Newfangled Shoes? Women Deserve Better

The “endless parade of limping patients” making their way painfully to the offices of orthopedic surgeons and podiatrists will not end with adjustable-heel shoes (“Adjustable Heel Pumps Shoes Sales,” Sept. 26). Limping patients are primarily women, and they deserve better, particularly those on their feet a lot.

Shoes should be designed to fit the human foot. Except for sports shoes and clunky, broad-toed shoes, the selection of sensible shoes is slim for women. Unfortunately, sensible shoes are not deemed as stylish as the pointed variety.

I will not purchase the Rose-Lee Beverly Hills Shoes. Manufacturers and retailers have not answered my dreams. After many years in pain, then foot surgery, I prefer shoes that are comfortable and do not maim my feet.

Are any shoe designers interested in creating a new--old, really--style and doing away with the points, even accommodating my A-width, narrow-heeled foot?

JOAN FORMAN

Redondo Beach