Want? Need? or Both!

What can you say about heels? Whether they’re your best friend or your first class ticket to an orthopaedic surgeon, there is something wondrous about those dressed up, glorified stilts.

Do you love those Dorothy shoes – the red ones with sparkles that glimmer in the sunshine? The ones so fabulous that you decided that you couldn’t live without them the moment you set eyes on them as they sat upon the shelf.

Or is it those black court shoes? The ones with the slightly lower heel and gel cushions squished onto the sole. You bought them the day you got that medical degree and purchased that first suit of what would become many in your wardrobe. You wanted something professional, serious, to show that you knew what you were doing.

Could it be the pair of black and pink cowboy boots – hand crafted leather, Cuban heel. Those ones that you wore to your first rodeo with the shirt you borrowed from your father and your boyfriend’s hat that was too big it fell over your eyes. By the end of the night they were brown not pink and the heels were scratched, but nothing a polish couldn’t fix.

There’s those strappy silver sandals, slight heel, little bow. The ones you wore to your best friend’s engagement party, then her wedding by the sea. By her third daughters christening, you fear touching them in case the last speck of silver separates from the leather by the buckle. You really need to replace them.

Just like every coat, dress, skirt, hat, every pair of heels tells a story. They are a part of who you are. Like the smell of sweat coffee on a misty winter morning, that pair of heels evokes a memory that you can’t suppress.

So if you need to create that new memory, or you just need a new pair of heels because, well, just because, make sure you are first in line with your glass of bubbly at 5pm March 2^nd. While your physio may get angry and your other half may moan in annoyance, and while they may be impractical and utterly irresponsible when you have that electricity bill to pay, just remember that Ginger Rogers did everything backwards and in heels!