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From: gordon@bolton.UUCP (Gordon Partridge)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Dress Codes
Message-ID: <254@bolton.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 13:32:35 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 13:32:35 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 03:35:43 EDT
Organization: GenRad, Bolton, Mass.
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A bit of historical trivia:  some 15 or 20 years ago women's footwear
fashion changed from 2 1/2 inch heels the diameter of a quarter on the
bottom to 3 1/2 inch the diameter of a dime.  The city of Atlanta passed an
ordinance limiting heel heights and requiring a larger diameter on the
shoe-pavement interface.  There was no intention of enforcing the ban.  The
idea was that if a woman fell down the city hall steps in high heels, the
city could say she was breaking the law anyway.

Gordon Partridge, GenRad, Inc., Mail Stop 98, Route 117, Bolton, MA  01740