Skyscraper shoes--the sky is the limit

While the stock market is going down, we girls are kicking up our heels--high heels that is. Have you taken a good look at the shoes in specialty stores lately? Those high-heels just keep getting higher and higher. There is an old saying about hems go up in good times and down in bad, but Diva is not sure about footwear. But as stocks are falling, designers are taking women’s shoes to heights never seen before. As article in The Wall Street Journal says skyscraper shoes are in. While in the past, 3- or 4-in. heels were the norm; now designers are pumping out heels up to 7 in.--from Steve Madden to high-end designers, like Louboutin. The article quoted the fashion director for New York-based retail consultancy Donegar Group as saying: "These are the highest heels that I’ve ever seen sold on a commercial level.” Louboutin says that he plans to aim for higher territory--8-in. heels--next season. (Will he also hand out altitude sickness pills?)

Above 4-in. heels, the air gets too rarified for Diva--and she cares more about protecting her leg bones from disastrous falls. Several models took nosedives at the recent Prada show, tripping over their 7-in. heels, tottering and then crashing to the floor (not a pretty sight). Reportedly, some models were so scared of the fancy footwear--and rightly so--that they were crying backstage.

Even stranger, the WSJ article tells of women who are having injections of Juvederm cosmetic filler to plump up the balls of their feet, to enable them to walk better in the tall heels (now that is truly sick!). It’s one thing to pay out the ying-yang for facial injections, but Botox for feet is simply too decadent for Diva.

So if you follow fashion dictates and go around tottering on those skyscraper high-heels, Diva says--be sure your medical insurance is up to date, or the fashion accessory of the moment could be a pair of crutches.

Check out this YouTube video to see how ridiculous women look, walking in sky-high heels.

--Diva