Shoe Story - Dominique

Dominique by Pour La Victoire @ Endless.com

Dominique is 5'1" and she works in demure pumps as one of six secretaries for a boss she almost never sees face-to-face. Including her commute to work and lunch breaks, she works 60 hours a week, and is paid for 40. Dominique comes to work every day with a smile on her face, and never complains about her job. On the weekends, Dominique wears 4" heels, exclusively. She prefers black; she prefers patent. Dominique never stays indoors on the weekends if she can help it. She lunches with her girlfriends, brings her son and his friends to softball in her massive SUV, and regularly employs a babysitter while she dances tango with her husband on Saturday night.

Shoe Story - Martine

Martine, by Linda Pritcher @ DesignerShoes.com

Martine is a pale and slightly oversized young woman who, upon departing the uneventable and academically-focused years of undergraduate studies, took her degree in the French language and moved herself posthaste to Paris. Martine developed a good palette for discerning white wines (only), and an even better taste for Parisian men - who seem to have never seen such curves. She now lives in a shoebox-sized loft where actual shoeboxes hug all of the walls, seemingly in a competition for visibility with her stacks of books. So far, the books are winning, but barely. Martine wears these kitten-heeled shoes with or without the removeable decorative toe-piece flourish, depending on her whim of the day. Martine keeps the name-end of her shoeboxes and the spines of her books facing outward.