romu

thank you FerrariModels for sharing with us your wife's very nice shoe collection. It can be seen that certain shoes are more worn that others ... The picture taken from rear shows a very original increase of heel heigth. You could make a "photo montage" presenting side pictures of your wife's feet in those various shoes. A photo like that has been produced a few years ago end is circulating on the net, but with less shoe models. By the way, how tall is your wife barefoot and with those various heels ?Many people think that they gain one inch per inch of their heels. I'm curious to know the basic facts abouts that, especially with those heels ranging from high to very high. Thanx again Romu

this is a british/french film by Cédric Klapish. The french title is "les poupées russes" (direct translation : russian dools, i.e. matriochka). This is film is dealing with human relationships, love, perfection, ... It's a really great film, full of humanity and fun (at least on a french point of view ... but I suppose that english people should lough too, because there are lots of english actors) The actors are wonderful : Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop and Romain Duris and ... an amazing scene during more than 1 minute of a top model in miniskirt walking on 4 or 5" heel sandals in the "perfect propostions street" in St Pertersbugh (Russia). The camera is following the actress during her walk. An other scene is also interesting : the same top model on her bed playing with her legs wearing the same sandals. Have fun with this film Romu

There are more things in heaven and earth, Heelfan, than are dreamt of in your philosophy

If some of you are interested in a more serious mathematical modelisation of gain of height vs heel's height or max heel's height, I can send a paper on that topic. The required math level is first year university. Romu

thank you all for the answers. I'm looking for the model "celine" that does not seem to be in production anymore.

thank you for your answers.

the site is http://pleaserusa.com/pleaser.cfm

Has anyone recently purchased items to Pleaser ? Their site seems to be quite inactive (the last modifications date back to 2002). Thanx in advance for the people who will have any info on that brand. Romu

it is well known that high heels change mind and body. In order to better anlyse your passion for heels, it would be interesting to know for each shoe : - what make you buy them - what do you prefer in them - how do you feel while walking - how taller you are thanx Romu

Here are the data collected by jenny on herself. Her shoe size is EUR40 / GB 7 / USA 9. Her height in bare feet is 5' 7.25" (1.71 m). Heel's height (cm - in) Gain of height (cm - in) Efficiency (%) 2.5 (1) 2 (0. 80 5 (2) 3.3 (1.3) 66 9 (3.5) 5.2 (2.05) 58 10 (4) 6.2 (2.44) 62 12 (4.75) 7.5 (2.95) 62 14 (5.5) 8.7 (3.42) 62 4.25" heels seem to be more eficient with you Lisa (3.5" taller) than with Jenny (onl 3" taller with 3.75" heels). What is your shoe size and what kind of shoes did you wear (pumps, mules, ...) ? By the way, I would like to gather a certain number of data like these. So I send a call for data to the people (male or female) who wear heels and could perform the kind of measurements. I thank you in advance. Romu

Jenny send me some data (in 1998) concerning her gain of height vs heel's height (1" to 5") These measures confirm the general rules : - the efficiency of heels is allways < 1 - the efficiency is lower for higher heels Concerning low heels (like 1" or 2.5 cm), we muste take into account the fact that the thickness of the sole is not negligible. A shoe with a 1 cm heel is equivalent to a 1 cm platform shoe. Sincerely Romu

Hi Lisa (and other people ...) The gain of height associated to a given heel's height is allways less than the heel's height. A basic way to increase the height of the wearer is to add a platform : the gain of height is one inch for every inch of platform's thickness. The high heeled shoes (w/o platform) are based on the fact that the foot is a very complex articulation. Let's make a simple observation : observe your bare foot starting from flat on the floor and increasing the height of the heel : - the front part of the foot is allways flat on the floor - the rear part of the foot is mobile, rotating around an imaginary vertex at the boundary of the the fixed and mobile parts of the foot. Let's make another observation : the physical deformation induced by the high heel is entirely located in the foot. There is no deformation in the leg or in the knee. (Yes, I know that this is a 'first order' approximation because people who wear high heels often have to compensate in various ways the influence of high heels) Hence, the gain of height associated to a given heel's height is the gain of height of the ankle as this articulation is involved in the rotation of the rear part of the foot. This gain of height is of course non linear and the exact solving requires some trigonometry (I can send this model for the one who are interested). Let's define the 'efficiency' of the heels as the ratio (gain of height / heel's height). The efficiency of the heels is allways less than 1. The efficiency of the heels diminishes with higher heels. Sincerely Romu