Modern-day Cinderella Looks for Shoe

By Miss Cellania in Fashion on Jul 24, 2009 at 11:49 am

37-year old Louise Bawn of Bristol, England was out for a night on the town and had changed her high heels for flats to relieve her aching feet. At home, she realized one shoe was missing from her purse. The £400 pair of Christian Louboutin shoes had been a gift from her husband. Brawn said she would go to any lengths to get the shoe back, and has retraced her steps, handed out flyers, and offered a reward for the safe return of the missing shoe. She has even places a classified ad with a picture of the shoe’s mate.

“When I realised that I had lost my shoe I was devastated, totally inconsolable.

“I’ve called Louboutin and they don’t make that fabric any more, so they’re irreplaceable.

“I suppose it’s rather like Cinderella, only I’ve already got my Prince Charming, it’s just my shoe that I’m after.”

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A later story revealed that Bawn owns over 100 pairs of shoes! Link


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  1. marishka
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    You added that last sentence like owning a 100 pairs of shoes is a BAD thing!

  2. Miss Cellania
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Not a bad thing, but certainly surprising. I have six pairs, counting my snow boots.

  3. LisaL
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    I just don’t understand people’s fasination with shoes.
    If I could wear my flipflops year round and not freeze, I would only have a single pair of shoes.

  4. Alex
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Actually LisaL, I live in flip flops all year round (the benefit of living in Southern California) …

  5. Dixon
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    100 pairs of shoes! and this pair worth £400, that could total up to an obscene amount of money, sorry, but I’ve no sympathy with the woman, and I’m sure the poorer people of Bristol couldn’t give a damn about her shoe either.

  6. MadMolecule
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 2:03 pm

    Really, Dixon? Why not? Do you just resent people who have money and spend it on things that give them pleasure?

  7. Gail Pink
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Spending 400 pounds (over $600) on a pair of shoes that hurt your feet, just sounds so dumb to me.

  8. sredford
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 4:34 pm

    I consider myself pretty average when it comes to clothing. When my husband asked me to count my shoes, I was surprised to find I have 42 pair! Yikes! (But I live in New England, so I’ve go to be prepared for every kind of weather.)

  9. Geekazoid
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    I’m a dude and in my ‘heyday’ I had well over over 25 pairs of shoes, and that ain’t that much. If I was one of those multi millionaire types, I’d totally splurge and buy hundreds of shoes, mostly vintage and release Nike sneakers.

  10. cuimhne
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    It’s worth 400 pounds for designer shoes. They’re much better made and well fitting designer shoes do NOT hurt your feet. It’s the cheap shoes that give you blisters. I also think it’s ridiculous how much hostility there seems to be over someone using their money to buy something that makes them happy. It’s their money, they can do whatever they want with it.

  11. ted
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Cuimnhe, had you finished the first sentence, you would realize the folly of your comment. She “had changed her high heels for flats to relieve her aching feet”.

    Yes, she has the right to fritter away her money on expensive shoes. She has the right to be as shallow as she wants. Nobody’s going to feel all that sorry for her. She sounds a little spoiled.

  12. Him
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    @ ted

    She does sound pretty spoiled. I own two pairs of shoes. One for going to town and for running and another which is a pair of boots, for choring, hiking, etc. And anyway, if you have So much money,what on earth would possess you to just buy hundreds of shoes.

  13. The Manticore
    Jul 24th, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    I’ll be calling the Waaambulance over here.

  14. beric
    Jul 25th, 2009 at 10:17 am

    “I was devastated, totally inconsolable.”

    Really? I pity her for when she loses something of importance. She’s gonna be a MESS.


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