Shoes may be the last thing a person slips on before heading out for the day, but they can have a lot to say about personal style.
Books such as “The Perfect Fit: What Your Shoes Say About You” highlight how choices in shoes can help tell people about their personality or their personal style.
There are also other fashion books, websites and resources that focus on the history and meanings behind the various shoe styles.
“I am a pretty laid back person, and I feel like most of my shoes represent that. I have many pairs of Vans and other skate shoes, as well as a lot of different flats. I have heels, too, for those token days I feel like getting all dolled up,” said Katie Reed, a junior studying biology.
Shoes can either be the highlight of the outfit or something that pulls the outfit together.
“It depends what jeans you wear … I like to match my shoes with my purse or my jacket. I don’t do the shoes with the shirt. Sometimes I’ll match my shoes to my hair accessory. What I think about most, is I’ll want to wear a pair of shoes and then I’ll pick the outfit,” said Kat Constandse, a junior studying health science.
“It depends what jeans you wear … I like to match my shoes with my purse or my jacket. I don’t do the shoes with the shirt. Sometimes I’ll match my shoes to my hair accessory. What I think about most, is I’ll want to wear a pair of shoes and then I’ll pick the outfit,” said Kat Constandse, a junior studying health science.
Some of the elements of a shoe
are color, texture and height.
“What attracts me to a shoe? Texture and combinations of the color. People are more interested in combination
of color, not just the color of the shoe,” said Andrew Matthews, a sophomore studying communications.
Comfort versus style is one of the
age-old fashion questions. People can give up comfort for fashion and accept
it as a part of life.
“My shoes from a year ago gave me eight blisters when I first started wearing them. After a little breaking in and callusing, they were fine and the ladies loved them,” said J Farmer, a junior studying communication.
Shoes can be fashionable as well as comfortable, depending on your efforts into picking out a pair of shoes.
“If you’re going to spend money on a shoe that you want to wear a lot,
then you might as well make it be a
good quality [shoe], which might be a little more expensive,” Constandse said.
On campus a variety of shoes can be seen ranging from high heeled knee-high boots, flats, running shoes, hiking shoes, Keds, Converse and skater shoes.
Students may want to choose carefully the footwear that reflect their style.
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