It's All About the Shoes

When George W. Bush met with the Northwestern women's lacrosse team, their flip-flops caused a flap. Must shoes be conservative in the White House? Or is this Administration more footloose and fancy free? --By Logan Orlando

CONDOLEEZZA RICE brought the traveling press corps to attention on a visit last winter to U.S. troops in Germany, making a fashion power statement in sexy stiletto boots.

PRESIDENT BUSH sets a Texas tone with his signature cowboy boots; he sported them (with presidential seal) at his parents' anniversary bash, left, and the inaugural Black Tie and Boots Ball.

JACK ROBERTS, age 4, soft- saddle-shoed through the President's prime-time nomination of his dad John to the Supreme Court.