The type of shoes you wear says so much about your personality, so we aught to be careful how you express yourself. There is never a second chance to a first impression.
You can always judge a person by their shoes, you can even go as far as predicting the wearer’s age, gender, income, political views, social status, and other important personality traits.
Here are 9 steps on how to make your judgement
1. Expensive shoes equal a high-income earner.
Let’s start with the obvious: pricey shoes belong to people who earn high incomes.
2. Flashy footwear show that the wearer is an extrovert.
Another obvious clue is showy, bright-colored shoes mean that the wearer is an extrovert.
3. Practical shoes mean the person is agreeable.
Not surprisingly, practical shoes reveal that the wearer is an agreeable person.
4. Old but well-kept shoes belong to a conscientious type of person.
Shoes that are not new but look well-cared-for belong to conscientious people. A meticulous dedication to footwear upkeep likely translates to other aspects of the wearer’s life, right?
Kate Middleton is the perfect example of this as she is always seen repeating the same shoes over and over again. The Duchess of Cambridge must’ve been spotted in her favorite L.K. Bennett “Fern” pumps over a dozen times now, but the nude-colored courts look as clean and as tidy as the first few times she wore them in 2016.
5. Shabby shoes reveal a liberal thinker.
Shabby-looking and inexpensive shoes, such as flip-flops and scuffed-up sneakers, give away a liberal-thinking wearer.
6. Ankle boots
These belong to an aggressive person.
7. Uncomfortable shoes
Most people who always chose to wear ankle boot are considered to have a calm personality.
8. Someone who prefers to wear new shoes is said to have attachment anxiety.
People who are most worried about their relationships and are said to have “attachment anxiety” prefer to wear brand-new shoes. The researchers say that “this may be because they worry so much about their appearance and what others may think of them.”
9. Boring shoes reveal someone who is aloof and repressive.
Finally, boring shoes reveal that the wearer is someone who finds it hard to form relationships. This was the one trait participants in the study were not able to guess correctly out of the 90% they were able to judge.
Boring-shoe-wearers described themselves as “aloof” and “repressive”. They don’t care what other people think of them so they don’t feel the need to stand out appearance-wise.