high heels

Historically, women's heel sizes reach new heights when the economy is down, and fall when it's prosperous. But come winter and spring, we'll be seeing more women in kitten heels and flats, despite the continuing economic doldrums.

Runners spend $20 billion a year on running shoes, but is all the fancy footwear really a good investment? A new study finds that running shoes exert a lot more stress on key joints than running barefoot, potentially increasing a runner%u2019s risk of developing osteoarthritis.

Here's a fashion tip you won't find in the pages of Vogue: lose the heels. And the pumps, and the sandals. Why? Nearly two-thirds of women who reported heel and ankle pain regularly wore these types of shoes at some point in their life. That's according to a new study from the Boston University...