Quantum17
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I love picking out trends from data. These analysis are true; however, like anything else in fashion, the pandemic definitely has changed our taste. I am especially curious if the zoom culture would focus more on fashion from the belt up, just because we are now trained to fixate in that window. Could make for a fun undergrad project ?I know some of us on this thread occasionally wonder whether we might be spending too much time, attention, and mental energy on shoes. The below is a cross post from “Do people notice your shoes?” which would indicate that maybe we aren’t.
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Probably should have posted this earlier in the thread, but better late than never. Unlike many of the topics we opine on here at SF, there is hard data on whether other people notice our shoes:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/men-shoes_n_3689418
“Men's footwear brand Allen Edmonds recently did a survey of 1,000 American men and women, and they found that: 64 percent of women judge a man's fashion sense based on his shoes; 52 percent of women say they judge a man's personality by his shoes; 36 percent say they use shoes to determine a man's financial position; and 54 percent say men's shoes reflect a guy's attention to detail (or lack thereof).
Simply put: Guys, we're judging you”.
https://healthland.time.com/2012/06/14/what-your-shoes-say-about-you/
In a study of college students, published in the Journal of Research in Personality, the authors found that people could correctly guess a stranger’s age, gender and income by looking at their shoes.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/...step-research-shows-you-are-judged-your-shoes
Participants viewing well-kept, attractive shoes assumed the owners were more conscientious.
https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2013/08/08/show-me-your-shoes-say-recruiters/
Survey results say 80 percent of hiring managers reported that shoes are “extremely important,” to one’s interview appearance,
My inference from the above is that, if one wants to get hired, get laid, and/or pass on one’s bloodline, good shoes are a good investment. And by extension very good shoes are probably a very good investment.
Trust me, I’m a statistician. 50% of the time, I’m right all the time ?