"My family's work in the fashion business goes back four generations to 1907. My cousin in Roanoke, Virginia runs the family business there now, a shoe store and one of the oldest family businesses still operating in that city. When I was little, a trip to visit my grandparents always meant new shoes- like Buster Brown, Bass, and Clark's. At age six in 1972 I got black patent leather go-go boots and an obsession began. I am not sure my grandfather carried anything so stylish before or after those boots, but I had plenty of Tretorns and Topsiders. In high school, I figured out that the best shoes were from French designers and made in Italy. I studied fashion magazines and learned to speak French, not realizing that both would eventually le... Read more about monamoore.com.