Power Flats

Shoe photo credit: Nodrstrom.com

Thanks to an alert Wardrobe Wisdom blog reader, I learned of an eye-opening trend in article from the Wall Street Journal. Power flats are being worn more frequently by professional women, who cannot always wear pumps when they need to walk quickly, run from meeting to meeting, or simply desire some foot comfort. In this article, power flats are considered shoes for serious, fashion forward women.
This part of the article intrigued me:

"One quality power flats share: They look like if they were used to kick someone—it would hurt. Pointy toes, metal toe caps and embellishments, including spikes, are some of the details that give these flats power. They also call attention to themselves with strong colors, shine or vivid patterns like leopard."

So, now women not only have to fight the usual stereotypes and assumptions about their gender in the workplace, their shoes are being perceived as possible violent objects?  Great.