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High heels are ladder to self-confidence, businesswoman says
Calgary Herald ^ | Oct 25, 2009 | Karen Gram

Posted on 10/26/2009 2:26:15 PM PDT by pissant

When Suzanne Fetting sees women shuffling down sidewalks in heels way too high for them, it makes the confidence coach crazy.

"Instead of lifting their feet up and planting them gracefully, they do a little thing called shuffling," says Fetting, a former runway model. "It drives me nuts."

And if they aren't dragging their feet forward, they wear the heels the way they wear running shoes. "They don't have that sexy sway that you get when you activate the hips," she says, adding you have to do that if you wear five-inch stilettos.

Fetting, who'll be speaking this weekend at the West Coast Women's Show in Abbotsford, has a closet filled with five-inch stilettos. She adores high heels. She has Fluevogs, Iron Fists, and lots of other styles. At five-foot 10, she already towers over most women, but she likes the feeling heels give her.

"I know when I put on high heels, I feel more confident," she says.

After years of watching Vancouver gals wobbling along in their heels, Fetting decided to take matters into her own hands. She set up a business called High Heel Appeal and offers classes to anyone who wants to learn how to strut her stuff like a runway pro. Why?

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KEYWORDS: babes; fashion; fmps; highheels; women; workplace
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To: pissant

Boobs are handier...and they’re free.

;-)


61 posted on 10/26/2009 4:49:30 PM PDT by bannie
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To: bannie

I heard Carrie Prejean’s were $5500


62 posted on 10/26/2009 4:51:15 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

LOL! She probably had a perfectly good pair before the “upgrade.”


63 posted on 10/26/2009 4:55:13 PM PDT by bannie
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To: Allegra; STARWISE; TheMom

Welcome.


64 posted on 10/26/2009 5:00:47 PM PDT by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: bannie
I've seen women with pretty faces slog through the sludge that's called snow in high heels. I've spent time in Spain where the girls wear cowboy boots (quite elegantly). I'll take sensible.
65 posted on 10/26/2009 5:02:01 PM PDT by tired1 (When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
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To: Hildy
I'm with you. I'm tall (also 5'10"), but NEVER liked heels. Comfort is everything.
66 posted on 10/26/2009 5:09:36 PM PDT by MrsEmmaPeel (a government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have)
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To: LucyT

Cute shoes, LucyT...just not for me.

Makes my toes hurt looking at them.


67 posted on 10/26/2009 5:14:13 PM PDT by azishot
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To: pissant

Enjoy the back, knee and hip problems you’ll have in later life from wearing those high of heels!


68 posted on 10/26/2009 5:17:05 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: Slings and Arrows

Think he noticed the shoes?


69 posted on 10/26/2009 5:40:34 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: STARWISE
Sorry about your feet and knees.

Sneakers are better for running up and down stairs.


70 posted on 10/26/2009 6:00:10 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: Darksheare

I’ve only worn heels about 10 times in my life. I wear sneakers everwhere and tell people I’m an artist.


71 posted on 10/26/2009 6:06:52 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: Lady Jag

ROFl! I might be caught in those
when time goes backwards and I’m
24 again ........... LOL


72 posted on 10/26/2009 7:02:16 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: Lady Jag
How about these....woohoo!


73 posted on 10/26/2009 7:04:46 PM PDT by jaycee (((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me."))))
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To: latina4dubya
even women with great calves look better in heels... in my opinion...

I image there would be a few exceptions.


74 posted on 10/26/2009 7:07:37 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: Lady Jag; All
Okay, ladies and gents....for those of you who love them so much. These are chocolate and you can just eat them!! It is sorta amazing, isn't it? LOL!


75 posted on 10/26/2009 7:10:39 PM PDT by jaycee (((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me."))))
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To: Lady Jag

She looks like she has a deformity...LOL!


76 posted on 10/26/2009 7:12:32 PM PDT by jaycee (((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me."))))
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To: pissant

;-)
77 posted on 10/26/2009 7:25:15 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)
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To: ravingnutter

And your back, and your knees. Talk about shuffling when you get older.


78 posted on 10/26/2009 7:27:37 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: arasina

Hey, now that’s some heels


79 posted on 10/26/2009 7:39:57 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: pissant

Wore three inch heels all of my working days at offices. I looked gorgous. But I paid for it and now my feet hurt if they think of high heels.


80 posted on 10/26/2009 7:40:35 PM PDT by mlmr (CHICKIE-POO!)
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