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A good shoe-picker impresses both men & women: Few men are capable of the mental gymnastics required to overcome the effect of Salvatore Ferragamo or Jimmy Choo
by kevbin 15y ago
A good shoe-picker impresses both men & women: Few men are capable of the mental gymnastics required to overcome the effect of Salvatore Ferragamo or Jimmy Choo on observed leg-body proportionality. Many women are aware of this inability and impressed by successfully leveraging it.
- rdouble 15y agoOnly a certain type of man can tell the difference between a Jimmy Choo and a Salvatore Ferragamo and that type is immune to the effects you are thinking of. For the rest, the Payless knockoffs will do the trick.
- kevbin 15y agoAgreed, males capable of differentiating between Choo and Ferragamo do not—to a first approximation—figure into the first-order reproductive strategy of the subject. However, Choo and Ferragamo provide both offensive first-order and defensive second-order improvements to a given shoe-chooser's strategy. Well-designed shoes enhance leg-torso-proportionality without triggering the "Hollywood & Vine" effect in the target. Shoe-chooser cohorts (competitive or collaborative) incorporate their analyses of the chooser's tradeoffs into their feedback and behavior. Expressions of peer support ("props" in the vernacular) or criticism ("dis" in the patois of the street) respectively enhance or degrade the chooser's perceived desirability. A designer pedigree increases the probability of a "dis" being countered by a "prop", mitigating the Ho-Vine effect and further increasing the chances of the shoe-chooser successfully reproducing at her sub-optimal leg-torso-proportion.