Call me Lauren Bradshaw, as Carrie and I have so much in common we could be sisters, besides the fact that I have never liked Manolo Blahnik !
It is NO secret that I have a major shoe obsession, from the age of 5 on my dad told me I was going to be the American Imelda Marcos. (*Imelda Marcos was the wife of Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines. She owned over 3,000 pairs of shoes.)
I would like to think of myself as a shoe collector, rather than a shoe hoarder, as a family member accused me of being last week. All shoes are equal opportunity with me: If you were to look in my closet, I have shoes ranging from 2$ (from Singapore) to over a thousand.
I don’t know why I love shoes so much? Shoes just… make me happy ! They always fit and most times look amazing, one can turn a simple black dress or a more plain outfit into something extraordinary with just the right shoe, they give me extra height, which I need desperately as I am 5’3″ (My saying to my mom who calls my shoes “Puerto Rican fence climbers”, = the higher the better !), and they are just plain fun.
For a long time, Mr. Louboutin was my go to shoe designer, but then I feel he had down time (like Marc Jacobs did before and after rehab). I had no choice but to look to other shoe designers, such as Miu Miu, Givenchy, Charlotte Olympia, Alexander Wang, Dolce Vita, YSL, Zara, Fendi, Nicholas Kirkwood, etc, because the Loubie shoe selection was just not doing it for me.
Another reason why I haven’t been down with the Loubies, is that while I have been guilty of spending 800-900$ for a pair of shoes, I don’t want to spend over 1,000$, for a pair of shoes that will get ruined. It has been ironic to me that during one of our worst economic depressions, the price of shoes has gone up to some designers charging 1800-2200$ per pair of shoes. I.E: I have no interest to buy a pair of mediocre heels, that don’t excite me or give me dreams for 1,200$.
Finally, after a year or so, I do believe that Christian Louboutin, the god of shoes, has got his grove back, like Stella 
And yes, the following shoes are proven to induce rapid heart beat, temporary change in blood pressure, and lucid dreams !
*I fear I might need, not want, the above pink spikey heels.
