need to develop your court following. And first and foremost you need: a great shoe repair guy! Take those beloved but embarrassingly un-elevated shoes hence, and ask for a platform under sole and heel. Voila! Much better.
The caveat, we have found, is not to grasp more than you can chew (bite off more than you can..catch?) - whatever - basically just don't get over-ambitious and go too high. We are messing with nature here: the gods didn't favor those poor shoes with a healthy platform from birth, so pushing them too far (or high) toward fashionability will throw off the balance and end disasterously. (Look what happened to Courtney Love, after all.) Seriously, take heed: you can turn your Shannen Dohertys into Tina Feys but they'll never be Angelina Jolies.
Now, go gather those dusty, lonely shoes and give them new life! My shoe guy insists that the platforms can be easily removed when trends swing toward paper-thin soles again. At any rate, I'm sure it will be an easier job than making our ego adjust to being normal height again...
(Stay tuned for shoe repair guy, part II, where he actually makes our Louboutins more valuable)
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