This article depicts women who are running for political office and the fact that the media focuses on their materialistic features. They focus on the fact that women in the public eye must look put together, good fashioned, groomed, however never be spotted in the act of grooming. Kate Spade wedges have become a popular shoe that have come to represent "a circle of younger women aspiring to power or already in it, women directly and indirectly passing on to one another ways of navigating the particular challenges of being a woman in the public eye". Much attention is paid to what shoes these women are wearing opposed to their personality and capabilities for which position they are running. Some still believe this is progress from the past where women wore male inspired outfits. They appearance in the public eye has shifted to become more feminine. Women no longer have to appear in masculine outfits to be recognized. However at the same time, the media still hardly pays attention to what shoes men running for political office are wearing. Many of these women refuse to name their footwear and other favorite fashion brands to the media in order to keep the media's attention focused on more important, non-fashioned related issues.


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/nyregion/24bigcity.html