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Shoe-centric world: Do you dress from the feet up?

640719172_l.jpg Among friends, I'm well known for my shoe addiction. My boyfriend knows that complimenting my footwear will produce a grin, and my mother is assured that any time I treat myself to a purchase it will never be something so useful as a pair of jeans. But, I ask my fellow fetishists, am I alone in letting them define my entire wardrobe?

I often find myself shopping to meet my shoe wardrobe's needs. Do you too dress from the feet upwards?

Perhaps I go at shoe purchases will wild abandon. Finding a pair of shoes I've fallen in love with will not allow me to include reasoned arguments like "I've got nothing I can wear these with". Just this weekend I bought a pair of cream shoes that are simply fantastic, but I know I bought them on the merits of one imagined outfit alone. Crazy, you might think.

I often mentally make outfit choices based on the shoes I want to wear, especially for nights out, and I'm now considering buying a new pair of jeans just to wear with this new pair.

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So tell me girls, am I alone? Or do you join me in shoe-centric fashion? Tell me I'm not alone!

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I do, I do!!!

Posted by: danda | September 4, 2007 9:19 PM

"you are not alone.... la la la la laaaaaaaaaaa..." ;D

i'm usually practical but when it comes to a fantastic pair of shoes i think "well, i'll sort it out, somehow...". in fact, last autumn got a really nice pair of beige boots and still had to find the perfect knit little dress i have in mind for it.... :)

Posted by: jimena | September 4, 2007 11:24 PM

Completely start from the bottom... if I don't start with shoes, then it's with trousers. And if not trousers, then it starts with a belt. Or a scarf. I'm very odd, I think.

Posted by: Kelse | September 5, 2007 1:19 AM

I am absolutely with you! It really bothers me when someone's wearing a great outfit with horrible shoes. Shoes complete the outfit, or in our cases, they start the outfit. So very necessary to have great shoes.

Posted by: Kimmi | September 5, 2007 2:27 AM

Im completly with you. there are so many shoes that i am dying to wear that they basically define my wardrobe. I need tobuy every cute pair of shoes i see so they are the main component in almost all of my outfits. but what does one unhealthy obsession matter if i look cute...

Posted by: Rach | September 5, 2007 3:08 AM

I always dress from the shoes up. And if I don't have something to wear with a particular pair of shoes I'll buy something. Everyone I know expects me to have on a different pair of shoes everyday, which I just about do. I can't wear the same pair two days in a row.

Posted by: Olivia | September 5, 2007 4:25 PM

Shoes are the best part of an outfit! I'm often caught wistfully looking down at my shoes rather than at the person I'm meant to be listening to. I've got some really outrageous shoes and boots, so I often wear mainly black as I can't always find clothes to go with them. I match bags/scarves/make-up with my footwear instead. Hurrah for shoes!!

Posted by: Arnez | September 5, 2007 10:24 PM

I include myself in the group.with manalo,jimmy choo,giano Marcos,Chanel etc.to nice to wear them but collector addict

Posted by: Dennyse | September 11, 2007 10:48 PM

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