The Perfect Fit: What Your Shoes Say About You | 
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| Author: Meghan Cleary
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 149160
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 120
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Dimensions (in): 6.1 x 4.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 081184501X
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.607
EAN: 9780811845014
ASIN: 081184501X
Publication Date: April 7, 2005
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Product Description
Shoe expert Meghan Cleary wants women everywhere to forget the constellations and open up their closets, because The Perfect Fit is a horoscope based on footwear! After all, what says more about a woman s personality than her choice of stilettos and sneakers, mary janes and mules? Quick questionnaires help readers get in step with their true selves, while detailed shoe profiles answer every woman's burning questions: Which career will sweep me off my feet? How do I achieve my perfect look? Who is my arch supporter? And most of all, Is there any problem in life that can't be solved with a new pair of shoes? Sleek illustrations highlight thirty shoe personalities, and sassy sidebars showcase fashion tips, shoe history, and inspirational advice. As easy to slip into as a comfy pair of ballet flats, The Perfect Fit is fanciful, fabulous fun that's just plain good for the sole.
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 GENERATION GAP July 17, 2007
zet3 (New York, NY USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Miss Meghan's oeuvre opened my eyes to the real depth of the gap between mine and her generations. She discerns several different "shoe styles" where I can see, at best, a single footwear category, though I would not ascribe to all these sneakers and bowling, running or basketball shoes the attribute "style". On the other hand, where I recognize numerous styles, each available for view in my closet, Miss Meghan can't distinguish more than "high heels". Well, that much for the direction the taste in clothing takes in the young generation. Even more interesting is outlook on life, expressed primarily in the professions Miss Meghan selects for her readers. Positions in the media and marketing dominate the selection. There are few occurrences of the legal occupations, corporate ranks, non-profits, full-time mommies and housewives. There is even a waitress and a lab worker and perhaps a teacher and a fashion designer. What is missing: medical doctors, engineers of all kinds (chemical, electrical, mechanical), technology workers, trades women - not a single lady welder or lady carpenter, for example! - university professors, pilots, military women. Shortly, all the professions important in the life of each society are neglected, with all the marginal and decorative occupations as the recommended careers for the modern woman. Return to Victorian times, shoed in sneakers? After all, those Victorian shoe styles were not glamorous, and after factoring in the difference in manufacturing technology they were more like sneakers or hiking boots than high-heel sandals with ankle straps.
Disappointing stereotypes abound... May 7, 2007
Lisa M.
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Really disappointed to see the stereotypes this author connects to different styles of shoes. She was totally off the mark on several styles I wear, connecting them to personality traits that aren't even close to how I am. Judging by the other reviews I read, this book may just unfortunately reflect what "the masses" assume about certain people who wear certain styles. Sad to say that this book will likely cause wrong impressions and even discrimination against people who wear certain styles by those who read this book and buy into it. Could be a generational thing in that the author makes assumptions that date the book, reflecting a limited age range's view of others. Alarming thing is that readers may give more credence than they realistically should only because of the author's credentials.
 Luv Shoes? Are your shoes telling on you? March 16, 2006
Kim Snyder (Elk Grove, CA USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I went to a showing at Macy's and one of the gifts in the
giveaway bag was this book "the perfect fit, what your shoes say
about you"
on top I got to meet the most charming young lady who wrote the
book. I got to meet Meghan Cleary! The book is filled with little
quizzes and with the whole idea is to help you discover your Shoe
Sun sign and even tells about what you shoes you didn't buy
says about you!! Its the cutest little book and a great gift for
anyone who is a bona fide shoe freak! Now who do you know who is
a shoe freak? Maybe yourself? Want to know why you bought those
stiletto's when you know you won't be wearing them but just had
to have them?
Get today the perfect fit and may you find out what your shoes
say about you!! I am not saying what mine say about me...
At least my copy of the book is signed by Meghan herself!
Charming! November 27, 2005
Russian Stiletto (The Enchanted Mitten)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Miss Meghan has it together! A must have for anyone who loves shoes or wonders why others love them. I look forward to more from Ms Cleary.
Must Have! November 24, 2005
IndigoChild (Michigan)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book has great insight. I now look at people's feet when we meet. This book is a really fun read!
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