The Best Quotes and Sayings About Shoes
Confess!!
We all have a common obsession: SHOES
Shoes are the apple of our eye. From Marilyn Monroe to Victoria Beckham and so many other fashion icons in between, they have all something to say about the obsession.
Now it’s time to get inspired by the best quotes and sayings by some of our favorite footwear designers and fashion icons…
1. ‘I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.’
– Bette Midler
2. ‘Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.’
– Christian Louboutin
3. ‘The fact is, sometimes it’s hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then – to make the walk a little more fun.’
– Carrie Bradshaw
4. ‘Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.’
– Manolo Blahnik
5. “You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.”
— Christian Dior
6. ‘My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I’d ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I’d sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.’
–Alexander Wang
7. ‘I still have my feet on the ground – I just wear better shoes.’
– Oprah Winfrey
8. ‘Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.’
– Marilyn Monroe
9. “I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.”
–Marilyn Monroe
10. “You can wear anything as long as you put a nice pair of shoes with it.”
–Taylor Momsen
11. “There are only two kinds of women in the world, those who love shoes and those who had the misfortune to be born without the ability to experience total bliss on finding a pair of perfectly designed pumps in the right size at half price.”
― Jane Eldershaw
12. “You are either in your bed or in your shoes, so it pays to invest in both.”
– John Wildsmith
13. ‘You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.’
– Christian Dior
14. ‘A woman with good shoes is never ugly.’
– Coco Chanel
15. ‘I spend most of my time wearing uncomfortable things, so for me, it’s all about trainers.’
– Cara Delevingne
16. ‘I can’t concentrate in flats.’
– Victoria Beckham
17. ‘I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.’
– Imelda Marcos
18. ‘With no man in sight, I decided to rescue my ankles from a life of boredom. By purchasing too many pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes.’
– Carrie Bradshaw
19. ‘One shoe can change your life.’
– Cinderella
20. ‘I’m not afraid of heights, have you seen my shoes?’
– Carrie Bradshaw
21. ‘I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn’t matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.’
– Keira Knightley
22. ‘Craziness in a shoe is great – you can have much more freedom, you can exaggerate and it doesn’t feel stupid. But to have too much craziness near your face, that would just feel weird.’
– Miuccia Prada
23. “A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.”
―Christian Louboutin 24. ‘I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. And she likes shoes. The fairy tale is all about the shoe at the end.’
– Amy Adams
25. ‘How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?’
– Sonia Rykiel
26. ‘As a child I trained myself to dance in very high heels. At 13, in Destiny’s Child, we were told to wear heels, but at first we couldn’t walk in them. We couldn’t keep our knees straight, but we learned.’
– Beyoncé
27. ‘To wear dreams on one’s feet is to begin to give a reality to one’s dreams.’
– Roger Vivier
28. ‘I would hate for someone to look at my shoes and say, “Oh my God! They look so comfortable!”‘
– Christian Louboutin
29. ‘I actually have more shoes than anyone will ever know.’
– Tamara Mellon
30. ‘If your hair is done properly and you’re wearing good shoes, you can get away with anything.’
– Iris Apfel
31. ‘Nicki Minaj has a better booty; but I have better shoes.’
– Rihanna
32. ‘Keep your head, heels and standards high.’
– Lola Stark
33. ‘I can be naked as long as I’m wearing the right pair of shoes.’
– Anna Dello Russo
34. ‘Always wear high heels. Yes, they give you power. You move differently, sit differently, and even speak differently.’
– Carine Roitfeld
35. ‘The average woman falls in love seven times a year. Only six are with shoes.’
– Kenneth Cole
36. ‘Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women’s beauty on a pedestal.’ – Vivienne Westwood
37. ‘Men tell me that I’ve saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it’s cheaper than a divorce.’
– Manolo Blahnik
38. “Life is short, your heels shouldn’t be.”
– Brian Atwood
39. “What do women want? Shoes.”
― Mimi Pond
40. “It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them.” ― Martina Boone, Compulsion
41. “Women need food, water, and compliments That's right. And an occasional pair of shoes.” ― Chris Rock
42. “I never wear flats. My shoes are so high that sometimes when I step out of them, people look around in confusion and ask, "Where'd she go?" and I have to say, "I'm down here.” ― Marian Keyes
43. “Sometimes comfort doesn't matter. When a shoe is freakin' fabulous, it may be worth a subsequent day of misery. Soak in Epsom salts and take comfort in the fact that you're better than everyone else.” ― Clinton Kelly
44. “For women, shoes are the most important. Good shoes take you good places.” ― Seo Min Hyun
45. “Paris is a heaven for all woman's obssesions: hot men, great chocolates, scrumptuous pastries, sexy lingerie, cool clothes but, as any shoe-o-phile knows, this city is a hotbed of fabulous shoes.” ― Kirsten Lobe, Paris Hangover
46. “The only difference between everybody and nobody is all the shoes” ― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow
47. “I, a woman, find wearing high heels agreeable only on the very rare occasion that (1) I will be ferried between destinations upon a palanquin or (2) I am going to a cocktail party and, at five feet two, don't want to spend the evening discussing the latest movies with somebody's nipples.” ― Lauren Collins
48. “A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.”
―Christian Louboutin
49. “A shoe is not only a design, but it's a part of your body language, the way you walk. The way you're going to move is quite dictated by your shoes.”
50. “A shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk.”
―Christian Louboutin
51. “Shoes speak louder than words.”
–Unknown
52. “There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.”
―Christian Louboutin 53. “Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.”
―Christian Louboutin
54. “In my opinion, love at first sight existed with shoes, not with men.”
― E.V. Hewitt
55. “When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body.”
―Christian Louboutin
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