Sole Mates

  • Alka Gurha
  • India
  • Jun 20, 2014

 

 


When it comes to footwear, women are perhaps the most obsessed creatures on planet earth.  A woman, they say, can carry a bag - but it is the shoe that carries the woman. More often than not, men buy shoes when they need them, but women can buy shoes just for pleasure. While growing up, girls learn to integrate heels (the shoe type) into their wardrobe. Even the most rebellious teens try to fit into their mothers’ high heels. Sometimes I wonder if estrogen has some karmic connection with our straps and soles. However, it is not mindless - this fetish of ours. A collection of shoes, like accessories, is an integral part of women’s wardrobes. We need mojaris for salwars, chappals for churidars, wedges for trousers, stilettos for dresses, boots for winter, flip-flops for daily use, pumps for travel and ballerinas for a change. No wonder women worldwide own an average of seventeen pairs of shoes. The sole of the matter is about soul satisfaction. The anticipation of the joy (of buying footwear) can be more joyful than the actual buying. The entire exercise, of trying several pairs, fretting about the right size, and then exiting the shop leaving behind a war zone scenario, adds up to some sort of devilish contentment. For women, footwear is also age specific. While girls can carry stilettos with great élan, middle-aged women look for cushioned comfort and a signature style. It can be difficult for men to grasp this concept, as they can pretty much wear the same shoes at eighteen, forty or sixty. Maybe men can relate with the drooling at a sports car. Of course you want to own it, but even the thought of owning it can be joyous. Most women know that wearing high heels is not comfortable or even healthy, and yet they continue to wear them. Perhaps they feel more confident when ‘taller’. Some women revel in the attention it gets them. Heels can flatter some bodies by making them appear more slender – an appropriate ‘high heel posture’ can make a woman’s legs look longer and leaner. A study published in the academic journal Evolution and Human Behavior has found that women in heels appear more attractive (than those in flat shoes) – to both men and women. Strong women, they say, wear their pain in their stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all they see is the beauty of it!


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