I remember that my mother was always dressed to the nines: everything perfectly matched and super feminine. She liked to dress well and considered attire, like many people, the first impression a person makes. And in a way she was right: the first thing a person who doesn’t know you sees about you is your face … and your clothes. The ‘problem’ between my mother and I was that we soon realized that we liked different things, also in fashion.
In this sense, she always tried to understand and respect my tastes, but she couldn’t help but give me some advice that could sometimes be a bit intense … When it came to buying women’s sneakers, I liked low shoes and even sneakers and sports shoes, but for her that was a man’s thing and she could not conceive that a woman could wear something that did not have a heel. It is true that when I started to party I started to wear shoes of that type, but I soon assumed that it was not my style.
And it is that for me the main thing is to be comfortable and that I will never achieve with high heels. My mother said that in the end you got used to it and I suppose you did, but I have also read that it is an unnatural type of footwear and that, according to many podiatrists, it can affect the health of the feet. I am not a podiatrist, but I have certainly never been very comfortable in high heels.
So, in my twenties, I gradually gave up that kind of shoes even on special occasions and wore lower and lower shoes, until I practically opted for sneakers. I don’t have those kinds of jobs where you have to make noise with your shoes in the hallways or have to put on a uniform, so I don’t even have to dress in any way out of obligation.
When I go to buy women’s shoes, I only look at comfortable and sporty shoes. It goes well with my style and, curiously, it is becoming more and more fashionable to the point that haute couture firms are already designing sneakers. But even if it has ‘Louis Vuitton’ written on it, my mother wouldn’t put them on it, that’s for sure …