This past week I've been plotting on purchasing a pair of Designer shoes. I went to Nordstrom first because that is where I used to work. I looked through their look book and found NOTHING. On the sales floor they had a pair of red Jimmy Choo pumps that I thought were to die for. The only thing is that they are patent. I'm not into patent. The material irks me; in fact I have a pair of patent heels that I have YET to wear. I think I will just give them away. I also saw a few Valentino shoes… they were okay, but I knew in my heart that I would not be able to fit them. I even went to King of Prussia, in Pennsylvania, to go to Niemen Marcus and see what they had to offer me. I talked to a sales woman, whom I thought was very nice. I personally thought the sales associates were going to treat me like I was no one due to the fact I had shopping bags from cheaper stores. I honestly don't think you should treat anyone any different just because how they carry themselves. You never know, they could be a millionaire. Take the original Rick Ross for instance, yes, he was a millionaire drug dealer, but NO ONE knew that because of the way he carried himself. He looked like a bum off of the street.
      Back to the subject at hand, as I was conversing with the sales woman we were talking about European shoe sizes. See you have to understand, I love shoes, and otherwise I wouldn't have this shoe blog! But it's hard for me to find shoes at time. I wear a size eleven.
My foot is not wide; it's just a medium eleven. Some designers tend to think that because you wear above a ten, your foot MUST be wide. That is not always the case. Other designers feel as though women with a foot size above a ten have no sense of shoe style… PLEASE! I have a SERIOUS sense of shoe fashion. I was telling the sales woman, "I'm very interested in buying a pair of Christian Louboutins, but do they ever carry my size? Will they ever?" She insisted that I would have to do one of a few things: Buy a size 42 and STRETCHHH them out or go up to the actual store in New York City and ask them to see if they would be willing to make me a pair of size 43 shoes. I became even more frustrated. You mean to tell me that I have to drive all the way up to New York and ask one damn question, and if they turn me down, then what?!
I've come to this conclusion:

Dear European Designers,
      As Americans we love your ingenious designs. We crave for them as if they were a drug. We dream of them and pray that some of your designs can seek their way into our closets. The only problem is that we all can't fit your items. You have to realize that people come in all SHAPES, SIZES, AND COLORS! Not all of us are skinny. Some of us have butts and REAL breast. Our feet are also shaped differently. Our shoe size does secret past the size of a 10! I'm starting to think that you all believe black people also compare in size as white people… PLEASE. So if you could be so kind, please start respecting every woman and man of all cultures. We want to buy your items, but we can't. If you do I'm sure your pockets will become even fuller.

-Suezanna J.*Note- European designers tend to have their shoes sizes actually an entire shoe size smaller for Americans… It's Just NOT FARE!