JAMO magazine August issue | Page 10

Women’s fashion today is nothing without the shoes. Almost every

woman now has ladies’ shoes with heels. But since when exist the high

heels? Even today it is difficult to trace when exactly the ladies’ shoes

in high heels appear first.

Although the history of the high heels is probably much older, we

know that in the 16th century in France were worn those women’s

shoes. The practical function of these ladies’ shoes with heels has

been mostly for riding horses. In fact, with these boots the riding

becomes very comfortable because the shoes sit better in the stirrups

of the saddle. At the time of the French Revolution, heels were

removed because they were considered a sign of nobility.

Women’s shoes with heels as we know them today appeared only in

the late 19th Century.

Today’s women’s shoes with heels are quite diverse, and the height of

the current varies between three and eight centimetres in the

considered low to medium height of the heel. Height of the current of six

centimetres is defined as normal and preferred size. The more

extreme women’s shoes, however, have much higher heels: these are

women’s shoes with heels of 14 cm or more. Although, for these

advanced women’s shoes were invented special shapes so that they

can be worn on the street, the difficulty when moving with them is

inevitable.

Nowadays, women’s shoes are considered very much for a fashion

accessory as opposed to the distant past, when the shoe was just a

necessity. Shoes today show a belonging to a certain group, for

example, heavy boots or sandals are always associated with a certain idea

of the one who wears them. This also applies to ladies’ shoes with heels.

Women’s shoes with high heels also change the entire body posture. The

result of putting on high heels is a change of the centre of gravity of the

body, increasing the overall height and a much better shaped body.

The healthy disadvantages of this type of women’s shoes, however, are

the subject of great debate, but I will not comment on them in this

article. Despite these deficiencies the high heels do not seem soon to

get out of the street scene.

High HEELS

Article By

Meenab shahwani