What's your platform?

I once met a shoe salesman at Barney’s who sold an estimated 100 pairs of shoes a day. He was the star performer in his department and his efforts were rewarded with perks and a salary that kept him from living in a shoebox.

When I asked what his secret was, he simply said, “You don’t have to convince women to buy shoes.”

True enough the love affair of the femme and the stiletto goes beyond lore. Movies and best-selling novels often use the bestselling wonder plot of a woman beholden to her shoe collection.

We love shoes because, whatever your body shape, is a shoe can transform you into anything you want to be. Your gait is what introduces you to the world and it is your shoe that will cradle this. 

This season, expect a little something extra from your heels. Platform heels have just found a way to make you feel sexier with the needed balance it takes for skyscraping strides.

Ankle-loving heels are still here, now in light colors to anchor the wisps of the coming summer fashions. Like the gladiator look that encompassed two years (that’s immortality, in trend world), the ankle bootie is something that will stick around as well.

So indulge and choose your own adventure.