"I'm reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes: it has stood me in good stead whenever my own finances were low. He said, it's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well cared for, would continue to proclaim your good judgement and taste no matter how old they become. It is rather like the stock market. It makes more sense to buy just one share of blue chip than 150 shares of a one-dollar stock."
- from Cary Grant's Biography, by Marc Eliot
hmmm...now where on earth did you get that book?
Posted by: geoff | April 09, 2006 at 03:28 PM
Love that quote, and I agree wholeheartedly. However, let me point out that this seems to apply better to men's shoes than to women's shoes. No matter how well done, women's shoes never seem to reach the level of sturdiness men's shoes do, that, is, without becoming ugly and unfeminine. Still, it's a philosophy worth adopting.
Posted by: Scarpediem | April 15, 2006 at 06:46 AM
Words of wisdom indeed. I remeber when i was a kid in the early to mid 70's my father going to Tom McCahnes, a popular shoe store chain to buy me wallabees for 20-25 dollars. They usally lasted about 2.5 years, Good old sneakers they would last about 3 momths.
The funny thing is the chain is all but a distan memory and Wallabees are only sold in malls at high end shoe stores from $l25.00 t0 $150.00. Thats about what 20 dollars was worth in the fabulous 70's
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Posted by: cj | October 07, 2007 at 12:41 AM
worth in the fabulous 70's
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