Posted on 03/04/2005 9:33:35 PM PST by Lorianne
LONDON, March 3 (UPI) : A survey of British women has found more than four in 10 have shoes they have never worn, with an estimated value of $1.2 billion, The Scotsman reports.
The value was based on the average cost of $115 per pair in the study on wasteful consumption commissioned by the power company Npower.
In the past, fine footwear indicated a woman was under the care of a wealthy man, although today, most women purchase their own shoes, and have helped drive the annual footwear market in Britain to $9.5 billion.
Helen Bateman, an Edinburgh shoe designer, puts her personal collection at about 400 pairs and claims women shop for shoes for one of three reasons.
"Women buy the shoes they need for work, or for a special occasion, like a wedding," she said."The third reason is the most dangerous, and the one that most women will identify with -- it's that feeling of 'Oh screw it -- give me those shoes.''"- -- Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
Nothing strange about that. My ex-wife had a drawer full of $100 bikinis that never got wet once. She used to just sun herself in them.
One cannot have too much money, too much fun or too many shoes.
None of their business, really...
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