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Top 5 Classic Shoes every woman must own (Freeper Women)
The Fashion Time Magazine ^ | May 16th, 2008 | The Fashion Time Magazine

Posted on 05/16/2008 9:53:11 AM PDT by Mister Ghost

Black, white, red, yellow, and green; sandals, flats, stilettos, and boots… For women, there can never be enough shoes. But does every woman know the shoe essentials, the true classics, which should be in every women’s wardrobe, despite the season and fashion trends? The Fashion Time Magazine editors unveil 5 classic shoes that every woman must call her own.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: chic; footwear; glamour; shoes
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1 posted on 05/16/2008 9:53:12 AM PDT by Mister Ghost
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To: wallcrawlr

Here ya go - important info.


2 posted on 05/16/2008 9:55:22 AM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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To: Mister Ghost

Cute shoes!


3 posted on 05/16/2008 9:59:41 AM PDT by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Mister Ghost

The boots are awesome.


4 posted on 05/16/2008 10:00:23 AM PDT by oprahstheantichrist (Stop calling them "liberals," they're Bolsheviks!)
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To: Mister Ghost

FIVE pairs??? HAhahahahaha!

Amateurs.


5 posted on 05/16/2008 10:00:54 AM PDT by retrokitten ("Those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn't hear the music.")
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To: Mister Ghost

Christian Loubitin peep-toes and black Monolo Klonics.

My wife has me brainwashed.


6 posted on 05/16/2008 10:01:28 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: diamond6

Sketcher shoes are a MUST item!


7 posted on 05/16/2008 10:01:34 AM PDT by princess leah
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To: Mister Ghost

I actually own 2 of the 5.

The boots!

Where are the sneakers and comfy sandals?


8 posted on 05/16/2008 10:03:38 AM PDT by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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To: Mister Ghost

I don’t do heels over 3”. And on any given weekday, it’s a good bet I’m wearin’ my ballet flats (or something similar) at work.


9 posted on 05/16/2008 10:04:31 AM PDT by LIConFem (Thompson. Lifetime ACU Rating: 86 -- Hunter Lifetime ACU Rating: 92 (any combo will do, fellas))
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To: Mister Ghost
The Fashion Time Magazine editors unveil 5 classic shoes that every woman must call her own...

...if she wants to spend a ton of time and money at the orthopedist.

10 posted on 05/16/2008 10:06:30 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Larry Lucido; Cagey; Gamecock; Rb ver. 2.0

ELAINE: Why are you talking about my shoes?

GAIL: What?

ELAINE: My Botticelli shoes. You’ve been talking about my Botticelli shoes.

GAIL: What are you talking about?

*****************

KRAMER: She says she wants those shoes.

ELAINE: She wants my shoes? What kind of person is this?


11 posted on 05/16/2008 10:08:14 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mister Ghost

1. Sneakers
2. Knee-High boots
3. Slippers

And that’s all I have. Although I hope to add a pair of Birkenstocks to the collection soon...


12 posted on 05/16/2008 10:08:30 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: Mister Ghost


Daddy LIKE
13 posted on 05/16/2008 10:10:09 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: LongElegantLegs

UGGS and Clark’s. Can’t live w/o either!


14 posted on 05/16/2008 10:10:52 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: Kozak

My mother worked at the home office for Joan and David for years. Periodically the Outlet Store would have sales on returns. She’d bring home pairs and pairs of shoes that she paid $3 for.


15 posted on 05/16/2008 10:12:33 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Kozak

My mother worked at the home office for Joan and David for years. Periodically the Outlet Store would have sales on returns. She’d bring home pairs and pairs of shoes that she paid $3 for.


16 posted on 05/16/2008 10:13:38 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Mister Ghost


17 posted on 05/16/2008 10:13:56 AM PDT by Samwise
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To: Mister Ghost

Well I have two of the five (the heels), I would much rather be barefoot though!


