Sole mates no more: an Italian entrepreneur has created a line of 'single' shoes aiming to break down one of the last bastions of coupledom, matching shoes.Manolo says, oooooh, look at the free spirit! You are so "cutting edge" with the disdain for the tradition.
"Breaking up the couple, addicted to freedom" is the slogan for Add's shoes, currently available in Milan, Turin and Rome. The flat, round-toed shoes come in five colors and two models -- no coupling allowed, they are only sold in odd numbers. Buy two of your color choice and get a third shoe free. Or you can buy just one, or up to five at a time.
Creator Simone Cassola, 38, himself "nearly single" (and sporting a pair of matching leather shoes) told zoomata he came up with the idea while window shopping.
"Why not break things up a bit? The same models look good in different colors on display, there's no reason people shouldn't wear them that way," said Cassola, a former accountant and manager in Italy and South America, now based in Milan. "Pairs, matching pairs are really boring."
Ha!
Manolo says, you are a foolish man who is wasting his money on a foolish idea.
Yes, the Manolo, he is a traditionalist in the matter of the shoes, a traditionalist with the style!
