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Sarah... A Day in the Life of a Shoe Designer
Sarah Rotering made her first pair of shoes at age ten. Inspired by high heels she was forbidden to own, she took matters into her own hands. In her mother’s sewing kit, she found two spools of thread. She used these as the heels, and attached a sole made of cardboard. She covered the cardboard with pink construction paper, and wove red yarn up over the feet, ankles and calves in a dizzying feat of fastening. Now with a bio like that, can you see why I simply had to learn more!