Your Questions About High Heels

Susan asks…

How were high heels invented/discovered and where did the originate?

It's always a question I have been wondering, and since I love high heels I should know how they had become so popular and where the originated!

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High-heeled footwear (often abbreviated as high heels or simply heels) is footwear that raises the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised equal amounts, as in a platform shoe, it is technically not considered to be a high heel; however, there are also high-heeled platform shoes. High heels tend to give the aesthetic illusion of longer, more slender and more toned legs. High heels come in a wide variety of styles, and the heels are found in many different shapes, including stiletto, pump (court shoe), block, tapered, blade, and wedge. According to high-fashion shoe websites like Jimmy Choo and Gucci, a "low heel" is considered less than 2.5 inches (6 centimeters), while heels between 2.5 and 3.5 inches (8.5 cm) are considered "mid heels", and anything over that is considered a "high heel"[citation needed]. Although high heels are now almost exclusively worn by girls and women, there are shoe designs worn by both genders that have elevated heels, including cowboy boots and cuban heels. In previous ages, men also wore high heels. Most of the lower class in ancient Egypt walked barefoot, but figures on murals dating from 3500 B.C. Depict an early version of shoes worn mostly by the higher classes. These were leather pieces held together with lacing that was often arranged to look like the ankh symbol, which represents life. There are also some depictions of both upper-class males and females wearing heels, probably for ceremonial purposes.

Carol asks…

How do you get stylish but comfortable high heels?

I have bought so many shoes from expensive or not stores so expensive, with medium heels to high heels, opened toe ,close toe, sandals, dressy, and I can't walk in any of them comfortably. Do people wear flats and change into these other shoes for pictures?

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I think the only key to a comfy pair of heels is that they've been nicely worn in. Obviously they'd have to be fairly comfortable in the first place and not rub or anything, but if you find a pair that does that, in time they will be your favourites. Also, people who wear heels a lot are more used to them ... Practice makes perfect I guess?

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