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Article: HEEL THYSELF WOMEN'S SHOES ARE STEPPING UP IN THE WORLD TO A NEW HIGH-LEVEL EXPERIENCE.(Life and Arts)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 2, 2001
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It's all a balancing act. Not life. Shoes. Women's shoes.
Yes, the ladies are buying shoes with higher and higher heels - just walk into a mainstream department store like Nordstrom and you'll find a surprising array of totally impractical shoes.
Not just a couple of pairs here and there. Lots: Tall, thin, rectangular heels that make you feel as though your entire weight is balanced on the head of a Heath bar. There are heels shaped like curvaceous, hourglass figures, uber-pointy spikes and everything in between.
No doubt about it, previously risque shoes, like platforms that never quite made it off the dance floors, are now mainstream.
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