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Philly Woman Creates Collapsable High Heeled Shoes
WCBSTV ^ | May 20, 2007 | Tamsen Fadal

Posted on 05/20/2007 5:55:26 PM PDT by Daffynition

(CBS) NEW YORK Walking in high heels just became a lot more comfortable for women. A Philadelphia woman has created the high heel shoe with an adjustable heel.

Women love the way high heels make them feel, but at the same time they hate the way high heels make them feel.

One woman gladly said, “You look pretty much better in pretty much everything you’re wearing in heels.” Another complained, "I start to get this burn on the ball of my feet after wearing them all night."

Women routinely trade in Stilettos for sneakers, choosing comfort over style. Now that type of comfort is a click away.

“You simply would just pull down on the lower half of the heel, you push straight under and then push straight back,” said Lauren Handel, inventor of the Camileon Heels. "People have been trying to do this for a very long time, but it's such a difficult thing to do."

The Camileon heels allows you to go from a three and a quarter inch heel to a one and a half inch heel in seconds.

Handel created the shoe with the help of her brother, who is a doctor in Philadelphia. He took care of the technology – a steel rod in the heel, with a flexible, yet sturdy leather sole which allows shoes to flex while walking.

The sister was responsible for the style and manufacturing, which she took to experts in Italy.

“There’s no one like the Italians when it comes to footwear," said Handel.

It feels like a high-end shoe, but it's actually two high-end shoes.

"It takes a half a second to get used to the fact that you're in the same shoe but at a different height."

Women who have a long-term love affair with high-heeled shoes now have a viable solution to the problems that come with them.

The shoes start at $260 and go up to $305.


TOPICS: Hobbies
KEYWORDS: shoes; tech; women
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1 posted on 05/20/2007 5:55:29 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: rainbow sprinkles

TTIUWP.


2 posted on 05/20/2007 5:58:33 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: rainbow sprinkles

Nominate the inventor for sainthood.


3 posted on 05/20/2007 5:59:14 PM PDT by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch (If MY people who are called by MY name -- the ball's in our court, folks.)
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To: rainbow sprinkles
The website shows how they work
4 posted on 05/20/2007 6:06:52 PM PDT by Vermonter
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To: rainbow sprinkles
Now make a pneumatic or hydraulic low rider version.
5 posted on 05/20/2007 6:09:27 PM PDT by MrEdd (L. Ron Gore creator of “Fry-n-tology” the global warming religion.)
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To: rainbow sprinkles

“Hey there beautiful, I see you’re wearing ‘f-me pumps’...”

“Not as far as you’re concerned, jerk!” (adjusts heels to flat)


6 posted on 05/20/2007 6:20:27 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: rainbow sprinkles

Do women wear high heels to be taller, or do the spike heels serve some other purpose? If a flat-bottomed shoe that angled the feet were acceptable, such a thing could be accomplished to easily allow considerable variation in the heights of both the front and back.


7 posted on 05/20/2007 7:19:36 PM PDT by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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To: rainbow sprinkles

OK, not really.

8 posted on 05/20/2007 7:41:39 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: rainbow sprinkles; xsmommy; Xenalyte; cyborg; Petronski; Allegra

Ow. Just ow.

9 posted on 05/20/2007 7:45:12 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: rainbow sprinkles
Those Italian-designed shoes are SO ugly.

They looked like they were designed around Benito and Clara's time in the sun.

Leni

10 posted on 05/20/2007 7:50:13 PM PDT by MinuteGal (The Freeper Caribbean Beach Resort Vacation Getaway,Thread is Up! Use keywords "FReeps Ashore".)
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To: rainbow sprinkles


11 posted on 05/20/2007 8:24:25 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: supercat

“Do women wear high heels to be taller, or do the spike heels serve some other purpose?”

Heh. How old are you, son? Yes, it makes them taller, and no, that’s not all high heels accomplish.


12 posted on 05/20/2007 10:09:04 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: gcruse; Tuscaloosa Goldfinch; Vermonter
Just in case regular high heels are not painful enough to wear, there are always Punitive Shoes.


13 posted on 05/21/2007 2:57:11 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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To: Vermonter; MrEdd; jiggyboy

Germany's first 'Stiletto Run’

Shoppers on Germany's main street may have wondered if the summer sales had just started as a hundred girls in high heels sprinted down the Kurfurstendamm in Berlin. The girls were taking part in Germany's first 'Stiletto Run’ which may have looked glamorous but was torture for some of the 100 specially chosen participants.

"It really hurts, like running on coals," said Gabriella Lusa as she limped away from the finish line. "You have to try and keep your balance, it isn't like in trainers where you have stability, but you wobble about, it is all so unsteady, but if you train a bit it is ok," said the winner, Nadine Sonnabend. She had taped rubber strips to the bottom of her shoes.

The heels had to be proper stilettos, at least 7 cm high and a maximum of 1.5 cm wide. Overall dress and the shoes themselves were also part of the judges criteria, but for some the style value was still lacking. "It is a bit funny, I hadn't thought it would be so fast, but the style which counted for the race, not the speed, but it was soon over, I was surprised," said spectator Eric Michaelis. "It really hurts, like running on coals," said Gabriella Lusa as she limped away from the finish line. "You have to try and keep your balance, it isn't like in trainers where you have stability, but you wobble about, it is all so unsteady, but if you train a bit it is ok," said the winner, Nadine Sonnabend. She had taped rubber strips to the bottom of her shoes.

The heels had to be proper stilettos, at least 7 cm high and a maximum of 1.5 cm wide. Overall dress and the shoes themselves were also part of the judges criteria, but for some the style value was still lacking. "It is a bit funny, I hadn't thought it would be so fast, but the style which counted for the race, not the speed, but it was soon over, I was surprised," said spectator Eric Michaelis.

14 posted on 05/21/2007 3:03:04 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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To: martin_fierro; MinuteGal; rawhide
Tap youse toes to Jerry Lee Lewis' - High Heel Sneakers


15 posted on 05/21/2007 3:05:09 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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To: Cagey

16 posted on 05/21/2007 3:07:28 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
No. Marilyn did not have six toes!


17 posted on 05/21/2007 3:12:46 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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To: martin_fierro

SICK!


18 posted on 05/21/2007 3:20:42 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: rainbow sprinkles; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
No. Marilyn did not have six toes

"I have the heart of a child. I keep it in a jar on my desk."
--Robert Bloch

19 posted on 05/21/2007 4:29:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("I AM A SEXY SHOELESS GOD OF WAR!!!" --http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0439.html)
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To: Slings and Arrows
LOL ... mind the empty calories.


20 posted on 05/21/2007 4:44:30 AM PDT by Daffynition (I drive far too fast to worry about cholesterol!)
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