The Guardian’s fashion editor puts Marie Helvin’s theory to the public transport test
I am a total sucker for any old internet cod science, if it promises pain-free high heel wearing. I have tried gel-injected tights and nude footsie socks. I have read reams of advice on heel height to surface area ratio. I have never had Botox injected into my soles, but if you are offering, I’m in.
So I am pretty excited about today’s high level investigative journalism assignment. I am to road test not just any old cod science, but cod science as endorsed by Marie Helvin. Helvin is 62 and yet from what I can see in the party pages she goes out to standy-aroundy cocktail parties night after night, and always looks as if she’s having an awesome time and not like her feet hurt and she’s wondering if she’s got time to get home for Wolf Hall if she orders an Uber right away.
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