The xClinic announces it’s test of the second prototype of the Hot Rod Hi-Heel Project and experiences catastrophic failure! It broke, time to re-visit the carbon fiber mold.

About the Hot Rod Hi-Heel Project:

An accessory for the feminine urban athlete, the Hot Rod Hi-Heel Project is the extreme sports shoe for todays power feminist increasing her mobility in the urban environment. Too often we write off these fashion accessories as painful, crippling and demeaning, forgetting the measurable advantage of those extra few inches both physically and psychologically for the wearer.

Due to many recent layoffs, today for the first time in ever there are more woman in the work force than men, only 40 years ago that number was only 30%. The Hot Rod Hi-Heel is an intelligent footwear choice for these woman fulfilling multiple roles in society as professionals, care givers and women. Hijacking the theories of third wave feminism, the xClinic wishes to disempower the subjective male-gaze and re-energize the sheer force of a constrained achilles tendon.

A transportation alternative, the Hot Rod Hi-Heel re-thinks the ‘achilles heel’ of female corporate power executives around the world, it’s spring-like carbon fiber heel goes beyond just lateral stability and is an amalgamation of technology (complete with linked iphone application) and mechanical engineering (specific energy return / stride increase).

The free iphone application, developed by the xClinic, uses the built in accelerometer to measure shock absorption and specific energy return, documenting an over 80% energy return in joules to the body and an 40% increase in stride length for the Hot Rod Hi-Heel user.

The Hot Rod Hi-Heel Project is a collaboration between the carbon fiber jewelry designer Adam Weeks, fashion designer Diana Baltazar and Natalie Jeremijenko(xClinic).