January 14, 2004

Overheard at Nine West.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jim @ 9:33 pm

I just came across a scrap of paper on which I had scribbled a reminder note about something I saw and heard while Christmas shopping.

I was in Nine West to buy a gift certificate. For the uninitiated (and who did not click the Nine West link), Nine West is a trendy shoe store for women’s shoes. A customer was trying on these shoes, and had the following conversation with the sales clerk:

Customer: (standing, looking down at shoes, holding her feet at various angles) “I love them. I particularly love the heel and the effect with the chain. Are they wearing open toes in the winter”?

Clerk: “Oh, yes. Open toes are extremely popular now. Everyone is wearing them.”

Customer: “They would go great with my black dress.”

Clerk: “They would be perfect with a black dress.”

Customer: “And, the best thing about them is that they are not terribly uncomfortable.”

We’re doomed.

3 Comments »

  1. Nine West shoes are just ghastly. They’re viciously uncomfortable, and they don’t even have the virtue of being Italian and/or sexy.

    But seriously…it is possible to find wicked-looking high heels that don’t abuse your feet. However, said heels must be either Italian or “designer” (i.e. Kenneth Cole, Liz Claiborne).

    Comment by Rebecca — January 17, 2004 @ 10:27 am

  2. Yes! I can finally comment!

    Those are what I like to call “Cruel Shoes”, to be avoided no matter how good they might look.

    Comment by Rita — January 17, 2004 @ 3:55 pm

  3. Heh – if she’s in Chicago and wearing those now – her feet will freeze off and she’ll never have to worry about shoes again.

    Comment by Teresa — January 19, 2004 @ 11:12 pm

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