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Shoes Speak Louder Than Style in Modern Fashion
Marian Christy surveys footwear as gender signals from boots to strappy sandals. National Footwear Institute director Alice Regensburg explains boots convey emancipation or subtextual flirtation, while high heels project superiority. Toeless shoes and slingbacks return, with fashion reflecting independence and male-female dynamics.
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Alice Regensburg
National Footwear Institute
Mrs. Regensburg
Yves Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent
Delman’s
American Footwear Institute
The
Institute
Golo
Customcraft