Round-toed shoes with five- or even six-inch heels, fashionable this season, are hardly better; likewise the popular thong sandals, which completely expose the feet.

His bride emerged from the bathroom wearing six-inch heels and a bathing suit made from pink dental floss.

It wasn't until her money ran out that she ditched the drinks tray for six-inch heels and a gown.

She was equally comfortable, she said, wearing her trademark six-inch red high heels behind the wheel.

Miss Strimike's is usually superb, even when wearing only six-inch heels and a bathing suit.

What was annoying was that Sally walked so easily in six-inch heels.

She was furious that she had to walk down the hill in her six-inch heels.

She teetered on six-inch ice-pick heels as she cuddled Leonardo.

"Women here can wear six-inch heels and skimpy dresses," Ms. Barry said.

Marlene Maynard heard it all in a career in sequins and six-inch heels, but no one had ever called her a goddess before.