If you walk into any mall you will be inundated with shoe shops, full of shoes of every color, design, height and price. But how do you find a pair of shoes that are good for your feet as well as your look?
Every woman loves high heel shoes. High heels make a lady feel sexy, mainly because they serve to elongate your leg and make your calves look much slimmer. In addition, the high heel changes the way that you walk, giving you more of a strut than a slouch – which ultimately gives you a feeling of confidence and success.
However, this good feeling and look comes at a price as Victoria Beckham recently found out. Famously known for declaring that she would rather die than wear flat shoes, the former Spice Girl has recently been forced to change from her trade make jumbo heels to flat shoes because of bunions. Bunions are large painful lumps formed over the bone, which are caused by feet being forced into a shape which is not natural. The only permanent cure for a bunion is surgery, with less drastic measures being to change to flat shoes until the enlargement decreases.
If you look at the shape of your foot and look at the shape of your shoe, then you will see how unnatural pointed and heeled shoes are. Try this experiment if you are unsure as to exactly how much harm your shoes may be doing to you:
1. Draw around your foot on a piece of card.
2. Try to put the piece of card into your shoe. Squeeze it in as necessary.
3. Remove the card and notice how deformed it has become – this is what the shoe is doing to your foot for all the hours that you are wearing them!
Ladies shoes can look good and feel good – you just need to be sensible and practical – mixing fashion with comfort.
Tags: high heeled shoes, ladies shoes, womens shoes
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