Shoot Yourself in the Foot

From Forbes.com: Technology News:

A new retailer out of Finland uses cameras and the Web to produce custom shoes for the price of off-the-shelf. You've always wanted custom-made shoes, but, at $4,500 for a pair from John Lobb, they were just beyond your budget. The Left Foot Co. of Finland is changing that, with made-to-measure men's shoes that start at $300, about the same as off-the-shelf shoes by Bruno Magli or John Varvatos. At Left Foot's showrooms (ten and counting in Europe and Asia, with plans afoot for the U.S.), you don checkerboard-striped socks in Day-Glo green and yellow, and stand on a platform while a revolving camera takes digitized pictures of your feet. Then you browse 350 styles of dress and casual shoes in the store or over the Web.

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