Why does a respectable member of the media ask Kamala Harris about the shoe she was wearing?

Answer 1

Apparent the inauguration is also a fashion show. 

Answer 2

There are probably trying to find out if Willie Brown bought them for her she had the secret service make a stop at his house he bought her something really nice the night before the inauguration she gave him a celebration BJ the one thing she is good at they don't call her downtown Willie brown, Kamala Harris for nothing