Physics of High Heel Design
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A Paris shoe designer explains how high heels are engineered:
“If it is not exactly inside the center of gravity position, inside the gravity line, the weight would make you flip out behind, or the weight would make you break the heel and (fall forwards),” he said. But even with heels measuring just two inches, these metal points still need to be inserted into the heel to perfect the balance of the wearer. “I wouldn’t say it is an art,” he said, but does admit that “it is complicated.”
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