We’ve all been there; in retarded amounts of pain simply because you will suffer to look good. I’ve seen girls taking off their shoes after only a few hours on the town – this is nasty and also potentially dangerous.
Fear the heel no longer! At least in the UK that is.
Vending machines in Brit clubs sell out of the £5 flats in no time. There are two companies hocking this newest craze; Afterheels and Rollasoles. Afterheels happen to be comprised of 100% natural and fully recyclable materials, creating a sustainable product that you won’t feel too terribly about wearing and ditching. The shoes even come with a bag to put your heels in for the trek home… how ingenious!
The Rollasole design is funkier (metallic with a bow), but for snazzier design you get a product that is less environment friendly.
I vote for machines like this to pop up in North America!

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I love this idea, Many a time I have walked home bare foot because of killer heels and walked in something nast
06.15.09 @ 5:43 pmLove this idea…bring it to the states so we can take advantage of it!
06.15.09 @ 10:05 pmGreat idea! I would love to see this in the states!!!
06.16.09 @ 1:01 pmAwesome idea – I would definitely use these!
06.16.09 @ 1:40 pmwhen im wearing heels, i always take flats with me, so i can change whenever i want,i dont have to buy and trhow them away… lets give the earth a break.=)
06.16.09 @ 3:54 pm@Ceci: I do the same. The one company -does- sell 100% recyclable shoes, though. Technically it’s not terrible for the environment.
06.16.09 @ 3:59 pmthis was more impressive when i thought it meant vending machines that sold apartments…
06.16.09 @ 4:35 pmRecycling IS terrible for the environment. Its just slightly less terrible than throwing things away. The only benefit to recycling is that the material isn’t filling a landfill. It still requires energy and creates a significant amount of pollution to reprocess anything for recycling. The best thing you can do is never create the waste in the first place.
06.16.09 @ 8:25 pmi thought they were selling apartments too. but this is a pretty great idea!
06.17.09 @ 8:27 pmThis is genius…..amazing!
06.17.09 @ 9:12 pmJust because something can be recycled, doesn’t automatically make it “earth friendly.” We should consider the environmental cost to make the item – harvesting raw materials, shipping them to a factory, assembling the item, shipping it to you, then recycled. This shoe is a GREAT idea. However, we cant let ourselves be sold the idea that consuming extra goods, more than we need, is earth friendly.
06.18.09 @ 9:10 amI second that! I don’t go out clubbing much, but when I have I hate wearing heels and take them off after a while. It’s a brilliant idea.
06.20.09 @ 12:26 amLOVE IT……….LIKE WHEN HEELS HURT YOUR FEET ITS SO HANDY
06.20.09 @ 6:32 amI absolutely love this! I can’t wait to see it in the states,it will be a hit!
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06.22.09 @ 8:30 amI hope they have nose at the next club I wear stupid shoes to
06.26.09 @ 9:53 pm…yeah, or… you could save your money and actually wear comfortable shoes to begin with. If you’ve worn them out before, and they hurt: don’t wear them again. Common sense, people.
06.27.09 @ 2:15 pmyou girls should just wear your flats to the club! problem solved!! less energy and waste of material for shoes you will wear once.
06.27.09 @ 5:38 pmThis is idiotic. If you can admit that your shoes cause you a ridiculous amount of pain, then why not admit that you need to wear more sensible shoes. Cute shoes that don’t hurt DO exist. This is an absurdly frivolous product.
06.28.09 @ 6:08 amI think you meant “rollasoles” is snazzier and is metallic with a pink bow, not “aftersoles” typo?
@Dee: whoops.. corrected!
07.02.09 @ 11:43 amCute idea but,here’s a better one: Don’t wear heals or bring your own flats. >.>
08.12.09 @ 1:17 pmwomen are so stupid…
08.15.09 @ 7:26 pm@Mark: whatever happened to restraining chauvinistic opinions? You should have been taught better than that. Your email moniker of ‘assholeman’ [@hotmail.com] is quite accurate.
08.17.09 @ 9:21 amOr you could just not wear heels to the club…
Oh women and our obsession with beauty. Now we get to pay for our idiocy, in the literal sense >.>
How about – flats small or flexible enough that you could fold them and stick them in a small purse pocket? Then you could easily have your flats with you in case your feet get tired.
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