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• Why Do Women Wear Crazy Shoes?
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  • Alexander McQueen's ten-inch spring 2010 heels.The New York Times asks why women like to wear shoes that are impossibly high, uncomfortable, and difficult — perhaps even dangerous — to walk in. Various (what we suppose are) expert…
• The Tedious, Endless, Self-Righteous Heel Debate Rages On [Must Be This High]
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  • Oh god, when will it stop? From the looks of it, never: The Times tackles the Eternal Question, soliciting opinions on why, for women, impractical (and in cases, wildly impractical) shoes not merely persist but thrive. Of course, there are th…
• The Heel World
  • via Style File
  • The New York Times devoted an impressive number of online inches to tackling the thorny questions of whether to wear high heels or not, asking a varied crewea podiatrist, fashion historian Valerie Steele, a London fashion bloggereto sound off…
• Crimes Of Fashion [Stiletto Stabbing]
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  • Chetania Davis, 22, has been given a year of probation for stabbing her 52-year-old coworker with a stiletto heel. Davis reportedly attacked the new performer at the Ohio strip club because she didn't think they needed more dancers. [AP]
• Beauty Is Pain, Even Suri Cruise Knows That
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  • Just days after we met Alexander McQueen’s ten inch sea monster shoes and in the wake of the only debate more important than health care – should Suri Cruise be allowed to wear high heels? – this morning’s New York Ti…
• Fashion news: H1N1-proof suit, Christian Lacroix saved and why women wear heels
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  • Could swine flu help the economy? It may have fashion freaks and germaphobes alike handing over $580 for a suit developed by Japanese company Haruyama Trading Co. that apparently protects against the H1N1 virus. The suit has a titanium dioxid…
• Mid-Day Snack
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  • Best Of: Now that Fashion Month is actually and officially over (too many forgot about Giles yesterday), the best of the month's fashion's been rounded up for your viewing pleasure and consequent envy. {Style} Watch Out: Just in case you …
• Good In Theory: A fashion historian, a podiatrist and...
  • via Racked NY
  • A fashion historian, a podiatrist and a soap opera actress met in a bar—well, maybe not, but they have an OpEd in the New York...
• Weekly Feminist Reader
  • via Feministing
  • Photo by Lez Get Real on Flickr. The National Equality March is happening today in DC. On a related note, Obama again promised to end Don't Ask Don't Tell, but failed to say when. Plus, one gay man's experience in...
• Why Do Women Wear Shoes That Hurt Them?
  • via The Frisky
  • Pipeline has an excellent round-up of the craziest shoes seen on the catwalks this season. Weve profiled several here previously, including Alexander McQueens 10-inch armadillos and Pradas plastic Cinderella slippers. Also featured are the Ma…
• Pros Weigh In On The Risks And Rewards Of High Heels
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  • Are high heels all about sexual advantage, since they elongate and exaggerate the female form? Or is there another explanation? What liberates women and what...
• Why Do Women Wear Crazy Shoes?
  • via HyipLife.com
  • Alexander McQueen’s ten-inch spring 2010 heels. The New York Times asks why women like to wear shoes that are impossibly high, uncomfortable, and difficult — perhaps even dangerous — to walk in. Various (what we suppose are)…
• High Heels: Exquisite Torture or Just Plain Torture?
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  • Why do we love shoes that hurt us? In the workplace, heels are seen as a marker of professionalism. It's why so many of us come to work in our sneakers, flip flops or flats only to change into a pair of high heels upon arrival. We choose …
• High Heels, an Op-Ed
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  • do high heels make girls look silly? is fashion retarded? - an op ed by me that i wrote
• Life After Death Metal
  • via Happy Days
  • Readers respond to "Dance With the Devil" on the finer points of heavy metal.
• Bad shoes?
  • via the mehallo blog. beta.
  • Heels from Alexander McQueen’s 2010 spring collection Extreme shoes: Follow the debate over at The New York Times.
• IN MY SHOES: For The Want Of A Shoe
  • via The Stiletto
  • The New York Times asked a panel of experts that included a podiatrist and a professor of gender and womens studies why women wear high heels e specifically, [w]hat liberates women and what shackles them, when it comes to shoes?. Predictably…