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Women Trade 'Sex and the City' Heels For Sneakers for Grueling Trek to Work

Women Trade 'Sex and the City' Heels For Sneakers for Grueling Trek to Work: "Normally, the people come well dressed," she said. "Today people were saying with this strike: 'We'd rather be comfortable.'"

Just a day into the strike, New York women started turning in their "Sex and the City" heels for sneakers and rubber soled boots as they prepared to hike miles and miles through the freezing city streets. Some men, who wear flat shoes every day, pulled on even more comfortable shoes for their long treks.

"Wear comfortable shoes," the commissioner of the Department of Transportation, Iris Weinshall, recommended. "Don't look for fashion at this point. Go for comfort."

Ms. Weinshall is taking her own advice. She purchased a pair of Merrell "strike shoes" in anticipation of the transit strike at Paragon Sports and has been wearing them to work - even to a Tuesday briefing at City Hall.

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