![]() ![]() But who can parse, ''Let me take your loafers''?ĭr. Now off with your shoes.'' Isn't that chutzpah? Isn't it enough that we're baring unpedicured toes and holey socks at the airport metal detector? Others toss a not-so-subtle hint by displaying a row of shoes or a guest basket offering slippers.īut wait. ![]() After a demanding day at the office, what is more casual and comfortable than freeing the feet?Īt their entryway, some homeowners post a decorative sign informing visitors that they are entering a shoe-free zone. Shoelessness is also a cozy domestic antidote to the trend toward more formal attire in the workplace. Others credit the new age notion of home as sanctuary, grounded by feng shui and in-house meditation rooms. ![]() Some adherents cite a concern for overall cleanliness, with the stakes raised by high-maintenance white carpet and muddy footsteps of soccer kids. ''Shoes off,'' a tradition of many faraway cultures, has become a modern mantra closer to home, across the suburban landscape of New York and its environs. They walked out before she did, perhaps with a guest who shared her appreciation for the $485 Manolo Blahniks. RECENTLY on ''Sex and the City,'' as Carrie Bradshaw arrived at a baby shower where guests were required to remove their shoes to curb the influx of germs, she was greeted with, ''The gifts go over on the table, and the shoes go there.''Īfter reluctantly slipping off her fashionable sky-high heels, she was dismayed by losing not only several inches in height, but later the shoes, too. ![]()
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