In this The New York Times article, Susan Scafidi, director of Fordham Law’s Fashion Law Institute, weighs in on naked feet in fashion and society after a barefoot Angelina Jolie recently made her first late night appearance in over a decade.
According to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, “Most barefoot bans simply reflect private dress codes put in place by restaurants, retailers and others concerned about safety and their own potential liability for splinters, slips and stubbed toes.”
The exception being the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which requires employers to ensure that employees wear protective footwear when necessary. And, Ms. Scafidi said, “a handful of state and local laws that require shoes in specific contexts, like water skiing in North Dakota, getting a haircut in Ohio, riding a motorcycle in Alabama or boarding a city bus in Racine, Wis.”
Read “Is It Ever OK to Go Barefoot in Public?” in The New York Times.
