The Symbolism of Rowling's Shoes

After looking online for a few days, I find nothing of note about The Shoes Jo Rowling wore to the New York reading she did with King and Irving. Many people have gone on record as stating that they love! The Shoes, but that's about it.

These are very Slytherin Shoes. They strike me as something Cissy might have worn to an Event. Very cool. Very chic. Tres Slytherin.

Rowling aligned herself with Stephen King and John Irving. Irving, while a humorous writer, has a decidedly dark humor about him. King? King is a dark writer. Those two writers stated that they had to more-or-less sort through their works to find something that would be ok to read to a young audience, since neither one writes for children. Both chose vomit.. which I thought was rather funny, in a darkish kind of way. Rowling chose the moment Riddle found out he was a wizard. Probably a moment when he started to see the limitless possibilities, now that he understood he could name his powers. A very dark moment in wizarding history. If Dumbledore hadn't told him, or sought him out.. what could have happened instead? It's all about choices.

I digress. This is about Rowling's Slytherin side.

Rowling, portraying herself as a cunning Slytherin, maybe trying to soften the blows that come with Bk7. She can turn around a few years from now and point out that she DID align herself as a dark writer. She openly showed her Slytherin side. She did a reading of the darkest moment in wizarding history, etc. Looking at Rowling and her clues through a Slytherin lens can help sharpen ideas and theories as to the direction she may be taking Bk7.

What twists and turns can we see with the Slytherin lens? It is established that what we see at first is not what we get. We are led to believe what Harry thinks is true. In many cases, this has been proven to be incorrect. It is fascinating at the end of each book to see that we have been led down a path again... but ended up in a place we didn't expect! How will she direct our path in Bk.7?

In the end.. we must take a walk in Jo's Slytherin Shoes.