Dangerous Fashion

By Noa Glouberman

      A friend recently told me about a "trip" she took to Spain. Making her way down the narrow steps of an elegant Barcelona restaurant one night, she lost her footing and landed wrong-side-up, flashing her red thong to a crowd rivaling that of a sold-out bull fight.

The culprits: her three-inch platform heels.

The fall required twenty stitches in her forehead and ongoing physiotherapy. And even though my friend still grimaces when she recounts the episode, she hasn't sworn heels off yet.

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