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Full in Florence: LE DAME FOOTWEAR

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As I sit in Florence and think of the Fran that has traveled within the different worlds that exist between happiness and acceptance, I find peace in knowing that I am comfortable in my own skin. Clothes, and much like the barriers that society has created are no longer the limits that are set for the 21st century. Take Young thug and A$AP Rocky as prime examples of what fashion can be, when the walls are not closing in. I think of shoes like different mornings, or moments that exist for the night. I remember 5th grade like a vivid dream. I remember being bullied for thinking Beyonce may have been somewhat of a goddess. I remember being called slurs a lot more than my own name and feeling pity within myself. But I sit here, in Florence, Italy feeling together again. Le Dame Footwear is freedom on foot. A shoe company that features women’s shoes in men’s sizes is breaking binaries and building relationships without saying a word. A company that doesn’t hold itself to t...