Reply #175: I bet they would not have any shoes I would not fall out of.

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When I was a kid we had to go to Houston and buy my shoes at Sakowitz, which was a very nice department store, just about comparable to Neiman-Marcus in quality and price.

They don't make triple-A narrow shoes with a 6A heel, anyplace but Italy. They don't sell Italian shoes at Wal-Mart.

Now I live in sneakers, but when I was working it was Ferragamos or Bruno Maglis for dress shoes.
A pair of crepe soled Ferragamos for women used to be $275.00. Leather soles started at $325.00. That was probably back in the 1990s.

When I was in high school a pair of Italian shoes was $40.00. Early 1970s.

Of course they are incredibly soft, well fitting, well made, and you can get them resoled at a shoe shop for years.

And I would not buy cheap shoes with soles like boards. My feet bend when I walk; cheap dress shoes don't.

I inherited my bony little feet from Dad, who wore Bruno Maglis.

When I asked him what he did for shoes when he was a kid, he replied, "I walked on my hands".

:rofl:


However, my mom insisted on giving me hand-me-downs from friends with expensive store labels in them, as if that made it OK. She spent her money on patterns and yards of fabric she'd never use up, instead of actually buying me a new dress that might be fashionable and keep the other kids from picking on me. But then there's not much you can do when your mom is hell-bent on giving you a Shirley Temple permanent, and then wonders why you come home crying from elementary school. Hell, my own hair is very thick and curly, but she never noticed!! I know lots of other women who grew up in the 50s and 60s with moms who gave them stinky perms just because they wanna mess with your hair!

I threw a hissy fit when I was a senior in high school and got a new dress that cost $23. We weren't THAT poor. I got music lessons on two instruments every week for ten years.