leavitt says, "i might dabble in satire of other essentials in a bad economy: eye glasses, winter coats, food items… but shoes are so intimately linked to our visual culture. they’re a necessity that we still get to have fun buying and wearing. i’ve always believed that fine art, high quality craft, and meaningful objects can be affordable. galleries, museums and artists can find plenty of room for a different, affordable, more commercially sustainable kind of art-for-art’s-sake… that fits in both the museum and living room." (seattlemet.com) leavitt continues, "it's ironic to use a cheap disposable material like cardboard. cheap, disposable material makes an expensive product, oddly resembling the manufacturing of boutique footwear. the simple image of the cardboard shoe speaks humorously and clearly on consumerism." (suite101.com)