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02nd Mar 2013

The Shoes That Spawned A Lifelong Obsession – Remember The Best Ad EVER?

Were you allowed the fancy footwear?

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In the mid-90s, in primary schools across the land, a fashion frenzy was taking place.

From the white leather style to the shiny black patent variety, Clarks Magic Steps were the shoe of choice and if you were lucky enough to have a pair, chances are you spent breaktimes prancing around pretending to be a princess. 

But if your mother was of the “sensible” variety and insisted that they wouldn’t last the school year, therefore subjecting you to a more sturdy slash ugly style, then we can pretty much guarantee you spent breaktimes cursing the wannabe princess and the rest of her princess friends. 

Perfectly nostalgic and a little bit creepier than we remember, try not to feel a teeny bit emotional (and totally ancient) watching it…

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