600英镑高跟鞋："和运动鞋一样舒适"
The £600 heels 'as comfy as your trainers'
Towering stilettos may be the height of fashion – but coping with the pain and discomfort they cause can be a tall order, as millions of women will testify.
穿上细高跟鞋可谓登上时尚的顶峰了——但数百万女同胞们可以证明,要忍受穿上它的疼痛与不适太难了.
Now, though, one entrepreneur claims she has finally found the formula for high heels that are as comfortable as trainers.
尽管如此,如今一家公司声称他们终于找到了高跟鞋设计的最佳方案,穿上它就和穿运动鞋一样舒适.
Dolly Singh, a former executive with a US space transport company, called on experts including a rocket scientist, an astronaut and an orthopaedic surgeon to help her create the ultimate comfy heels using hi-tech plastics.
多莉·辛格（Dolly Singh）是一名美国宇航运输公司的前总监.她召集了包括一名火箭科学家、一名宇航员和一名矫形外科医生在内的专家团队,来协助她设计出这双高科技塑料制成的终极舒适的高跟鞋.
Ms Singh managed to convince the scientists to tackle it as a 'serious engineering problem' and their first pair of stilettoes is due to go on sale in a few months' time.
辛格女士成功说服这些科学家把其当成一个"严肃的工程问题".他们研制出来的第一款细高跟鞋将在未来几个月开售.
Unlike traditional stilettoes, which are based on a metal foot plate and rod for a heel, the Thesis Couture shoes are made of high-tech plastics and polymers.
与金属鞋底、鞋跟的传统高跟鞋不同,这款Thesis Couture高跟鞋是由高科技塑料和高分子聚合物制成的.
Designed to distribute the wearer's body weight from heel to toe, aerospace-grade foams in the sole reduce the impact of each step on the foot by up to 50 per cent.
该设计将身体的重量从脚跟分散到脚趾,鞋底运用宇航级别的泡沫减少走路给脚带来的一半压力.
But such functional fashion does come at a price – up to £600 a pair, to be precise.
但是这种功能性的时尚女鞋售价,准确地说来,每双至少600英镑.
The first shoes, with heels around three inches high, are expected to go on sale in the autumn.
第一款鞋子的鞋跟有3英寸之高,预计在今秋开售.
Ms Singh admits they will not have exactly the same feeling as 'tennis shoes', but believes women will find them dramatically more comfortable.
辛格女士承认鞋子不可能穿起来完全像双"网球鞋",但女士们会发现它们好穿得不敢想象.
She said: 'It's really important for comfortable and sexy to work together.'
她说："舒适和性感兼得很重要."
Ms Singh formed Thesis Couture after convincing scientists to treat the 'fluffy' subject as a 'serious engineering problem'.
辛格女士在说服科学家把"消遣"的东西当作"严肃的工程问题"后造出了这款Thesis Couture鞋.
