HEELS

Do high heels empower or oppress women?

Some argue passionately that high heels can boost women's careers by transforming them into confident forces to be reckoned with. Others say the towering footwear puts far too much emphasis on a woman's sex appeal rather than her brains, and can cause permanent damage to her feet.

Opinion: This Final Four shouldn't faze favored Heels

- The North Carolina Tar Heels are the only players to arrive at Ford Field this week with any shred of Final Four experience. At first, that sounds like a tremendous advantage. Then coach Roy Williams reminds you what that experience was like, with his own unique interpretation of the situation.

Women Walk In Fall 2009's Most Punishing Heels (VIDEO)
Source: The Huffington Post

Why do women buy and wear shoes that are unsafe and uncomfortable? This brief article is accompanied by a 1:51 video of New York magazine staff members walking in shoes not well suited for walking.

Fake Wrestlers Pinned Down By State's Department of Licensing
Source: Wall Street Journal

Among the enduring questions of modern times is whether professional wrestling is real or pretend.

Women too tipsy to totter home get free flip-flops
Source: The Times

The resort of Torbay has spent £30,000 of taxpayers' money on flip-flops for women who are too drunk to stagger home in high heels.

Retractable Heels For Women
Source: wnbc.com

Video: (New York) Check out this new adjustable height high-heel shoe for the woman on the go.

Prada high heel disaster: enough of this stiletto tyranny
Source: Telegraph

At least two models tripped and fell on to the concrete floor; others wobbled and stumbled, teetering and tottering, clearly in agony, and all the while their minds were fixated on just one thing: reaching the sanctuary and safety of the backstage area without suffering a similar …

High Heels For Infants: Fun Idea or Gone Too Far?
Source: MSN

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Women in high heels are Quasimodo on stilts
Source: Telegraph

I wouldn't want to walk a mile in Sophie King's £35 Dolcis shoes.

Tongues Are Wagging Over Shoes
Source: The New York Times

Christian Louboutin's Shoe Collection, is, for the first time, the subject of a museum exhibition. The French designer whose styles are often recognizable by the signature red sole also talks about a pair of shoes inspired by Princess Diana

Stiletto heels boost sex life
Source: Australian News Network

STILETTOS can be good for a woman's sex life, says a study which claims wearing them ``directly works the pleasure muscles linked to orgasm''. Experts found the high heels toned women's legs and strengthened pelvic muscles.

Be Afraid: the MORAL FASHIONISTAS are HomeLand Security Wonks...
Source: AlterNet.org

she wore a sweater, a mini skirt & heels for her airline flight... & was told she'd have to CHANGE HER CLOTHES to board. ... "I asked him what part of my outfit was offensive," she said. "The shirt? The skirt? And he said, 'The whole thing.' "

Naked at the gas station
Source: chompchomp.us

A gas station in Dömitz, Germany got some publicity in the German tabloids this week after a woman strolled in to buy cigarettes. Now, that in itself is not newsworthy.

Sensible shoes for work that become killer heels at night
Source: the Mail online

girls could have the best of both worlds with the launch of the world's first adjustable heel shoes. A firm has designed a pair of three-and-a-quarter-inch high heels which transform into comfortable one-inch flats in only three seconds.

Stuart Weitzman announces the release of a new Womens shoe called the Bucklepump
Source: shoesviews.com

The well known brand shoe manufacturer Stuart Weitzman announce the release of a new women's shoe named the Bucklepump. The Bucklepump is available in womens Sizes 4.5 to 11.5, in colours - Navy Kid, Black Soft Patent, Red Quasar.

Bally announce the release of a new women's classic pump shoe called the Madrisa
Source: shoesviews.com

The well known brand shoe manufacturer Bally announce the release of a new women's shoe named the Madrisa. The Madrisa is available in black calf and moka calf, in women's sizes 5.5 to 11. Zappos.com is currently the only online shoe vendor to stock the Bally Madrisa

Girly Habits? If the Stiletto Fits...

So I'm reading an article today on Newsvine regarding men's opinion on what their girliest habit is. I'm intrigued, yet already aggravated about the comments I'm going to get from "friends" as they attempt to identify my own habits.

Hot Ankle Boots Trend - Kate Moss, Lindsay, Kate Bosworth, Sienna Miller
Source: rogueconnect.com

Celebrity fashion trends, the ankle boot.

Stiletto workout gets NY women in shape to strut - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The gym that brought New Yorkers "Cardio Striptease" has dreamed up "Stiletto Strength," a workout to get women in shape to wear the highest of heels.