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I went to a high school jazz band concert this week. I saw what I expected to see, a lot of low-to-mid block heels, and largely on strappy sandals. Despite the temperature being around the freezing mark, there were an awful lot of sandals in the band. Perhaps it comes of these younger girls having but one pair of dressy shoes, and they happen to be sandals. Heels do not appear to be dead, they're just a lot lower and clunkier than they used to be. Which brings me to the reason for this post. On my way out of the building, I saw a girl/young woman wearing actual high heels. She was obviously not in the show, because otherwise she would have been wearing black, and I couldn't tell you exactly how old she was, but she looked quite young, had braces on her teeth, and was wearing this rather outlandish flannel blanket/dress thingy. I don't really even know how to describe it. It didn't look horrible, but it did look rather odd with her black strappy sandals. They looked pretty similar to all the other girls' sandals, except they were easily at least twice the height. Chunky block heels, but I would estimate about 4 1/2 inches tall with maybe 1/2 inch platform. In other words, actual high heels. So they are still out there, even in Gen Z.