Shoe-Ology: From the Shamelessly Sensible to the Wickeddly Pointed

By Karn Knutson

What do your shoes say about you? Karn Knutson knows. In this beautifully illustrated and devilishly satirical book, a bona fide shoeologista girl who's studied footwear since grammar school reveals just how much your shoes are saying. Thought your fourinch heel said tall? Think twice. Thought you were the only one aware of your manmade uppers? Guess again. Chances are your shoes have been clueing your friends and coworkers into much more than you thought. Here's what Karn has to say about just a few of your footwear choices:

Do you prefer the Strappy Red Satin? In the office this is a dead giveaway. You want to be anywhere else but where you are. Preferably with some tall, dark, and handsome man or with friends that make you laugh so hard you snort.

Or perhaps you're more of a Skin It and Make It Beg type. There's something sensibly terrifying about you. You're impeccable in your power couture. Cynicism is your native tongue.

Neither of these ring a bell for you? Maybe it's because you're more of a Woven Wanderlust girl. You live in the suburbs and have a pair of these to match every twin set you own. The most excitement you see is when a PTA meeting gets rowdy over whether brownies are acceptable for the annual CookiesaYumYum bake sale.

Still nothing? Don't worrywith tons of styles grouped into fun categories like Heels: The Holy Grail, Scandals of Sandals, The Sporty Sorts, and Bad Shoes Happen, it'll be hard not to find the perfect fit. With so many options, Shoeology is a veritable department store of choices.

A perfect gift for yourself and girlfriends, buy it by the pair

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157324273X
• ISBN13: 9781573242738
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Red Wheel
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

great little book

When you are a shoeminded (wo)man you must have this great little book. It gives you a smile.

Great Gift

If you know someone who loves shoes (and we all do) this book makes a great gift for any occasion for that person. Beautiful illustration and snappy prose.

perfect coffee table book

Finally a book that explains to my husband why I own so many shoes! This very cute and very witty little book has been a great addition to my coffee table. I've seen several guests at cocktail parties pick it up, flip through a few pages and use it as an ice breaker or conversation topic. It almost becomes a game to look at the shoes of other party guests and find them in the book. It's much more social than the design books and magazines that accompany it. If Shoe-ology aims to be a little frivilious and a lot of fun, then it succeeds in it's mission. I highly recommend this as an addition to coffee and side tables everywhere.

Enhance your people-watching skills!

Shoeology will brighten your day! EVERYONE (male and female) can find at least one shoe "personality" that they relate to, and will suddenly find that this book has altered their view of the world. Readers will soon be looking at shoes (their own and others') with a new level of insight--an insight that leads to smirks and giggles! What's not to like about cleverly-written, colorful fun? Enjoy!

Fun book!

"There was an old woman who lived in a shoe"--there was a young/middle-aged/old woman who had so many shoes she didn't know what to do!... Too many shoes? Not possible. In Shoe-ology, a bright-colored, fun-designed gift book, shoes of every style, color and level of pretty, practicality and pain are illustrated and labeled, for example, sensible, sharp, sporty. The author really captures the shoe's personality, or maybe it is better said the personality of the person likely to buy THAT shoe: "the people shoe (utility); boots (that enthrall men); or the dressed up "tennis shoe" worn to look sporty. The last chapter is about slippers, those things you slip into after a day of wearing those fashionable or functional boots, stilettos or flats. Since I have a shoe-fanatic friend, daughter and sister, don't tell her, but this book will be her next birthday present! Armchair Interviews says: Creative and fun gift book for anyone who loves shoes and who will find themselves and their shoes on one of the pages.