There are plenty of reasons why women wear high heels today — to dress up an outfit or lengthen one's silhouette, for example — but centuries ago, the shoes served a much different purpose. High heels ...
High heels, more than just footwear, are symbols of elegance and status that have strutted through fashion history, their ...
Elizabeth Semmelhack is the senior curator of the Bata Shoe Museum. She is the author of "Heights of Fashion: A History of the Elevated Shoe." Updated November 1, 2013, 12:39 PM The stiletto is one of ...
A reader wonders why the uncomfortable and often impractical shoes have not been retired. By Vanessa Friedman It is true, the death knell of the stiletto — that high heel invented in the 1950s that is ...
Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex in the City" and "Just Like That" is a heel-loving fashion icon. However, the times are changing. Craig Blankenhorn/MAX A sexist tweet has revealed just how many people still ...