18 posted on 05/16/2008 10:25:16 AM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: Mister Ghost

19 posted on 05/16/2008 10:28:53 AM PDT by llevrok (I don't think outside the box. There is no box in my world.)
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To: Samwise
Four out of five are just right for me. I don't like thong sandels. The rest are really cute and practical.
20 posted on 05/16/2008 10:31:03 AM PDT by LottieDah (Democrats and liberals never fail to disappoint.)
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To: Mister Ghost

Anna knew she had to have some new shoes today, and Carlo had helped her try on every pair in the store. Carlo spoke wearily, “Well, that’s every pair of shoes in the place.”

“Oh, you must have one more pair...”

“No, not one more pair... Well, we have the cruel shoes, but no one would want...”

Anna interrupted, “Oh yes, let me see the cruel shoes!”

Carlo looked incredulous. “No Anna, you don’t understand, you see the cruel shoes are...”

“Get them!”

Carlo disappeared into the back room for a moment, then returned with an ordinary shoe box. He opened the lid and removed a hideous pair of black and white pumps. But these were not an ordinary pair of black and white pumps; both were left feet, one had aright angle turn with separate compartments that pointed the toes in impossible directions. The other shoe was six inches long and was curved inward like a rocking chair with a vise and razor blades to hold the foot in place.

Carlo spoke hesitantly, “... Now you see why... they’re not fit for humans...”

“Put them on me.”

“But...”

“Put them on me!”

Carlo knew all arguments were useless. He knelt down before her and forced the feet into the shoes.

The screams were incredible.

Anna crawled over to the mirror and held her bloody feet up where she could see.

“I like them.”

She paid Carlo and crawled out of the store into the street.

Later that day, Carlo was overheard saying to a new customer, “Well, that’s every shoe in the place. Unless, of course, you’d like to try the cruel shoes.”


21 posted on 05/16/2008 10:39:12 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Mister Ghost

22 posted on 05/16/2008 10:41:27 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Mister Ghost

what about penny loafers? sneakers (a/k/a tennis shoes)?
and slippers (if they count as shoes)


23 posted on 05/16/2008 10:44:34 AM PDT by EDINVA (Proud American for 23,062 days.... and counting!)
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To: Mister Ghost

Dick Morris will love this article


24 posted on 05/16/2008 10:46:17 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: LIConFem

I quit doing heels after college. It’s like I couldn’t wait to wear heels, and then a few years after I started I couldn’t stand them.

I would do most of those shoes, but cut the heel height.

However, you have to add a good pair of tennis shoes. I wish they would add cute shoes that are also okay for your feet.


25 posted on 05/16/2008 10:49:32 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Samwise

Except for the boots, that would be about my shoe wardrobe.


26 posted on 05/16/2008 10:50:40 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: Cecily

Can you wear those under a “homeschool jumper”?


27 posted on 05/16/2008 10:51:30 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: massgopguy

I am sooooo jealous. I love Joan and David shoes and have been at their outlet store in Everett many times.


28 posted on 05/16/2008 10:54:18 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Mister Ghost

I don’t think I’ve owned 5 pairs of shoes total over the past 6 or 7 years.


29 posted on 05/16/2008 10:55:58 AM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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To: Rebelbase

I guess I’m a traitor to my gender, but how about NONE OF THE ABOVE!

I’m a barefoot kinda girl....kick off the shoes when I get home and don’t put any on again until I leave the house.

If I didn’t have to meet with military brass in my job all the time, I’d probably try to go barefoot at work —but then, there are usually too many staples in the carpet to dare that....


30 posted on 05/16/2008 11:02:41 AM PDT by duckbutt (Those who pay no taxes have no check on their appetite for services.)
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To: Mister Ghost
My philosophy is that life is too short to wear uncomfortable shoes. I got these super-comfy ones a couple of days ago and am just waiting for a day warm enough to wear them outside. they're Earth shoes


31 posted on 05/16/2008 11:11:33 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: RockinRight

Link forwarded to Mrs jimfree.


32 posted on 05/16/2008 11:18:35 AM PDT by jimfree (Freep and Ye shall find.)
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To: Mister Ghost
Every single woman should own a pair of black or cream boots - it’s an axiom.

Every married woman should own a pair too!

