No heels for 1 year: Celebrity makeup artist Bobbi Brown is loving her sneaker-only life
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Bobbi Brown just cleaned out her closet. The iconic makeup artist said goodbye to her Jimmy Choos and Louboutins for a year-long challenge swapping out her high heels for sneakers.
Brown has been without her stilettos for two months. With ten more to go, "Good Morning America" checked-in with the entrepreneur so she can shoe off her new lifestyle.
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GMA: How is life without heels treating you?
Brown: I'm so happy because it's just easy to get around. I've been wearing sneakers almost everyday except when the weather's not great and I have to wear boots.
GMA: Why did you say goodbye to heels in the first place?
Brown: This challenge came about because I fell in love with the brand the GREATS (sneakers) and I realized I had a closet full of clean-soled shoes that were, Jimmy Choos and YSL and Prada that I wasn't wearing anymore.
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I did my last book tour wearing sneakers. It made me so happy, it made me feel authentically myself.
GMA: What happened to all of your heels?
Brown: I sold the shoes on thredUP [a fashion resale website] and all the money was donated to Girls Inc., which really helps empower young women, so it's a win-win for everyone.
GMA: Saying goodbye to Jimmy Choos is making me a little sad!
Brown: I do like to give my things away. I have this long tradition where my nieces, whenever they graduate college, I ask them to come into my closet and pick any handbag they want. Because when they go to that first or second or third job interview, they have something nice.
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GMA: How would you describe your relationship with high heels?
Brown: So being 5' tall I've always depended on heels for events and then I'd always have to change. It was a time in my life where I wore those shoes and I was photographed in them, I carried them, and you know what? They really weren't my shoes they were not part of me.
GMA: What have you learned about yourself by doing this challenge?
Brown: I did my last book tour wearing sneakers. It made me so happy, it made me feel authentically myself. What I've really learned is I am my most happiest when I'm exactly who I am.
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GMA: Do you think you'll ever go back to heels?
Brown: These shoes are so beautiful but they're not comfortable. I challenge everyone out there to make a comfortable pair of pointy high heels with yoga mats inside. When someone's able to do that, give me a call but until then I will be wearing my GREATS.