As I had mentioned in “to Break the Myth of Perfect Shoes” that we have to be intended in search of a good pair, a near to perfect pair according to our individuals’ demands, it requires us to be brave to put on different pairs in order to feel the textures, the fittings, and the pressure when we walk and spiral in front of the mirror, seeing how the shoes lengthen our delicate feet and calf , and enhance our outer beauty by its mix of materials, shapes, and personalities. And I know that our standard varies with the purposes which drive us to buy a pair of shoes.
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| Salvatore Ferragamo fitting with Audrey Hepurn |
And the designs of shoes considered it well, and it has long been composing the ultimate goals of all respectable shoes-makers.
Four years ago, I came across a book entitled “the Shoes Maker”, which is an auto-biography of a noticed and historic figure in the post war ages in fashion. And the shoes maker is Salvatore Ferragamo. In this book, he writes again and again what he insist in making a shoe. And that is what shoes wearers’ essential needs. According to the book, I loosely remember that “The feet are the only part supporting our body’s weight. It tolerates from great pressure. However, it is important to keep the structure of feet in health, and main the nature structure of the bones. Sadly there are number of bad shoes damaging our precious feet in order to seek so-called beauty by squeezing out toes into the tightly shoes’ front, attiring the ankles by hard leathers, making the bottom of feet with thicken skin by constant attrition between the shoe and the bottom of feet, and leading to great smell by wrong use of materials.”
His insight in the needs of problems of foot-wear made Salvatore Ferragamo into a master of creating nearly perfect shoes. As he described, the bottom part of the feet have to be kissed by the shoes, which closely bind the anchor of feet and the bottom part, resulting in no attrition. And, surely, there should be enough space for the toes, enabling feet moves comfortably and spread the pressure of body weight evenly on feet. In his eyes styles and colours are only embellishment of shoes after the functions, comfort and longevity of shoes considered. And his remarkable innovations and contributions in shoes-making are not discussed as I must have a lot to research and interpret, but his values on shoes are clear and essential to be mentioned in this chapter of perfect shoes.
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| Jimmy Choo himself, adopted form whoisbobparris |
Besides Mr. Salvatore Ferragamo, Jimmy Choo, a shoes-maker of Princess Diana, is another most talk-about shoes makers in the 20th century. His philosophy in making shoes is similar to Mr. Ferragamo’s one, but in orient interpretation, it is described as “Balanced”. He is skilful in designing elegant and delicate one-inch sleek pumps shoes. In the book entitled “Jimmy Choo” describes one of the battles between this legendary designer and the present shareholders and the founder of the brand, Jimmy Choo, Tamara Mellon. It is about the height of the shoes designs, in which Mr. Choo insisted that the balance of the shoes should not be ruined by turning it from one inch heel to four inches one, and as Tamara noticed the trend of the marker changed to favour those four inches heels, Tamara thought it is just a political fight within the authority of the company and therefore his opinion was considered as naïve and unwise.
Jimmy Choo himself is proud of what he makes. Takes Princess Diana acts as an example. She insisted to donate and bid all the old clothes excepted for Jimmy’s works- short pumps in nice style with enough space in the shoes’ fronts for toes and movement, which made Princess Diana comfortable to stand and walk in long hours during trips and ceremonies. And those shoes are all one to two inches couture pumps in elegant style and use of soft materials. It really protects and decorates one’s feet to enhance the inner beauty of one person rather than become a part of outer beauty.
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| Jimmy Choo couture adopted from ShoeAddict.com |
And there are other marvellous designs of shoes- the curved platform. When the platforms of shoes are not completely close to the ground and curved little upward, which fits the movement of joints between toes and feet, it provides us a force to walk forward easily when we move our body pressure forward. It also makes our walk easy and sexy, as our steps can easily be walked in rhythm with hips and waist moved with curve. And the shoes platform should be soft and flexible. And it allows the shapes of shoes changed with the movement of our feet to reduce attrition of the feet.
In most situations, our confidence is based on what we feel. If a shoe hurts, we feel pain, and how can we show confidence about ourselves without a look of uncomfortable and pain? Only when we feel our feet are kissed by the suede or lamp skin of the shoes, and when we walk firmly and unconsciously about the pressure we feel and without the fear to fall and crack our ankles, here are the right shoes. Finally, I sincerely hope every one of you would have found a right pair and be kept away from the pain of wearing shoes with bad qualities. I understand looks is of paramount important, but also the structure and health of feet! Without healthy feet, a pair of perfect shoes alone is nothing. Trust me.
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