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Article: Why are we so easily seduced by sexy shoes? And what does your footwear say about you?
- Article from:
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2009
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Byline: HILARIE STELFOX
MENTION the word 'shoes' in female company and it's guaranteed that at least one footwear fanatic will take up the theme.
There can be no doubt, we love our shoes.
And it's this fascination with shoes, displayed by many women, that is now the subject of new research by psychologists at Huddersfield University.
Dr Viv Burr, one of the leaders of the research, says it was a conversation about shoes with colleagues, over lunch, that prompted her to think seriously about taking an academic interest in footwear. The ...