WITYFIREE PR~ESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 199, PAGE 15 rNVOGUE EN VOGU! [NVOGUE.I EN VOGU!E N VOaur #........ad..S re F et 1 ~ri ~~. M Atoey'l itwoâ1, The American.Orthopedic Foot .and Ankle Society recently. proclaimed that high heels are a pain. Women have known that for years. Tis revelation was trumpeted on the pages'of newspapers acrassa the continent, .-causing women with first-hand knowledge' of pinched nerves,ý hammer* toess bunonsi corna an'd. callauses to shake their heads. What will the researchersý find next? That nien'find neckties an uncomiortable encumbrance? After- surveying 356 women, Las Angeles orthopedic surgeon Carol %ry fouýnd that 88 pr cent of 'them were wearing M sat leaat'aize too omail.,', Again, this cornes as no surprise ta moat, wornen, especially since Frey's research showed the propar shae width for >noot women -- a 'C' -- is virtually unavailable in . regular retail outiets. Stili, there is the question: Why do women wear high heels? Iii part, it's a rite af passage Littieý girls fartasize about the day 'they- can -Wear li pstick, per-fume and high heels, just like Mom. Exchanging Mary Janes for low-heeled pumpa is a visible sign ai graduation from littie girl tao young aduit. Sa what's a littie pain? In fact, pain and, discomfort are. an integral part ofi'the history <ao shoes. Take platform shoes. Theywere wornin,.Greéeein 300 BC by actors wishing ta laok 1arerthan life andas 8powerful a gda ii l6th-century Venice, tey were called chapines: and they were so high that servants had ta, help wamen walk hI the late sixties and early seventies, bath men and women tottered' around on platform shoes, creating urbaft legends af automobile accidents caused by shoes becorning jammed between the accelerator, and brake pedal. Now, purveyors af vintage clothing report old platfarm shoes are hot sellers, and a few manufacturera are 'trying ta revive the look with nineties' versions. One designer,'Jh Fluevog of Vancouver,,is nxaking p ilgrim-buckled shoes with five-inch soles; prices start at $175. Superstitiaus l4th-century Europeans, believed pointed shoes would render witches- powerless, so the upper class took ta pointed shoes with a vengeante. The BEFORE longer the points, the higheryr rung on the social ladder. Eventually, points on pulaines,ý as the styles were called, grew as long as 12 inches afid people had ta, wear chains attached ta, their knees ta hold the toes up '80 they could wa]k. Then there was the Chinese' custom af binding a womanIs feet. This crippling custom -- designed ta, make the feet as salas passible -- was practised even into this century, until it was outlawed in 1911. >Today, women still bind their feet into shoes that atre 'tao pitd in front and tohigh in back. But there are signaoa change. S<When subway worloers in New York City went on strike a decade ago, women started wearing athletic shaes ta walk ta work in. 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