According to a myth arising later, his mother had dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx, holding onto him by his heel, and he became invulnerable where the waters touched him -- that is, everywhere but the areas covered by her thumb and forefinger (source:Wikipedia). You know the rest, Achilles' died because a vital part of his body was not protected.
You beautiful dress shoes can follow the same fate. Now there are two products on the market looking make your shoes invulnerable to sinking into the grass, scratched by the city streets, and destroyed by mud. It's like they dunked the shoe in the river Styx.
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