Heels so high, sometimes the models fall down

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Fashion Week begins Thursday, and amid all those images of sleek models showing off the newest designer creations are sure to be a few pictures of something far less glamorous: Models falling down.

It's not an uncommon sight at the shows, where young women strut the often slippery catwalks to thumping music on impossibly high heels, so high that the occasional tumble is all but inevitable.

Sometimes models can even sense they're risking a fall, and they'll take the heels off, hold them in one hand, and tiptoe the rest of the way down the runway, keeping their heels elevated so the …