Chapter 5 Chapter 2 "Uh, miss, is this kind of shoe popular now?

Christina I will tell another story. Once upon a time there was a very special thief who only stole women's shoes, and took them directly from their feet.Most of the victims were young and pretty ladies, and it happened in the waiting room of the railway station, or the railway coffee shop, or on any bench in the station.As long as a young and beautiful lady sits down, crosses her legs leisurely, raises her slender feet, and with a sound of "Shu--", the thief will rush up and smash their feet The shoes on his back—whether flats, sandals, slippers, or high heels (the thief has no particular preference for brand or style)—take off and disappear in a flash.

This is a true story, a case I found in the archives of the court in Venice, Italy.After committing nearly 500 similar "shoe stealing" incidents, the thief was finally arrested in the late 1980s, convicted after trial, and sentenced to prison. I admit that I have never encountered a similar experience, just like I have never had the experience of being found by the prince like Cinderella: He held a glass slipper in his hand, as if people are comparing DNA nowadays, shuttling around the palace In the big and small villages, he was determined to find the love of his life, to find the person he could marry.But this kind of thing will never happen to me, because I will not leave a shoe anywhere for anyone, not even Prince Philip of Spain, although he is the only one I think is barely ok Accepted royal nobility.

Although I don't have the experience mentioned above, there are definitely quite a few commotions caused by shoes on my body. It should be said that it happens every day!But in comparison, winter comes less than summer, because winter shoes and summer shoes are fundamentally different.Regardless of the color or material used, there are certain restrictions in summer and winter, such as fabrics, feathers, and sequins. These materials are neither waterproof nor snowproof, so most of them can only be used in dry summer, and these can be used Something to dress up your shoes in a stylish and fancy way.

But whenever I think about my pair of "super-chic shoes," it immediately disproves my above theory.The pair of "super trendy shoes" are a pair of olive green short riding boots, with beige high heels and beige soles, a piece of shiny snakeskin is sewn on the toe part, and the upper edge and sides of the shorts are brightly colored. The green plastic fabric is the kind of strap material commonly used in mountaineering backpacks, or the fabric used in generally thicker and stronger bags.The whole pair of shoes is extremely fancy, but it is very suitable for wearing in winter.

By the way, the British "Vogue" magazine once criticized that shoe as "too exaggerated"!I don't think so at all.Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have gritted my teeth and bought those super sexy but super expensive shoes.Not long after, when the queen of the fashion industry, Anna Piaggi, the editor-in-chief of the Italian "Vogue" magazine, appeared in Milan's fashion show wearing that pair of shoes, the pair of shoes immediately became a media scramble. The darling of reporting.You know, what she was wearing that day was a pair of fluorescent orange ones!

Okay, let's go back to the topic we just talked about now.The reactions to my "snazz shoes" generally varied considerably, but they all had one thing in common: they were all intense, loud, and a little hysterical. For example, male colleague A: "My God, what are you wearing on your feet? It's outrageous! How dare you!" Or female colleague B: "My God, how did you have these boots? Where did you buy them? How much? Can you buy me a pair too?" Or boyfriend C: "Look at your virtue, what are you doing? You also like this kind of shoes?" And of course my buddy Sophia: "That's—cool! Come on, let's go out and show off tonight!"

Take another pair of sandals: a lace-up heel, a cutout front, and bright red patent leather with a black stiletto heel.And I usually wear these shoes with a pair of jeans. Male colleague A: "Wow, beautiful! Your shoes are on time!" Female colleague B: "Hey, what are you doing, where did you go this morning? What disgusting things are you wearing on your feet?" Boyfriend C: "Hey, who are you dating today?" Of course there is also my buddy Sophia: "Are you crazy? You also wear these shoes to the office? Do you want to be fired by the boss?" The two examples cited above seem to be the same at first glance, but in fact there are many articles in the middle.The evaluation of those two pairs of shoes is completely polarized according to gender.Why?

Generally speaking, women hate the shoes that men like, and men can't stand the shoes that women are crazy about.But please note that whether you like it or not, the shoes mentioned here do not include the shoes worn on your own feet, but the shoes worn by other women. Men like shoes with high heels, pointed toes, red, sexy looking, stiletto heels, and a lot of exposed feet.And women hate high-heeled, pointed-toed, red, sexy-looking, stiletto-heeled shoes with a lot of exposed feet.Of course, there are exceptions to everything. For example, I have a female colleague whose husband forbids her to wear shoes with open toes in front, and my colleague has neither toenails nor corns on her feet.I believe that the reason why this husband is so persistent has nothing to do with traditional conservative ideas and whether he agrees with "naked".He simply doesn't want other men to "peek" at his wife's toes!

And my good friend Stephy, she is never jealous of my shoes, even if she sees a pair of shoes whose body is only made of a few snakeskins, the soles are woven with gold and silver threads, wearing them will make everyone feel happy. Women are jealous of the super-fancy shoes, and they will also happily and sincerely say: "Oh, these are simply custom-made shoes for Christina!" After talking for a long time, I actually want to tell you that in this world, there are shoes worn by men and shoes worn by women, shoes liked by men and shoes liked by women, but there has never been a pair of shoes that can make both men and women feel at the same time. I don't have a pair of favorite shoes!

