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High heels – a fashion that has not gone out of style after hundreds of years. Despite their esthetic advantages, high heels become uncomfortable and harmful after repetitive and long term use. With this as a starting point, Huyen Nguyen – a student at the Innovation Engineering Program at the University of Halmstad – decided to make a final thesis project. The project goal has been to combine the esthetic advantages of high heels and bring a comfortable solution to the equation. The result was a shoe with an adjustable heel, tentatively named Heel Me. During the project the production of shoes has been examined, a dialog with the shoe company Vagabond has been established and contacts abroad that can aid in the production have been established. Those involved with this project see it not as the end of a thesis, but as the beginning of a product yet to be found on the market.