New machine offers relief for high heel disco misery
A model walks the runway during the Carolina Herrera collection show at New York Fashion Week February 16, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Carlo Allegri
BERLIN | Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:02pm EDT
BERLIN (Reuters) - Stumbling out of a nightclub and walking home barefoot with aching feet after dancing all night in killer heels could be a thing of the past for women thanks to new vending machines which sell disposable shoes. German student Isabella Fendt came up with the idea "Ballerina to go" -- ballerinas are flat shoes -- after too many nights of aching disco feet. Machines selling the shoes are already installed in four clubs in the south German city of Munich. A pair of the disposable shoes costs 7 euros ($10) and comes with a bag in which to put the high heels.
(Writing by Michelle Martin; Editing by Steve Addison)