Much Ado About Shoes and Jeans

My mother and I have never agreed about clothes, especially shoes. Now that I am an adult and can buy my own shoes (after I pay my taxes,  of course), I understand that it's a simple matter of personal taste and style. However, back when I was in Middle School, our differing points of view seemed quite dramatic to me.

One kind of shoes that I really wanted in 6th grade was a brand called Candies shoes.
I wanted these kinds of shoes:

                                                       photo from shop.marketpublique.com

They're fabulous, don't you think? Well as you might imagine, my mother REFUSED to buy shoes like this for me in 6th grade! For one thing, she thought the heel was too high but mostly she didn't like the wooden heel because, as she said, "You'll just clump around the house and ruin our nice floors!"
I mean, floors? Seriously? When I was twelve years old, you can imagine that I didn't care much about floors.
Here is a link to the commercial that was on TV at the time:
Candies Shoes Video

By 7th grade, I wanted more. I wanted a pair of Jordache jeans. You've never heard of them, have you?

                                                              photo from etsy.com

At the time, all the girls in 6th grade were under the impression that Jordache jeans were French!
That's because the commercials all said that they were "French jeans." Since we didn't know anybody who actually WAS French, we believed it. Now I know the truth: the Jordache Jeans company was created in New York City by three brothers named Joe, Ralph, and Avi Naccache. Oh well!
Here is the commercial that was on TV at the time:
Jordache Jeans

Once again, trying to convince my mother that wearing Jordache Jeans would improve my grade in French class DID NOT WORK. She did not appear to believe me at all. How unfair, right?
At the time, we shopped for jeans at the Levis store. That seems OK now, but back then Middle School girls didn't really like Levis because they were for boys.

From my point of view, I thought I should have these items because, according to me:
1. Everyone else has them.
2. It's not fair! Everyone else has them.
3. You're a mean mother. Everyone else has them.

My mother did not agree with buying me Candies or Jordache jeans because according to her:
1. Not everyone else has them.
2. And even if everybody has them, I don't care. I am your mother and I am the one who decides.
3. If nobody has them, would you still want them?

Uhhhh.....hm, that number 3 was quite a question! Even today, I still don't know the answer for sure.

Anyway, my mother was and still is a wonderful, attentive mother mother and today I am grateful to her for making good decisions about my clothing and my future.

Having said that, I STILL would like a pair of those Candies shoes! I might just run right out and buy a pair for spring...after I pay my taxes, of course!