COURTNEY RUBIN

Courtney Rubin是本期《鞋底美妙乾坤》專題的作者，她是《紐約時報》的資深撰稿人，作品曾刊登於《彭博商業周刊》、《滾石》、《Cosmopolitan》、《Fast Company》等雜誌，常居倫敦。Rubin說：「我清楚記得自己何時開始對鞋產生痴迷，那是在20多歲時，我去巴黎拜訪一位極具時尚感的好友，我們偶然發現了一雙綠色閃片Robert Clergerie高跟鞋。我當時完全不知道它能搭配什麼樣的造型，也不知道到底售價是不是合理，但我知道自己必須擁有它。就像祖母曾經說過的那樣：買吧，你一定會找到合適的場合穿它的。於是我買了，如今過去了15年多，我對鞋的態度始終如一。」 Courtney Rubin, who wrote this issue’s “Sole of the Matter” feature, is a frequent contributor to The New York Times. Her work has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, Rolling Stone, Cosmopolitan, Fast Company and other publications. She lives in London. “I remember exactly when my shoe obsession took root,” says Rubin. “I was in my early 20s, visiting a glamorous friend in Paris, and we spotted a pair of green sequined Robert Clergerie heels. I couldn’t figure out what I was going to do with them or how I could justify the price, but I had to have them. As my grandmother used to say, ‘Buy it and you’ll find a place to wear it.’ I did—and more than 15 years later, I still do.”