Thick heels last longer. That's what they're for. They exist to allow you to walk farther before replacing your shoes. The vast majority of shoes, for centuries, have had a little extra material in the places that wear the most. That means raised heels. Raised heels mean that your shoes can last far longer before replacement. I'm surprised that this isn't common knowledge.
Where I live, decent boots have separate heels and fore-foot soles, both of which are replaceable. Cobblers often have a display of Vibram-brand replacement heels in their windows. Anecdotally, cobblers are about as common in Zürich as dry cleaners. Getting your shoes re-heeled is a super common thing to do. Bankers here are semi-famous for having low or even absent heels on their shoes, ostentatiously displaying their ability to replace entire shoes when the sole wears a little. I understand that this list is mostly American - do you really not replace the soles of your shoes in America? How can you people think that heels "serve no purpose" despite being a feature of shoes for literal millenia? As if any mere fashion could be so stable??? Peter, confused, Zürich On Monday, November 20, 2017 at 1:04:43 AM UTC+1, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > Humans are highly adaptable, and we often adapt to things less than ideal > and yet continue to do amazing things along the way. Democracy of the herd > buying mostly raised heels doesn’t answer the question: what does a raised > heel accomplish? > > With abandon, > Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
