Glass footwear has long been synonymous with a romance between a fairy-godmother-assisted girl and a handsome prince but far too fragile and fantastical to ever exist in real life. Until now ...

Fairy tales, as we categorise them today, were originally folktales from Europe, circulated orally. It’s difficult to ascribe authorship to these tales, we only have collectors and translators ...

Instead of glass slippers, she sported athletic sneakers while being taxied to an old factory on the edge of Downtown Syracuse. The scene was the furthest thing imaginable from a fairy tale.