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Sarah, do you remember being a preteen and like getting your mom to buy you an

iconic piece of clothing like you just you couldn't wait to wear it the next day to

school? Yes and I will explain this for America. like you just couldn't wait to wear it the next day to school.

Yes, and I will explain this for Americans as briefly as possible.

Okay.

There was a store called Northern Reflections that had a kid section called Northern Getaway. This store sold these t-shirts that said

spice mice and it was the spice scrolls as mice and I wanted a spice mice

shirt so badly even though it was dumb and I remember when I finally got one, I was so happy.

I hate that I know exactly what you're talking about, but for me, I think it was this pair of

like brown suede boots with a kitten heel from Steve Madden like truly hideous

stuff I begged my mom to get them for me unsuccessfully. Oh my god Steve Madden

was for cool girls the ads with the big heads.

Ugh.

Well, Sarah, I'm bringing this up because today

I want you to re-enhabit the fashion

tastes you had, let's say 20 years ago.

Back when life was simple and a pair of patent leather Mary

Janes could change your life. It's December 1993 and 35 year old Steve Madden is at an investment firm in Long Island, New York.

The office is huge, the size of a football field, with low ceilings and rows of desks

for hundreds of brokers.

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