A Social Verdict on High Heels...

IBM: “Usually, in an economic downturn, heels go up and stay up – as consumers turn to more flamboyant fashions as a means of fantasy and escape,” Trevor Davis, a consumer products expert with IBM Global Business Services, said in a release accompanying the study. “This time, something different is happening—perhaps a mood of long term austerity is evolving among consumers sparking a desire to reduce ostentation in everyday settings.”

IBM found that the median height discussed peaked at seven inches in 2009 and declined to two inches this year. Five inches gone in two years. But how? According to IBM, the tea leaves of all of this could be read in social media.


Now He isn't gonna say go out and start pushing people over in heels under 4" but if you happen to knock into them for wearing kitten heels, then so be it. We need to get back to 7" and we need to do it now!!!
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