My mother always wore designer Italian shoes. I used to wonder why she never switched it p. As I entered the workplace, I found that shoes mattered. I was once laughed at about a pair of shoes I had gotten from a lesser department store. I mean the girl laughed at me. She told me that if I wanted to be taken seriously, I should get Italian pumps. She said they never go out of style and you can tell the difference in quality. I guess my mother had some good ideas after all. I scoured her closet last week trying to see what I could add to the two new pair I had just purchased.