Your Stories
On this page we feature our favourite stories of the week, shared with us by some fabulous people.
My Shoes Shaped My Life
Lynn Moon’s Shoe Story The shoes that shaped my life are not your classic pump. They are pink, handmade and laced my feet like a corset for over 14 years. My pointe shoes were built by cobbler 54 at Capezio’s in New York. They were a 2 ½ quad E. The left foot being a [...]
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Look At Sydney Now
Sydney Smith These are my brother’s boots. I didn’t really know where they came from, but they reminded me of the old doc martins we wore back in the day. We both wore the old ox blood docs and listened to only the most hardcore punk bands. The soles on these boots however were completely [...]
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HAZEL’S SHOE
Anne Buckley My late mother-in-law, Hazel Buckley, was a delicate yet very determined woman who married a bright young man that blew into Oklahoma from Pennsylvania in the mid-1900’s and swept her off her feet. Just as they set up housekeeping he was whisked off to Europe to fight the Kaiser with an Oklahoma Machine [...]
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iConverse
By: Stephanie Fang I haven’t met anyone crazy enough to attend four different universities, in four different countries, in less than three years. The more I travel, the more I see, and the more I experience, I realize that what is most important is a good pair of shoes. Without a good pair of shoes, [...]
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My Bare Sole
By: Dani Mirth Picture this: A summer day. Dirty feet of all sizes, signifying all ages, all covered in the hard red soil beneath them. They belonged to a group of children living in a rural village hours away from the nearest metropolis. When I first saw them, they were barefoot, running around, playing with [...]
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My Brand-new Shoes
By Mary Olivia Patiño My shoes were brand-new, until the day I wore them. Navy blue, with low heels, just right for a professional job interview – or so I thought. A few days before, while visiting my mom, I spilled it out “Mamí, tengo que comprar unos zapatos nuevos, porque tengo que vistirme bien. [...]
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Solely Me
By: Li-Meng Db Li-Meng is from Singapore – she is currently studying at Hong Kong University and is a professional and highly successful model. Every time I go to the movies, I walk past a trendy sports shop in Pacific Place mall. I wouldn’t know if the employees there recognize me, but they might – [...]
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Sole Searching
By: Judy Dedmon Coyle Find this article, and the rest of Judy’s Little Black Shoe adventures here! Our friend and Good News Girl, Cynthia Salzman Mondell, asked me to write about how I feel about my travels with the Little Black Shoe. She’s hard at work on a documentary film called Sole Sisters about women [...]
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