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HERE IS ONE way to make yourself invisible: Lace on a pair of Clarks Wallabees, the gum-soled, suede shoes popularized by male style icons from David Bowie to Wes Anderson, and stroll through the women’s shoe section at a luxury department store in Beverly Hills. While you pad stealthily on an inch of cushy rubber past shelves of spindly 5-inch spike heels and delicate pointy flats, you’ll be blissfully ignored by salespeople who’ll assume, after a swift head-to-toe assessment (focus on the toe), that you are, in fact, “just browsing.” As a woman wearing the most sensible of sensible shoes, you couldn’t get their…