Imagine the scene. You are in a second-hand shop, start looking around to find something that’s right for you and, suddenly, something that glitters, there, behind other shoes and used clothes, grabs your attention. Unexpectedly you are faced with a couple of Manolo Blahnik at a very low price: 35 dollars instead of (almost) 1000 euros. But not just any pair, but the legendary model Which declined in the elegant blue satin. To be clear, the jewel that in Sex and the City Mr. Big gives Carrie to ask her to marry her.
Well. History is anything but a fairytale with fashion implications, but pure reality, and Manolo’s lucky hunter is the doctor Liz Allen, Australian demographer, who went to the Vinnies shop in Belconnen, Canberra, to look for a cheap alternative to her sandals, unexpectedly found herself the most desired décolleté ever.
A nice coup. Were it not for the number, not corresponding to hers, and which prompted her to post the announcement on social media to find someone interested in the article.
Just spotted a pair of Manolo Blahniks at Vinnies. $35 if anyone’s interested. pic.twitter.com/xBHpJLmgLZ
— Dr Liz Allen (@DrDemography) January 27, 2021
Needless to say, the answers, amazed and happy, were not long in coming, as were the hypotheses and suppositions on the real owner of the famous shoes. Among these, as reported The Guardian Australia, also that of Jenna Price, journalist, according to which the beloved heels were donated by Julie Bishop, former member of the Australian Parliament with a keen sense of fashion. In fact, it would not be the first time for Bishop to donate a luxury fashion garment for a charity purpose. It had already happened with a couple of Rodos when he resigned his political resignation.
In any case, whoever is the real owner does not matter seen the good end of the gesture. “We rarely know who donates the items we receive. We are grateful for all good quality donations, and we don’t care about their origin. Funds raised from the sale of goods in Vinnies stores support the programs and services we run in the community by providing support to people in need»Explains Barnie van Wyk, head of the St Vincent de Paul Society Canberra / Goulburn, a The Guardian Australia.
For completeness of information, the shoes have found a new owner.
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