we were trying to get between distant meetings point then there is a huge cat line and bob skinner and the queen mother was having a great day, so we needed to walk. as three women who are unable to do this given they are pathetic choices and footwear. i was struck by that experience and coming back on the plane from one to was reading one of the tabloid summer issues about shoe sales and seeing four-inch heels and other choices hugest newer setup for problems. 80% of laymen have foot or back problems largely connected to footwear. so in the course of that flight, i began pending an op-ed about women experience and my assumption that if you are a true misogynist, the last refuge for you would be designing women's footwear. "the new york times" ran it as an op-ed probably got a response than anything i've ever written. people flooded my e-mails with stories, podiatrist came to me with the research and it got me thinking about the broader set of issues and ways that women are hobbled by appearance. the other thing that triggered my interest was about the major issues the women's movement