Kick Up Your Heels… Or Not?

This runway season there were some truly magnificent shoes on display (Mr. McQueen, we’re talking to you!), and after wiping the drool from our mouths we’re left with the question: what do high-heels really mean for women?  Are they a form of hyper-feminine empowerment, or still a vestige of our society’s less-enlightened roots in rampant patriarchy (or just an orthopedist’s nightmare)?  Fashion needn’t always be taken seriously, but remember: you should wear the shoes – the shoes shouldn’t wear you.

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