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"I was so tempted to say yes," sighs the 35-year-old Winnipegger, who had visions of Manolo Blahniks and Jimmy Choos dancing in her head. "I would have done it just for the shoes..."
"At any given point in our lives, and even at different times in a single day, shoes are indicators of our age, mood, desires," says the author. "Consciously or not, shoes are part of the message. They are our personal exclamation mark."* In the original Cinderella story, her slippers were made of fur -- not glass. The story was changed, accidentally, in the 1600s by a translator who got confused between the French "une pantoufle en vair" (a fur slipper) and "une pantoufle en verre" (a glass slipper).See the full content of this document
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Sole Mates
Love shoes more than you love chocolate or your children? You're not alone
By Cheryl BinningIT'S not every day that you're walking down the street and a guy holds up a sign that reads "Nice feet." But it happened to Rachael this summer while on a business trip to Toronto.In between meetings, she managed to squeeze in a pedicure. As she walked back to her hotel, a man in a car slowed down bes...See the full content of this document
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