Schweitzer wore jeans frayed at the bottom, working cowboy boots (not the pointy-toed drugstore cowboy kind), a dress shirt, bolo tie and blazer.

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Teens and women alike mobbed the Rampage boots, calling out sizes and colors to employees working in a roped off section around huge stacks of the coveted footwear.

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These ranged from working as a Script Editor on EastEnders through to selling perfume at Boots!

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Moving from bargain boots to snappy stilettos, US shoe retailer Nine West is working to refresh its image.

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Back at the Santa Monica apartment she shares with two roommates, Gigi opens her closet to reveal a pile of fashionable footwear, including fabulous gold Wonder Woman boots, which she says she was "gifted" while working at the magazine.

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Calculating rationalists during the working day, they are much like the rest of us when they are at home with their boots off.

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