SATC’s shoe-centric storylines totally had a massive impact on us. After all those hours in our formative teen years spent watching SATC box sets, we must have learned more than just the fact that Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo exist. Of course we did…
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Heels can make you fall down and humiliate yourself. Even if you’re the otherwise pretty perfect Carrie, with an otherwise pretty perfect life.
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Wearing stilettos to the corner shop is fine. But don’t wear expensive shoes to a house party where you know someone cares about the carpet. And will make you take them off. Luckily, that’s kind of rare in our particular life stage. But it's something to remember when the baby shower invites roll in from annoying people like Kyra who made Carrie leave her Manolos at the door. And didn’t give a shit when they were stolen.
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So Carrie spent the remainder of the episode giving this vibe…
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Don’t bitch out your friends for wrecking a pair of heels when their waters break. Even if they are Louboutins. Any other way they trash a pair though – like throwing up on your feet in the club loos or borrowing them then deciding to trample in mud – makes it perfectly acceptable to freeze them out of a few gatherings and make passive-aggressive comments for six months afterwards. These Loubs get ruined by Miranda’s waters…
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Never venture down a dark, quiet alley while wearing a particularly precious pair. Something like this might happen.
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Don’t spend so much on shoes that you can’t afford a mortgage. Or in Carrie’s words, 'I’ve spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!' Saying that, it’s unlikely you’ll be able to afford a house before the age of 40, so how’s a £600 pair of Nicholas Kirkwoods before then really going to hurt?
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Certain shoes might see you being stereotyped. Richard discovers this when Samantha, crazed and jealous, stalks him all day and sees him getting in a cab with a business associate. Approach super-sexy heels for work with caution if you don’t want to be seen as the girl who’s out to shag everyone.
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Don’t be a shoe-off (sorry). Remember how Carrie feels when she interviews for an assistant and he’s got better shoes than her? Yep, he doesn’t get the job. Brogues only for interviews, then.
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And sometimes, the most romantic proposals don’t involve a ring.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.