Shoe Gazing

I guess I'm a shoe gazer. I don't have a foot fetish or a shoe fetish but I dig cool shoes. I think it started back in college when Dr. Martens got big. It seemed like I was in college so I should wear shoes instead of sneakers. Since then I've had plenty of "Doc's" and felt like I had decent taste in footwear.

Shoe gazing isn't about how many shoes you own or wear it's something I define differently. It's not envy but I can appreciate cool shoes. The thing about shoes are... anybody can wear them. We don't all have the same bodies or faces but we all pretty much can handle a shoe. All you need is feet and you have 2 just in case you loose one.

I might see a jacket or a shirt or jeans and think those look cool but I couldn't pull it off. But a shoe.... I can handle that!

Maybe that's why women tend to have so many shoes. They feel they can get the essence of an outfit, look or style with the right shoe and maybe not the right body... I dunno. I ain't into ladies footwear.


I wore a pair of black & White Dr. Martens with my black suit to my Ceaco interview. I got the job and my friend Charlie (VP of Sales at the time) later told me he told the art department "Some guy with shoes is here for the job." They dug them and maybe they helped edge me the gig. I dunno. But Charlie noticed... maybe Charlie is a shoe gazer too.