PODIATRIST COMMENTS ON HIGH HEELS AFTER PANDEMIC

As spring melts both the restraints of winter weather and the confinements of pandemic quarantine as vaccinations roll out, high-heel wearers across the U.S. are likely looking into their closets, assessing their options. “When women do start going back to events, they are going to feel differently about what they want to wear,” said podiatrist and shoe designer Marion Parke, DPM. “Perhaps they are not going to want to go back to the high heel as they have traditionally come to know it.”

 

Dr. Marion Parke

 

Dr. Parke’s six-year-old line has always focused on styles built to distribute weight evenly on the foot, but she emphasizes elegance over the clunky shapes that orthopedic shoes have adopted over the years. “What’s growing now is this category of bringing together wearability and fashion,” said Parke. “The woman we appeal to is very cerebral, but she also appreciates a beautiful shoe. She is also smart enough to say, ‘I don’t want to look like a fool, I want to be composed and not distracted by my shoe choice. I want to be present. You can wear high heels in a smarter way.”

 

Source: Shannon Adducci, Footwear News [3/31/21]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News