Mules?
May 6th, 2005, 11:04 AM
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You ask a simple yes no question, so my answer is no, I've never seen a European male wearing mules, and yes I once saw one woman wearing mules (pointy toed mid heel women's leather shoes).
You might get more informative answers if you put this in context. Do you mean for a night out on the town or to Sunday mass at the Vatican or hiking up cobblestone streets in Tuscany or in Finland in February?
There are 300+ million people in Europe, so you will find just about every kind of footwear is worn. I guess the one exception would be that I've never seen a European wearing white sneakers with shorts and white knee socks. Never.
May 6th, 2005, 11:13 AM
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I just meant in general, are mules a popular style for women in Europe? Or would they gasp at the site of a "half shoes"? Ha. Ha.
More specifically, are the worn in France and Italy?
More specifically, are the worn in France and Italy?
May 6th, 2005, 11:16 AM
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<the one exception would be that I've never seen a European wearing white sneakers with shorts and white knee socks. Never.>
Then I kindly suggest you have not seen Swiss Germans getting drunk at the farmers market on a summer Saturday morning.
Then I kindly suggest you have not seen Swiss Germans getting drunk at the farmers market on a summer Saturday morning.
May 6th, 2005, 11:59 AM
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Oh, no, NOOOOOO not swiss germans! I will faint there, on my first trip ever to Switzerland! And I can't even blend in even if I buy white sneakers - I don't drink beer. Besides, lederhosen and I don't mix 
Suze, if I don't go to any farmers markets in Switzerland can I complete the trip without carrying smelling salts?
Suze, if I don't go to any farmers markets in Switzerland can I complete the trip without carrying smelling salts?
May 6th, 2005, 12:59 PM
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MLISS, It seems to me that Europeans ( at least Engish,French & Italians) not only wear the latest style in shoes but sometimes they designed them in the first place.
I think you will be fine in mules if they are comfortable for all day walking and cobblestone streets.
I think you will be fine in mules if they are comfortable for all day walking and cobblestone streets.
May 6th, 2005, 01:02 PM
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I'm not European, but I've been a tourist in Europe wearing my mules and no one looked askance at me.
BTW, if you want to wear your mules sightseeing, make sure they're comfortable for walking blocks at a time. Some mules, even the really comfortable ones, are <b>not</b> made for long distance! And that's not something you'd necesarily know unless you gave them a trial run.
BTW, if you want to wear your mules sightseeing, make sure they're comfortable for walking blocks at a time. Some mules, even the really comfortable ones, are <b>not</b> made for long distance! And that's not something you'd necesarily know unless you gave them a trial run.
