I swear I saw a woman wearing piedros on the tube yesterday evening. Piedros are a kind of special boot which my school friends and I were forced to wear, made specially for us by a guy who visited the physio department. They were very stiff, and were supposed to hold our feet in the right shape, rising high above the ankle. Yet the woman on the tube was clearly able bodied, and was wearing them along with a very short back dress and a cream-coloured blazer. Sat next to her boyfriend, she was obviously one of those fashionable people who think London exists simply to be seen in: they must have been going to some kind of event or party. She was obviously trying to be trendy, but her shoes were clearly the kind given to disabled kids, or at least resembled them very closely. Could piedros be in fashion? The irony of that would just be too hilarious!