Contact lenses

Toe cleavage or a slim ankle helps.

Canadian Idol judge Jake Gold persuaded his wife, Leesa Butler, executive producer of f-list.ca, to keep a pair of ladylike black patent Burberry flats.

“Flats don't work when they're clunky, but she happens to look really good in them,” he says.

Gold is also a fan of flats that lace up the leg, especially when worn with a specific flowy Hugo Boss dress he describes as Roman-goddess-meets-peasant-girl.

But if asked to choose between flats and heels, he's unequivocal.

“I love the way a heel makes a woman's leg look taut.” And gams are the new erogenous zone, after all.

“Heels are like cleavage,” says Richard Markowitz, a brand manager for Toronto footwear destinations Davids and Capezio.

He is also the grandson of company founders Louis and Julia Markowitz, and thus can appreciate the classic elegance of a Ferragamo slipper – and women who wear flats with flair.

When Capezio opened in 1976, the store specialized in the namesake Italian ballet flats.

Today, flats from various brands represent roughly 50 per cent of the stock – much higher than in years past.

“As a straight guy in the fashion industry, flats represent my kind of girl – she's cute ...

Careless contact lens wearers rarely realise their bad habits increase the risk of contracting eye diseases, including conjunctivitis and acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but very painful and potentially blinding infection of the cornea, the transparent covering at the front of the eye.

Experts warn that habits that seem harmless such as washing lenses in tap water or with a different cleansing solution can damage the wearers’ eyes.

Tap water contains bacteria that can blind you and using the wrong solution not only harms the lens but can also produce allergic reactions or even burn the eye.

Optometrists advise contact lens wearers never to wear other people’s lenses, a lens that is chipped or damaged or put the wrong lens in the wrong eye.

The experts add people should always clean their lenses either after wearing them or before putting them in their eyes and to make sure their hands are clean before handling them.

A final warning for lens wearers is to not wear their lenses too long or sleep in them, Female First reported.

College of Optometrists President Kevin Lewis said, “Good eye care is crucial for everyone but even more important for those of us who wear Poor hygiene can lead to...