How to Wear High-Heeled Shoes and Walk at the Same Time


The Huffington Post, February 9, 2011

Ladies, with all the snow and ice on the ground, it's time to get serious about wearing stable shoes. High-heeled platforms may transform you into a gorgeous goddess, but can you take the risk of wobbling around in them? You know how easy it is to lose your balance and fall off a platform, twisting an ankle or worse. If alluring is the look you're going for, do you really want to wear a leg cast?

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