SARAH BUITENDACH: The long overdue death of the high heel
Investors ditch showy stilettos in favour of comfort, as the timeless Birkenstock attracts a €4bn buyout offer
02 March 2021 - 08:30
I read with interest a column (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hello-high-heels-the-stiletto-is-back-k97f02lj8) in last weekend’s UK Sunday Times about the return of the high heel.
In it, the newspaper’s fashion director, Jane McFarland, posited that after months of women wearing flats and shuffling about the place, the stiletto is on the way up again. And there is proof, she says. It includes the fact that “heels as high as 10cm feature in the new collections from Christian Louboutin, who confirms that an appetite for vertiginous footwear hasn’t waned”. ..
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