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