My Life in Shoes ; the Average Woman Spends Pounds 32,000 On Shoes in Her Life. Jenni Recalls Hers and the Poignant Memories They Evoke
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A RECENT survey revealed the average British woman owns 20 pairs of shoes and spends Pounds 31,680 on shoes in her lifetime. More than any other accessory, it's clear that what's on a woman's feet is often the most influential item in her wardrobe. Here, one woman explains how her love of shoes has shaped her life over seven decades. Jenni Rhodes, 73, lives in London's Notting Hill with her property consultant husband Bill, 55. She has two grownup children.
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My Life in Shoes ; the Average Woman Spends Pounds 32,000 On Shoes in Her Life. Jenni Recalls Hers and the Poignant Memories They Evoke
THIS photograph was taken in 1936 in the garden of my family house in Hurlingham, a famous polo-playing area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We had moved from Britain after my father was posted there as a diplomatic attachE.
We had dozens of rooms, but we spent all our time outside, pushing my dog Binkie in his pram on the manicured lawns.I spent hours learning how to fasten the buttons of these canvas shoes. I was three-anda-half and my elder brother, Peter - who is sitting in the pram - was five.I can still recall how my shoes had the delicious smell of warm deckchairs and were so light o...See the full content of this document