The Times | Christmas | 2009
Cosmopolitan Bride | September Issue | 2009
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"Meet the serendipitously named Sarah Toner. She wouldn’t look out of place playing Velma Kelly in Chicago on Broadway, and she’s a professional dancer and Gyrotonic guru whose deportment crash course - Fabulous In High Heels - will give the most uncoordinated fashionista the poise of a prima ballerina in a matter of hours..." Alison Tay - Sex and The Style Editor - Now Magazine
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"As a former ballerina, model and dance instructor, Sarah Toner has made a living off of her feet. With the desire to pass her knowledge of how to walk in high heels without killing yourself, she developed a popular class in London where women of all walks of life can come to better their posture, self esteem and aching toes all for the love of stilettos.With a new book launching in August 2009, Nolcha sat down with Ms. Toner in an exclusive interview to find out what we slaves of fashion can do to improve our health and happiness all while looking gorgeous..." Lynn Furge - Creative Director - Nolcha / Metier - New York
"Is tottering around like a life-size Barbie not your forte? Do you suffer from altitude sickness when wearing heels that top 1.5 inches? Fret not: Ex-ballerina Sarah Toner has made a career out of transforming stumbles into sashays. Her Fabulous in High Heels masterclasses work your toes to transform your walk. A series of arch, flex, tiptoe, and pointe exercises help to strengthen the feet and the all-important metatarsals. She'll also have you holding in your pelvic-floor muscles to engage, strengthen and straighten your upper back, ensuring you glide across the room at any event..." Fiona Sibley and Rachel Holmes
"High Heels Class...Even the most stylish can be vertically challenged. Recently the St.Barts crowd were entertained as stylist Rachel Zoe tried to totter across the beach in a pair of vertiginous platform wedges. Shame she didn’t know about fairy-footed ex-ballerina Sarah Toner, who can turn any stumble in to a sashay and improve posture with her comprehensive Fabulous in High Heels masterclasses. Her routine works your toes to transform your walk. A series of arch, flex, tiptoe and pointe exercises help to strengthen the feet and the all-important metatarsals (the delicate bones in your feet). And she’ll have you holding in your pelvic-floor muscles to engage, strengthen and straighten your upper back, ensuring that you glide across the room at any event. Wearing high heels perks up the bottom and can improve your sex drive, giving you something to smile about." Lizzie Whiston-Dewt - Tatler / August 2008 / Cheat sheet
"...Tatler also recommends a ‘Fabulous in High-heels Master Class’ given by an ex-ballerina called Sarah Toner. She teaches women how to walk in heels, saving super stylish fembots from falling over and bashing their brains out on their occasional tables. Now this is interesting. I have had a pair of 4-inch Gucci spikes in my wardrobe for five years. They are what my sister calls ‘car shoes’ I don’t wear them; I use them to kill flies. I put them in my bag and go to see Sarah in her studio near King’s Cross. She is slim and smiling. I wave the shoes at her. I don’t think I can possibly learn to walk in them. ‘We’re not going to put the heels on yet,’ Sarah says. and makes me do some stretching exercises. Afterwards, my body is so relaxed that when I put on the spikes and try to walk, I can do it. Easily. I feel exhilarated…" Tanya Gold Guardian G2 / August 2008 / Save me, glossies, save me!
'When walking downstairs, point the toes towards the banister: it lengthens the legs and makes you more graceful; when walking upstairs, only put the ball of the foot down,’ Says Sarah Toner. an ex-ballet dancer who teaches businesswomen to walk with confidence ‘The higher the heel, the slower your walk and the shorter your stride’ says Toner.
‘And Imagine your foot is floating above the shoe, so you glide, not stomp.’ Newby Hands - Harper’s Bazaar / May 2008 / 'Attack of the Killer Heels’
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