"I said 'if you can give me a reason as to why wearing flats would impair me to do my job today, then fair enough', but they couldn't," Ms Thorp told BBC.
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索普女士说:“我认为着装规范应该反映出社会环境,现如今女性穿平底鞋也可以时髦又正式。”
"I think dress codes should reflect society and nowadays women can be smart and formal and wear flat shoes. " Ms Thorp said.
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索普女士说,穿高跟鞋工作一整天太痛苦,所以她要求穿自己在堤坝站的工作地点穿的时髦的平底鞋。
Ms Thorp said she would have struggled to work a full day in high heels and had asked to wear the smart flat shoes she had worn to the office in Embankment.