Archive for the 'Clothing Designs' Category

High Heels Have A Future After All (with Crocs)

Published by adriamooney July 18th, 2007 in Clothing Designs, Product Design and Uncategorized. 4 Comments

Crocs, a Boulder based shoe company, began as a niche item for kayakers (they’re light and they float) and were soon adopted by gardeners, chefs and hospital workers. The first edition of the shoe, although hideously ugly, has become an icon up there with the Birkenstock.
The key to Crocs’ success is not necessarily their [...]

High Heels: Here to Stay?

Published by adriamooney June 22nd, 2007 in Clothing Designs, Ergonomics and Society, Humor and Uncategorized. 4 Comments

My post on the ergonomic nightmare of high heels if one of my most popular and controversial.  I think it is time for a response from me.  This passage in particular has gotten the most negative response from people who love high heels and think they look great:
I would be perfectly happy if high heels [...]

Ergonomic Nightmare of the Week: Mickey Mouse

Published by adriamooney March 6th, 2007 in Clothing Designs, Ergonomic Nightmare, Kids Products and Uncategorized. 2 Comments

Next time you go to Disneyland, show your appreciation to Mickey Mouse and all his friends.  The people inside those costumes work for low wages and risk a variety of injuries resulting from costume design.  In fact, these costumes sound so awful, they warrant the title of “ergonomic nightmare.”

Excerpts from OSHA records show high rate [...]

Insolia High Heel Inserts Ease the Pain

Published by adriamooney February 23rd, 2007 in Clothing Designs, Ergonomic Nightmare, Ergonomics and Society and Uncategorized. 7 Comments

High heels are truly an ergonomic nightmare from which some women refuse to awaken. Any podiatrist will tell you that high heels aren’t designed for walking.
Great! Women’s shoes aren’t designed for walking…yay…we live in the 21st century!
Why high heels are so bad:
Wearing high heels cause the foot slides forward, cramming the toes into [...]

Big Purse Craze Causing Health Concerns

Published by adriamooney January 17th, 2007 in Clothing Designs, Ergonomics and Society and Uncategorized. 9 Comments

A current trend for the leading ladies of Hollywood is to weigh less and carry more.  The so-called “big purse craze” has set off a virtual fashion arms race; purses keep getting bigger and bigger.  Oversized handbags have two advantages that I see: they make you look smaller and allow you to be prepared for [...]

An Ergonomic BackPack that Generates Electricity

Published by adriamooney December 20th, 2006 in Back and Spine, Clothing Designs, Kids Products, Product Design, Uncategorized and Videos. 48 Comments

It took a biology professor with an entrepreneurial spirit to find a solution to the problem of heavy backpacks. Dr. Rome invented the Suspended Load Backpack, which uses elastic cords to suspend a backpack from a rigid frame, reducing the energy needed to carry the load and easing the stress on shoulders and joints.
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Ergonomic Nightmare of the Week: High Heels

Published by adriamooney December 18th, 2006 in Clothing Designs, Ergonomic Nightmare, Ergonomics and Society, Product Design and Uncategorized. 180 Comments

All women, (and many men) have worn high heels at one time or another. Some women (like myself) avoid them at all costs. Some are forced to wear them to work; others, wear them every chance they get, the higher the better.
But high heels are definitely one of those things that choose form [...]

Why Tight Pants Are A Health Risk

Published by adriamooney October 26th, 2006 in Clothing Designs, Humor, Product Design and Uncategorized. 127 Comments

Perhaps you’ve heard it said before that wearing tight pants can cause infertility in men…maybe that’s why you don’t wear tight pants. According to an alleged scientific study, Swedish men in the 1970s were found to have higher infertility rates than men in surrounding countries. After much detective work, the scientists formulated the [...]

The Ergonomics of Bras

Published by adriamooney October 6th, 2006 in Clothing Designs, Humor and Uncategorized. 3 Comments

Having strange women prodding at your boobs in order to tell YOU what YOUR bra size is…no thanks! Men can relate to this situation too…imagine some guy fondling your you-know-what and commenting on its size. Well for guys, this situation should never come up. But for us women, we may just have [...]