What Kamala Harris’ Converse All-Stars tell us about how shoes shape our identity

Written By Alexandra Sherlock

Not only do shoes affect how we move through the world physically, but they also shape how we relate to others socially. In this article for The Conversation, Dr. Alexandra Sherlock uses Kamala Harris’ Converse All-Stars to explore how shoes shape our identity and sense of self.

Alexandra Sherlock

Alexandra is an academic in the School of Fashion & Textiles at RMIT University, Melbourne. Her research is situated in the field of material culture studies and focuses mainly on fashion, footwear, identity, embodiment and the theory of affordances. She was the postgraduate Researcher on the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ research project (2010-2013). In 2021 she relaunched the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ blog as the Footwear Research Network

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