In some cases, people used to look at other's shoes to see what type of wealth (or class) they had. Usually, richer people would have fancier shoes, and poorer, or middle class, would have more normal ones.
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''Fate in a green silk skirt'' implies almost as if Liz entering the dance hall was meant to be/supposed to happen. This is shown by the word ''fate''.