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"Is there a What Not to Wear show for women like me? Women who are not so tragically un-hip as to wear a ripped Hooters t-shirt to do, perhaps, some banking, but still could use some help putting together an outfit? If so, sign me up...I think. Lately, I have been watching a lot of that TLC program, starring two very chic stylists who would undoubtedly be disappointed in my selection of shoes. The &amp;quot;What Not to Wear&amp;quot; hosts would ask me why 90 percent of my footwear is as flat as the Plains.  I&amp;#039;d reply, &amp;quot;Because you never know when you might need to run.&amp;quot; Then they&amp;#039;d snicker at me, because I clearly don&amp;#039;t understand the rules of fashion. They&amp;#039;d send me out to buy a &amp;quot;strappy shoe,&amp;quot; whatever the heck that is, and, much to their dismay, I&amp;#039;d get lost in the flats aisle. I don&amp;#039;t know if I could handle it. Frankly, these \u00FCber-fashionistas frighten me, much like the nightmare I had in high school where the popular girls laughed at me as I peered down past my prom dress to find my soccer cleats. Muddy soccer cleats.  TLC&amp;#039;s Clinton and Stacy seem to have it out for anything comfortable, practical or sentimental. Certainly, they&amp;#039;d dump my 20-year-old sports bras, my no-heeled boots and my college sweatshirt that&amp;#039;s fraying at the neckline into their jumbo garbage can \u2013 and then snicker some more. And yet, I continue to watch, hoping that a woman with my &amp;quot;coloring&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;body shape&amp;quot; appears on the show, so I can get all the free fashion advice I need without losing my oh-so-practical parka \u2013 which, they&amp;#039;d point out, is essentially a periwinkle sleeping bag with sleeves \u2013 to the dreaded &amp;quot;What Not to Wear&amp;quot; garbage can.  Free fashion advice with the freedom to be comfortable, practical and sentimental whenever I want. That&amp;#039;s what women like me need. Also, a strappy shoe....at least that&amp;#039;s what Clinton and Stacy would say. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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