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Something different this time. Just a few facts about high heeled shoes.

• High heels are guaranteed to boost your confidence and height and they will definitely make that ‘OK’ outfit look just ‘perfect’.
• On average, women begin wearing heels at age 12 and continue doing so until they’re 63 years of age.
• The Guinness World Record for most people running in high heeled shoes is 155.
• Altocalciphilia is the condition of having a high heel fetish. Carrie Bradshaw had a borderline case of altocalciphilia.
• High heels for women are believed to have originated with Catherine de Medici. She wanted to make a bigger impression when she arrived in France to marry the future King Henry.
• Roger-Henri Vivier is credited with (re-)inventing the stiletto heel in the 1950s.
• Imelda Marcos owned over 3000 pairs of heeled shoes.
• Christian Louboutin’s red soles are a registered trademark of the brand.
• Approximately 80 craftsmen will touch one pair of Stuart Weitzman heels during the 6 to 7 weeks of production time it takes to make them.

Or a Louboutin, Alexander McQueen, Dior, etc…

You know, I love shoes very much. I am a huge fan of Jimmy Choo, despite the recent couple of not-so-wonderfull shoe ideas. Other great designers like Louboutin and Alexander McQueen have of course also designed a huge collection of beauties. But, like most women, my budget does not allow me to just buy every designer shoe I want. Still, I would love, like most women, to have a pair of Louboutins on my feet. So, how can that be arranged? Renting the shoes might be a good answer to that question.

The idea is not new. After nine months however, it seems LXP did not really expand the collection. Cinderella-Me starts with a much bigger and richer collection. I admit it’s not having the shoes, but it comes quite close. A big concern would be smell and hygiene. But they have thought about that. Every shoe is blasted with bacteria-killing UV light and steam before sent out to the customer.

Too bad, it seems they don’t ship international. If they did, I probably would have tried it out. Would you?

Without knowing what a Spare Spike is, I though it might be some kind of emergency repair kit for (spike) heels. Maybe you do remember the Sparesoles which are actually an emergency pair of shoes. But no, it’s something completely different. It are spikes to put under your shoes to help you walk on icy surfaces more securely. Karen Roges from a local TV station in Philadelphia, PA  tried it with 3 inch (7,5 cm) high heels.

Believe it or not, it helped more or less. However, I still don’t recommend to walk high heeled (with or without the spikes) on icy surfaces. Not only because it doesn’t look very attractive when you have the spare spike around your shoes. It’s also still a bit scary according to the video. Maybe just for emergency…

Kelis attented the First Annual DATA Awards (Anyone knows what the DATA Awards are?) in Los Angeles in this outfit. The shoes looks familiar, don’t they? Yes, that are the Alexander McQueen 10 inch heels.

So, next to Lady Gaga, Kelis was also lucky to get her hands on a pair of these monster heels. The office of Alexander McQueen is probably getting another wave of phone calls from desperate woman seeking this shoes.

The video of the item “Hoge hakken” (High heels) in the Dutch spoken show “Ook getest op mensen” (literally translated: Also tested on humans) at the national Belgium television I tweeted about last Tuesday is available online.

It’s a bit negative story about high heels. That was to be expected as the tests in the show are somewhat medical. However, it does give some great medical insight into what high heels changes to the body compared to flat shoes.

Unfortunately I’m unable to embed the video here, so you have to go the website of the Belgium television network: Eén to view it. Just for the record: If you don’t speak or understand Dutch (Flemish), it will be hard to follow.