Last week, I saw a girl walking in her tights, heels in hand, along Queen St. West in Toronto. And I felt her pain. I, too, once had to walk barefoot down the street because my stilettos were hurting my feet that much. It was not a proud moment.
What she and I needed was a pair of Damn Heels.
I’m no stranger to tucking a pair of emergency flats into my handbag — with some of the ridiculously high heels I wear, I never leave home without them. But Damn Heels (a pair of foldable ballet flats) come in a chic clutch that conveniently opens up into a tote (so you can tuck your heels into them).
(In fact, the discreet little packaging wowed several friends this weekend, and had them thinking I could MacGyver something else out of my handbag.)
With your social calendar filled with holiday soirees, investing in a pair now to save your pretty little feet would make good, healthy sense! Tucking a pair under the Christmas tree for your skycraper heel-loving bestie would make her pretty happy, too 🙂
Damn Glamourous flats in Champagne Gold, $55.
December 18, 2012
…but I won’t do that.
(get it, like that horrible Meatloaf song?)
What’s “that”?
Give up high heels, that is.
A new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology that I read about on Runner’s World says regularly wearing heels can compromise the foot’s ability to work naturally.
(the study refers to heels five centimetres high…tee hee, five centimetres? I had to do a doubletake and make sure it wasn’t referring to inches — OK, maybe I’m a snob when it comes to high heels).
Sure, maybe it’s shortening my calf muscle, and could cause me Achilles tendon pain, etc., etc.
But. Not. Gonna. Do. It.
(Shoes, Plomo)
April 3, 2012
I try not to wear high heels every day–love ’em, but after repeatedly hearing what type of lasting damage I could be doing to my feet (like the recent findings that wearing heels daily can reshape your leg muscles and tendons, leading to pain when you don’t have heels on) scaring the bejesus outta me, no thank you! But on the days that I do decide my outfit calls for heels (can’t let my shoe wardrobe go to waste, can I?), I never leave the house without a pair of flip flops or Gap City Flats tucked in my handbag should I need to make any treks longer than three blocks–just following doctor’s orders to own and wear lots of shoes…
August 3, 2010
