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Suffering For Beauty: The Beloved Curse of the High-Heeled Shoe

By Carrie on January 12, 2008

The pursuit of fashionable feet is no stranger to the history books. Women have been enduring torturous footwear for centuries in the name of fashion and beauty. To all those high heel admirers, do you know exactly how much pressure is under your foot?

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Suffering For Beauty: The Shoes That Bind

By Carrie on August 4, 2007

Young Chinese women who endured the agony of footbinding did so for beauty. One cannot help but feel shock and curiosity at such a thing. Here are some examples of footwear worn by women throughout the centuries.

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Suffering for Beauty – Graphic Photos of Chinese Footbinding

By Carrie on July 11, 2007

Learn about the practice of foot binding in ancient China and view a full set of photos of a woman with bound feet in Yunnan Province.

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