Birkenstock News
Shoe-size does matter for Damon and Clooney
Celebrity shoe-spotting is a sport practised by many avid fashion-lovers, with a new and surprising piece of footwear style advice coming right out of the upper echelons of Holywood.
It emerged that Matt Damon took advice from pal George Clooney after the fellow Ocean's Eleven star dropped him a call telling him to wear big.
Clooney was reported to have told Damon to wear the biggest shoes he had, but not in order to set a new fashion trend – the advice regarded Damon's imminent imprinting of his foot onto the famous cement outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre.
About to join the ranks of other actors and music stars entering foot immortality, Clooney warned the younger actor to be sure to sport a big pair of shoes, in order to avoid people thinking he had small feet once the drying concrete shrunk.
Matt Damon apparently wasted no time in heeding the warning, reported to claim that "I looked through my closet and I got the biggest shoes I had; I wear an 11 but I had a 12, so I got the 12s... and George showed up wearing size 14s."
Looking for a big shoe to wear, Damon may not have needed to exaggerate his size if wearing a pair of Birkenstock shoes.
The distinctively clumpy and solid look of the classic brand's footwear makes it a hit with many fashion aficionados, celebrity or not.
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