33 posted on 05/16/2008 11:31:00 AM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)
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To: Retired Greyhound

You mean Manolo Blahnik ...


34 posted on 05/16/2008 11:32:23 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: BunnySlippers

“You mean Manolo Blahnik ...”

whatever...(rolling eyes)


35 posted on 05/16/2008 11:58:59 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Retired Greyhound

How are you going to know which ones to buy her if ya can’t spell it? :-D


36 posted on 05/16/2008 12:52:35 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: BunnySlippers

the misspelling gets me off the hook


37 posted on 05/16/2008 1:52:03 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: Mister Ghost
Rupert Sanderson Malone and Sabine patent pumps, $149.99.

Christian Louboutin Ballerinette leather flats, $179.99.

Seven inch stiletto in red, Priceless.

38 posted on 05/16/2008 1:59:57 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Will this thread be jacked by a Mormon?)
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To: retrokitten

I know-—
Five pairs?!?!
That’s just for Monday!


39 posted on 05/16/2008 2:01:01 PM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: Hoodlum91

I actually have all of them.

Plus lots of slandals and flip flops for the rest of the time ;)


40 posted on 05/16/2008 2:03:53 PM PDT by najida (On FR- Most guys see themselves is Brad Pitt, and think every woman here is Aunt Bea)
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To: mollynme
My philosophy is that life is too short to wear uncomfortable shoes.

Mine too. Tennis shoes, riding boots, some sandals, and some kind of muck shoe I can clean stalls in without ruining the first three.

I don't go anywhere I could wear the heels at the link.

41 posted on 05/16/2008 2:06:09 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: najida

LOL! Exactly.

Have you seen the Zappos commercial where the sunshine and rainbows are coming out of the box? I swear that’s what happens when I open my Zappos boxes. ;-)


42 posted on 05/16/2008 2:16:43 PM PDT by retrokitten ("Those who were dancing were thought to be insane by those who couldn't hear the music.")
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To: Samwise
I thought you were more practical.

Something like this...


43 posted on 05/16/2008 3:47:21 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (www.pinupsforvets.com)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom
I have not met a woman for at lest the last 35 years that knows how to walk in heals.
44 posted on 05/16/2008 3:57:24 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: mollynme
I love those sandals!!!

sw

45 posted on 05/16/2008 4:02:51 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Cecily

I’m with you!


46 posted on 05/16/2008 4:04:47 PM PDT by lonestar
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To: najida
I have the basic 5, too. (And then some classy, outfit/event/activity-specific heels, boots.) Nothing too much to clutter my closet.

At current, however, I'm living in all my Danskos.

I've got happy feet. :)

47 posted on 05/16/2008 4:52:05 PM PDT by Alia
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To: LongElegantLegs
Although I hope to add a pair of Birkenstocks to the collection soon...

You will be so sorry. Your other shoes will scream from the neglect. I've been wearing Birks well, um, since I was 18. Those, and my running shoes and my current fave rave collectibles - Danskos.

Fashion Horror Story: Invited as guests to one of the fanciest dining establishments in N Carolina. I had planned to wear my pointytoe black/white alligator pumps. Wore my Danskos in the car. Got to the place; made the snap decision to keep my Danskos on. We all strolled the huge and amazingly beautiful grounds of this Country club after dinner, I could've kept walking; the other female guests were all hankering to go back for a stiff drink and after a mere hobble or two on the grounds. I had factored in my silk black trousers would hide my "fashion gaffe" and it worked out just that way.

Tired out feet? Put on a pair of birks; the relief is palpable. You will so not regret having birks.

48 posted on 05/16/2008 5:04:05 PM PDT by Alia
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To: Alia

I’ll definitely have to get a pair now!
My other shoes will just have to learn to cope. ;-P


49 posted on 05/16/2008 5:07:53 PM PDT by LongElegantLegs (Kill them with kindness, then taser them for fun.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

Your other shoes will occupy themselves in nice clean acid-free paper awaiting a mere beckon from you. Maybe, for years....


50 posted on 05/16/2008 5:28:14 PM PDT by Alia
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