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Here’s a news flash: heels are hell.  Ample respect is due to the legions of ladies that dare forth each day in pumps and wedges,

The stars must have aligned for Amber Griffith, owner of Voluptuous Intimate Apparel, in Redding, California, when she chose the location for her store.  Located in a strip mall, Griffith’s store is in the quintessential female-friendly plaza, with a bridal store, tanning salon, nail salon and hair salon all around her.  While the neighbors certainly add to the one-stop appeal of Voluptuous (really, the only thing lacking is a divorce attorney), Griffith credits her store’s success to comprehensive amount of products and parties they offer.

Iconic in its own day, as well as by current standards, Van Halen’s 1984 video for the song “Hot For Teacher” left an indelible desire in the hearts and minds of young men everywhere.  No, not a desire to dress in matching polyester disco suits and white gloves doing a poorly choreographed dance under a shining disco ball.  The other thing.  You know, the incredibly mousy teacher that turns into a stunning super model, catwalking around the classroom and tempting generations of young men to hope, pray and cross their fingers that they might get that sort of education one day.  Yeah, that thing.  Fortunately, one business is doing its part to help actualize such a fantasy, without all the scandal of inappropriate teacher-student relations.

The Rubber Tree

The bottom line is: if you’re in business, you’re out to make a buck.  And there’s nothing in the world that’s wrong with that.  We all have bank accounts, bellies and bills, and you’ve got to take care of them in one way or another.  It is, however, nice to see a bit of genuine altruism being injected into capitalism, and that’s why Shana Starr, owner of The Rubber Tree, in Long Beach, California, got into business.

People often presume that former models don’t offer much to society beyond overly dramatized reality programs and talk shows full of awkward interviews.  And gargantuan egos — don’t forget those.  Perhaps such attitudes and exhibitions make Sharron Aisenman, sole designer for Sharron Leslie Designs (SLD), so much easier to appreciate.