PODIATRIST COMBINES FASHION AND FUNCTION WITH NEW SHOE DESIGN

It's the question all celebrities answer: Who are you wearing? And for Meryl Streep, Jessica Alba, and Oprah, the answer is a Minnesota mom, a podiatrist who says she loves fashion, but hates painful shoes. “I'm distracted (when I’m uncomfortable),” said Marion Parke, DPM. “I'm not my full self because I'm thinking about how sore my feet are. You're talking and all I hear is, ‘Heel pain, heel pain, heel pain.’”

 

Dr. Marion Parke

 

A lecture on high arches finally taught Dr. Parke why: Most designer shoes have no insole support, forcing all the weight on the ball of the foot. “I said, ‘Wow. All of these problems sound just like the complaints that women have when they wear high heels,’” Parke said. There were lots of complaints, and when Parke started practicing, she heard them all. Four years ago she left her Twin Cities podiatry clinic to make shoes combining art and science.

 

Source: Janel Klein, KARE11.com [2/6/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News