If you’re addicted to constantly wearing fashionable high heels, you might want to check out this infographic before they slip into that next pair of stilettos. While high heels are extremely stylish, they are not the most comfortable shoes to wear and the detrimental effect they can have on our feet are long-lasting and worth looking into.
From causing bunions, pump bumps—a bump that forms underneath a heel’s strap—to disfiguring the spine, continuously wearing fashionable high heels can cause all sorts of anatomical problems for the body down the road. Because of the elevated angle the high heel creates in the foot's arch, all sorts of obscure pressures are placed on the foot that shouldn’t naturally be there. This infographic explains using detailed visuals, body maps and one massive drawn foot the target areas that high heels cause the most problems.
Hurtful High Heel Infographics
This Infographic Looks Over Why Fashionable High Heels are Painful
Trend Themes
1. Comfortable Heels - Designing high heels with comfort in mind can disrupt the fashion industry by providing a more sustainable option.
2. Foot Care Products - The rise in awareness of the detrimental effects of high heels presents an opportunity for the foot care product industry to provide solutions to alleviate discomfort and pain.
3. Virtual Shoe Fitting - The use of virtual reality technology in shoe shopping can bring a disruptive innovation in the retail industry by allowing customers to try on shoes without physically wearing them and reducing the need for physical stores.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion Industry - The fashion industry can disrupt its current practices and provide sustainable and comfortable high heels to cater to the demand of healthy and fashionable consumers.
2. Footwear Industry - The footwear industry can develop products and technologies that help alleviate foot pain and discomfort caused by wearing high heels.
3. Retail Industry - Retailers can adopt virtual reality technology to bring disruptive innovation in the way customers shop for shoes, reducing the need for physical stores and improving the shopping experience.