This season's handbag essential - fold-up pumps

Fashionistas with a Hello! magazine subscription might be interested to read one of the must-have items this season is fold-up pumps.

Most of you probably head on a night out all glammed up with some fancy, sparkly new footwear on, but by the end of the night, there's nothing better than having some flats with you so these are perfect.

"Wearing high heels greater than two inches can create faulty biomechanics and unnecessary stress on your on your ankles, knees, pelvis, and your spine," chiropractor and acupuncturist Dr Robert Laquerre told Hello! magazine.

He added high heels force women to walk with their "pelvis arched forward causing hyperlordosis (backward bending) of the lumbar spine".

So wearing fold-up pumps, which fit perfectly in the handbag, is fantastic, Hello! magazine explains.

A study by University of Surrey revealed there is a theory behind not falling over in high heels.

Apparently, according to boffins, an equation using shoe size, Pythagorean theorem and other variables demonstrate how safe a women is walking in heels.

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Posted by Annah Lansdown