Next time you see one of the professional beggars on the corner. Check out their shoes. They may dress up like the local bum, but forget about the shoes. It's all in the details.
, you must have worked in a casino somewhere.
This was told to me by a ex casino worker over 20 years ago when I asked how the greet staff knew who to Comp. Some men and women came in dressed to the 9's both wearing paste jewelry even I could tell was a fake. Tip off was the shoes, I was told. Another tip off was when the lights went down the so called diamonds did not glow and sparkel in the dim light. Real diamonds will gather all light and shine out in near darkness.
Anyone man or woman can with a sewing machine copy the latest designes for woman or take some old males suites of great fabric and alter it to todays high priced clothing. It is the shoes that that can not be replicated, knock offs of designer shoes and handbags are a dime a dozen but my Mother can spot these at 60 feet.
Even buying at the resale stores in the upper income area can get one ripped off. Got to be careful as I paid $150 for a consignment jacket that had a phoney lable and some one had sewn in a cheap lining and some one had found or stolen the lable from another garment. Could have bought the jacket for brand new for $39.95 from K Mart. Nothing gets past my Mother when it comes to fashion.
Some scurvy fella comes in looking like he just got out of the drunk tank wearing $2,000 buck boots of some strange animal was given a Comp pass-- free room, meals and tickets to a high priced boxing match.
Hillneck is spot on, check the shoes, the last thing anyone wants is to have stand on their feet 12 hours a day as they cry poor mouth due to bad shoes.
