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From: pc@hplabsb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: fashion in 1985
Message-ID: <2909@hplabsb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-May-85 16:21:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: hplabsb.2909
Posted: Wed May  1 16:21:59 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 4-May-85 08:32:12 EDT
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
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OK, everybody.  Out of those cubicles!  Eyes away from those CRTs!
It's 1985.  In EVERY women's shoe store the shelves are PACKED with
FLAT (as in NO heel) shoes.  You can't get a 1-1/2" pump if you beg!!
Where did all the clogs go?  Low-heeled casual dressy shoes (for dress
slacks, skirts) are in short supply.  The Killer Heels are still
available.  For those who try to avoid pain by avoiding the Killer Heels,
there is always the reliable pointy toe.  Seems to me that shoes should
be shaped the way feet are shaped.  Does that sound too outrageous?

Very high heels, pointy shoes, no shock absorber (soles, insoles) must
all be hard on our bodies.

Is there anything we can DO?? (Besides gripe in a newsgroup isolated from
Madison Avenue.)  Just not buying the orthopedic nightmares is too passive.
Who do we write to?  (Turn those hours spent at your keyboard into 
something constructive!)  Send those shoe importers an imprint of your
foot (no, not on their trousers!)  Encourage Bass and Dexter to make
"dressy" shoes with an eye toward comfort.  Other American shoe manufacturers?
Does anyone have addresses?

					Patricia Collins

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