High Heels

Yeah.

Already by maybe 2015, we start to see a shift to lower heels, things that are a little bit more manageable.

Coleen Hill of FIT again.

And I think in general, fashion's always a pendulum.

So with those six or seven-inch platform heels I was talking about, that's pretty much the most extreme you can go.

And so then designers start to think about what else they can do.

And of course, the world has changed a lot.

That's another thing since we last talked.

I feel like pandemic happens, and people got used to their Zoom fashion.

Yeah, I'm barefoot.

People got used to doingcomfortable shoes or barefoot.

Yeah.

And that's great.

Yeah, and the other thing is I do feel like the emphasis on comfort, it almost strikes me as a reflection of the tech industry, which is so built around, like, eliminating pain points.

You know, that everything is supposed to be accommodating, sweat-wicking, full of pocket.

Like, our clothes are so supplicant to our needs now, I cannot imagine anyone will go back to a stiletto ever again.

It does seem unlikely that that will be everyday wear.

And also, on a, a darker note, I have a friend who won't wear shoes she cannot run in, and it's really unfortunate, but it actually is a good thing to think about.

The other day, when I was at the White House Correspondence Dinner, and there was an attempted shooting, and I was crouched at a table in my gold strap sandal that [laughs] was a four-inch heel, I rethought some things.

[laughs] I was like, "I can't run for my life in this situation." So that was a clarifying moment, for sure, where I, like, berated myself when I got home, 'cause I thought, like, "Oh, who did you think you were, wearing those heels? Like, why did you think you were so safe? That was stupid."

I mean, do you think this will actually impact your fashion choices going forward?

Oh, yeah.

Do you have to run? But I mean, isn't that living in America? Your brain now has to do all of this gymnastics to compensate for how we are being asked to live and what we're being asked to accept as an inevitable, quote-unquote, "way of life." Um, and I do think that makes you think differently.

Yeah.

Already by maybe 2015, we start to see a shift to lower heels, things that are a little bit more manageable.

Coleen Hill of FIT again.

And I think in general, fashion's always a pendulum.

So with those six or seven-inch platform heels I was talking about, that's pretty much the most extreme you can go.

And so then designers start to think about what else they can do.

And of course, the world has changed a lot.

That's another thing since we last talked.

I feel like pandemic happens, and people got used to their Zoom fashion.

Yeah, I'm barefoot.

People got used to doingcomfortable shoes or barefoot.

Yeah.

And that's great.

Yeah, and the other thing is I do feel like the emphasis on comfort, it almost strikes me as a reflection of the tech industry, which is so built around, like, eliminating pain points.

You know, that everything is supposed to be accommodating, sweat-wicking, full of pocket.

Like, our clothes are so supplicant to our needs now, I cannot imagine anyone will go back to a stiletto ever again.

It does seem unlikely that that will be everyday wear.

And also, on a, a darker note, I have a friend who won't wear shoes she cannot run in, and it's really unfortunate, but it actually is a good thing to think about.

The other day, when I was at the White House Correspondence Dinner, and there was an attempted shooting, and I was crouched at a table in my gold strap sandal that [laughs] was a four-inch heel, I rethought some things.

[laughs] I was like, "I can't run for my life in this situation." So that was a clarifying moment, for sure, where I, like, berated myself when I got home, 'cause I thought, like, "Oh, who did you think you were, wearing those heels? Like, why did you think you were so safe? That was stupid."

I mean, do you think this will actually impact your fashion choices going forward?

Oh, yeah.

Do you have to run? But I mean, isn't that living in America? Your brain now has to do all of this gymnastics to compensate for how we are being asked to live and what we're being asked to accept as an inevitable, quote-unquote, "way of life." Um, and I do think that makes you think differently.