Definition: The term “stiletto” refers to a type of shoe heel that is pointy, thin and high. Also called “spike” or “spiked” heels. For the source of this definition and a picture, click on the title of this post. To join this blog’s discussion of the topic, visit my post Stiletto Heels.
Heretofore I have not been morally opposed to stiletto heels, anymore than I have been to flip-flops (which my husband claims are evidence that our society is in irrevocable decline). I may change my mind. Observed when I was shoe-shopping at The Nordstrom Rack the other day, a fashionable-looking family unit: Grandma (with blue and …
4/18/2006 shoe picture added. Since you can’t see the label, it says Reaction Kenneth Cole, made in Italy (kinda cool, there are R’s on the heel section, my initial, you know). I paid $65. Recently I had a shoe catastrophe. Out for a walk, in the rain, I perceived that the bottom of my foot …