When you are walking down the street and a woman turns her head to look at you, I can guarantee that you are wearing a pair of super expensive designer shoes, the most popular new shoes that have been featured in women's fashion magazines all over the world.But the real point is this: no shoe store in the whole city sells these shoes.Even if it looks stupid, with a heel as thick as a block of black charcoal and an Eiffel Tower printed on it, it doesn't detract from its attention. You may encounter such a situation: a completely strange woman suddenly took your arm, asked with eager eyes, trembling voice, and full of expectation: "Miss, may I ask, are these beautiful heelless slippers on your feet? Did you buy it around here?" You have always been a person who blushes when you speak, for example, once, when a boring neighbor of your cousin insisted on asking you to dinner, you politely declined the other party on the grounds of "stomach pain". , His face was as red as a pig's liver.But this time, as you turned around to follow the sound, a voice sounded in your ear, it didn't sound like your own at all, but a proud voice: "Oh! No, I'm sorry, that's what I brought from New York. Back!" But in fact, the store where you bought those shoes on your feet is just a block away, and the last time you traveled to the United States was three years ago.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that you would never give the address of your favorite shoe store to just anyone you meet on the street.Moreover, it's a big auction for the new season, and she will probably buy a pair of stunning slippers that are exactly like yours, but they are 200 marks cheaper than what you bought two months ago! (There is no doubt that the two months in advance are definitely worth two hundred marks, because the woman who stares at your shoes and is jealous and envious of you is at least the fortieth one! So, don't say anything about women's dress It’s all for men’s clichés!) It is not difficult to make men pay attention to the shoes on your feet. We have already given examples in front.What really needs skill is how to impress women with the shoes on your feet.If you can do this, it proves that you have correct and keen judgment, can fully grasp the fashion trend, and know exactly which store you can buy what kind of shoes, no matter at home or abroad.It is not easy to do this.Generally speaking, only a very small number of men really know how to appreciate this ability that requires high intelligence. Speaking of such "rare men", one of them is currently living in Munich.He was a gatekeeper at the company I first worked for, about fifty years old, with gray hair, a big belly, and a deep, dark voice with a thick Bavarian accent.The concierge learned a morning lesson unintentionally, which made him a "shoe master" without knowing it.The object of his practice is me, and it started from the moment I entered the company. In the first few days when I entered the company, and even the first one or two weeks, when I entered the gate every day, I just nodded to him, and at most I said "good morning" to each other.Since I was always in a hurry to clock in at ten o'clock, I was always in a hurry.Whether I ran into the building clattering into the building in flat shoes, creaked through the door in high heels, or rushed up the steps with slippers on, the doorman always did not care. Staring at me in a nonchalant way (I prefer to call him "Master" rather than "Concierge"), and obviously not smiling or gleeful.Most of his expressions are full of surprise, confusion, and sometimes even frightened. I'm sure he must think I'm nervous.To be honest, I really can’t blame him, because sometimes 90% of my body is dressed in black, dark blue, beige or brown, but the 10% under my feet may be a pair of yellow buckskin clogs full of buttons. , or a pair of flats with white soles and black spots like cows, or bright green pioneer sandals, or high-heeled clogs with silver forged uppers, or pink sandals with log soles, or Blue and gray cloth shoes with transparent soles.On top of that, I wear different shoes every day, leaving the typical southern country conservative nice guy with absolutely no way of getting used to what I'm wearing or anticipating what I'm going to look like. One day, when I walked into the company wearing a pair of purple and brown crocodile leather T-heel shoes, Mr. Menye suddenly stretched his upper body out of the guard booth and "said" to me loudly: "Uh, miss , Is it popular to wear this kind of shoes now?" I was taken aback and kind of overwhelmed.Because I don't know how to explain to that conservative countryman, the enthusiasm for shoes in women's hearts, how does he understand the wonderful relationship between them? (To be honest, I haven't figured it out yet myself!) In the midst of astonishment and astonishment, an idea came to mind: Let's use the usual "confuse trick" of women!So I slowly raised a foot with a T-shaped high-heeled shoe, and stopped at a place about 20 centimeters above the ground (so that the doorman can still see clearly even though he is standing behind his counter), and then Shaking him back and forth a few times, like a butcher asking a customer to pick a piece of leg meat in a butcher shop, he said to him flirtatiously: "Do you like it?" He mumbled a soft "hmm!" I think in a place like Bavaria, this "hmm" is almost the same as "like".It was this "hmm" that broke the distance between me and the door master. Every morning since that day, I’ve heard his comments about my shoes: “New shoes?” “Those pink ones, beautiful!” “When are you going to wear those light blue sandals with flowers again? "And from that day on, I also came to work a few minutes earlier every day in order to show him my shoes of the day.Sometimes I would take off a shoe and hold it in front of him, so that he could see the specially designed buckle or flower decoration on the shoe.Other times, I would pull another pair of shoes out of my bag and ask him for his opinion on which pair would go well with what I was wearing. Before a new model goes on sale, I'll point him to the "new shoe news" in the women's magazine and tell him which styles I want to buy this season.Usually he will ask me to leave the magazine for him to read, and after work, he will tell me what he thinks.After his careful evaluation, he thinks which ones can be bought and which ones are not worth buying.And when I bought these shoes, he was of course the first person to appreciate them. The doorman can tell at a glance whether I am wearing Prada or Gucci shoes on my feet, and he knows how to appreciate and cherish the handmade slippers studded with beads, because he fully understands the complicated and difficult production process.The most commendable thing is that no matter how much I told him the value of this pair of shoes and how much that pair of shoes cost me, he never frowned once from the beginning to the end.This is called a real connoisseur, a real master!Unfortunately, I moved to Hamburg and he had to stay in Munich. Sometimes, when I am wearing stiletto high-heeled shoes and chasing after the bus in embarrassment, I feel that the pedestrians on the road look at me and the shoes on my feet like a joke, and I can't help cursing secretly in my heart: "You idiots, what do you know! If another doorman is present, he will know that I have to spend ten minutes waiting for the next bus in order to put on these high heels, so what?" Thanks, doorman !