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# High heels

All time
# caught rapid
Murderer tries to escape prison dressed as woman but his high heels gave him away
Prison guards at the Honduran jail were nearly caught out by the ruse.
# put their foot down
'Outdated and sexist': MPs tell employers to stop making women wear high-heels
An online petition to prevent employers forcing female employees to wear high-heels got 150,000 signatures.
# compeed is key
12 essential facts of life for women who hate high heels
We wish we knew how to quit you, heels.
# men in heels
This actor completely snotted himself trying to walk in heels on live TV
But he recovered like a pro, because he’s John Barrowman.
# London
Woman wins right to not have to wear high heels to work
27-year-old Nicola Thorp was sent home from a temp role with accountancy firm PwC after refusing to adhere to a high heel stipulation requested by the temp agency Portico.
# heel over
Hey men, this is what it's really like to wear high heels for a day
It’s like modern Chinese foot binding, according to this guy.
# freeheeling
Chris Pratt was challenged to run in heels, and was unexpectedly good at it
If Bryce Dallas Howard has to run in heels, he must do it as well.
# well heeled
Should high heels be banned? A case for and against
Pretty or perilous? You decide.
# Cannes
Cannes 'turned away' an amputee who wasn't wearing high heels on the red carpet
Film producer Valeria Richter says she was stopped four times by ‘red carpet officials’.
# cannes we fix it
Women are being 'refused from Cannes red carpet' for not wearing heels, and people are angry
The reports have sparked controversy online.
# Achilles heel
Girl faceplants at graduation, demonstrates the perils of high heels
Every girl will feel this fall in her very bones.
# BALANCING ACT
Temple Bar's cobbled streets under threat as women wearing stilettos can't walk on them
The chairman of Fáilte Ireland said it is a practical problem that needs fixing.
# well heeled
12 things men will never understand about wearing high heels
Shoes! Glorious shoes.
# heel yes
The PSNI is handing out free flip flops to women walking home in high heels
Guarding and protecting the feet.
# hair towel thing
Men try desperately to understand women's beauty secrets
Step one: foundation. Step two: make up.
# killer heels
Some women last over an hour, others can only stand 10 mins
A third of women have worn shoes that did not fit because they looked nice, the survey found.
# ROT
Pics and video: the 6 best bits from the Rose of Tralee
High heels, banners and Rose Buds.