I’ll be visiting Europe for the first time this summer and need advice for stylish walking shoes.
— Jennifer, SeattleBy your shoes, they shall know you.
Shoes may not be the windows to the soul, but for a long time they were the source of national stereotype.
You could tell an Italian banker because he was the one in brown shoes, no matter what color his suit.
The British, on the other hand, went around intoning “no brown in town.” American tourists wore sneakers.
Persons:
I’ll, Jennifer, I’m, Hakeem Jeffries, Serena Williams, Birks, don’t
Organizations:
Montaigne
Locations:
Europe, Seattle, Italian, Birkenstocks