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 The fashion
history has been built throughout centuries. And shoes as any items of the
image were affected by the fashion trends and the epoch, on the whole. High heels
earned to be admired by fashion women several hundred years ago and it is till
demanded though represented in various shapes. Stilettos require the specific
walking and creating new image making the female silhouette more delicate. The
heel has undergone sea changed throughout the time and today we cannot imagine
flats to be the accessory for parties or ceremonies. Just heels,
only high heels to
look perfect. Most men,
as the statistics shows, prefer women with high heels. Well, the statistics can
be wrong or true, it is just the other way to verify and try.
High heels:
yesterday and today
The history
does not know the exact date for the high eel creation. However, first high
platform shoes were mentioned with ancient Greeks when the theater actors used
such shoes to look visually higher to be seen to any person. The marquise de
Pompadour, the officially recognized favorite of the French King Louis XV, introduced
high heels at the court, since she was very short.
There are many versions of the high heels creation.
One of version tells that heels wereattached to the boots for riding to
avoid falling into stirrups. High military boots have won the harts of
many
fashion persons in the world. In the late 17th century jersey
stockings were introduced to the wide public replacing silky stockings
and
shoes were used instead of boots.
In 1680 high
heels were set as fashion trend, especially stilettos. Ladies could walk
on highheels leaning to the cane.
High heels were the fashion trend for men, either and the trend waslike
the epidemic to spread. The kings would issue special decrees to
regulate the height ofheels according to society status. The highest
heels were the privilege of the noblearistocrats, court people and royal
family members. The legendary heel of red color that differentiated
the nobility from other classes was known for the vivid welt with the
upper
part of shoes attached to it.
During the French
Revolution the history set its own trends when comfort was appreciated higher
than glamour and luster. The female shoes looked more like the ballet flats, with
no sign of heels. Women lived on flats for almost fifty years. During the reign
of Napoleon the French court revived old corsets and hoop skirts, though high
heels were recovered a little bit later.
A famous spike
heel was presented only in 1950 when the Italian fashion designer Salvatore
Ferragamo (1898-1960) offered his own creation – spike heel after a range of
successful experiments with platform shoes. In 1952
Ferragamo came with the idea that heels would bemore durable if made from steel.
And thus, soon the fashion industry
was introduced to the steel –stiletto- high heel that has been exploited in
many shoe collections today.
The legendary
movie Billy
Wilder is the perfect chance to look at various shoes made by Ferragamo
where famous incredible Marylyn Monroe frivolously holds her skirt waving from
the wind. The stiletto shoes from this designer were extremely liked by Audrey Hepburn, Sofia Scicolone and Ingrid Bergman.
Why high heels?
Women would
always be the one to support household. Nevertheless, in ancient times
she
would hunt together with males and thus, she could win only having
strong legs
to do together with males and escape from wild animals. With the lapse
of long centuries
the male-typical pragmatism fixed in the minds of stronger sex when they
prefer
long-legged women, even not so beautiful. It is explained only with the
ancient instinct deeply in mind. Born beautiful and acquire the skills
to
visually correct what nature fails to gift – is the skill of seduction
any
woman should attain. Today beauty and high heels go by each other and
the
triumph is ensured then.
Wearing
high heels for every day is not that effortless since feet start aching, the
body balance should be kept, the load to the spine is shifted and which is most
horrible, feet are deformed. However, beauty requires sacrifice and for the
sake of it, for the sake of being beautiful and attractive to men, women go to
shop for another pair of high heels. The higher is the heel, the steps are
shorter ad this adds magic and temptation to the walking so attractive for men.
High heel shoes symbolize wins of most women over men.
There are
some national traditions about the heels. So, Japanese geisha girls always wear
high platform shoes to demonstrate their obedience and weakness to males. It is
highly uncomfortable and difficult to walk on such platform and tine Japanese
women could only mince walking in short steps.
Celebrities
on high heels
Celebrities
cannot afford wearing one and the same clothes for many functions and their spendthrift
luxury way of life is based on image support and professional reason when the
scene ensemble is like the visit card, and shoes is not just the accessory but
the glowing trend in style creation. And other accessories are matched, then. Celebrities
usually wear high heels for various occasions. The red carpet events just
require glamorous and solemn appearance and flats cannot make any woman look
gorgeous, fine-looking or demanded even if she has flat from limited edition
collection or purchased for a fortune for diamonds incrusted. So, high heels
can be considered as the celebrity accessory essential for public appearance
and tabloids.
Such celebrities
as Lady Gaga, Jenny Jackson, Beyonce and Eva Mendes are known for the diversity
and fancy of designer shoes. The height of heels varies from ten cm and higher.
Long toes and
high heel give the shoes delicate and light look.
In the time
of speeding up high technology century, the women more tend to wear high heels
to look taller, slimmer and feminine visually and instinctively addressing to
males.
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