In fairy tales, the loss of a girl's shoe is associated with the loss of her virginity. Cinderella, for instance, went to the ball and lost her glass slipper. That still leaves the question, how did a shoe become associated with virginity?
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Virgin Records, Ltd. was a major record label first founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson. In fact the first real store was above a shoe shop at the Tottenham Court. The name Virgin, according to Branson (in his autobiography), arose from Tessa Watts, a colleague of his, when they were brainstorming business ideas. She suggested Virgin – as they were all new to business – like "virgins".
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She was referred to as Uncumber in England. The saint was often associated with her discarded right shoe, which had fallen ... This, the first miracle of the bearded virgin martyr. Why would the cult of such a fictional person become so widespread and...
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In the movie "Love in the Afternoon," Frank, who does not want Arianne go leave, hides her shoe in the pocket of his dressing gown. He embraces her, and Arianne finds the shoe, rapping him teasingly on the head with it before leaving. The shoe, lost, hidden, and then recovered, [in and out] has a double valence: it not only signifies Arianne's new-found sexuality, but also Frank's "lost" heart.