Gosh, Lucy - stiletto wearers will be needing a degree in applied mechanics next before they are allowed to venture out! (My 1966 A-level in that subject seems totally inadequate now.)
I suppose the mechanics doesn't matter too much except to the academics; it's the result that counts. And I'm sure you're right, based on your extensive practical experience, about the weight distribution and impact. Could be a different result though with an inexperienced wearer, not placing the foot as smoothly and elegantly as you do, which suggests that the floor damage so rife in the stiletto hayday was more the fault of amateurs than those with practice and poise - but you all got blamed for it and sometimes banned.
Love,
Puffer |