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High-heeled footwear is something every woman aspires to possess, at least one pair. It is one of those ‘must-have’ accessories that adorns everywoman’s wardrobe and she wears it with a well matched attire. High Heels have a history of its own and goes back many centuries.
Medieval Europeans wore wooden-soled patten shoes, which were ancestors to contemporary high heels. Elizabeth Semmelhack, curator at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum, traces the high heel to Persian horse riders who used high heels for functionality, because they helped hold the rider’s foot in stirrups. It is sometimes suggested that raised heels were a response to the problem of the rider’s foot slipping forward in stirrups while riding. The “rider’s heel”, approximately 1 1⁄2 inches (3.8 cm) high, appeared in Europe around 1600 century.
High heels returned in fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The shape of the fashionable heel has also changed from block (1970s) to tapered (1990s), and stiletto (post-2000).
Today, high heels are typically worn, with heights varying from a kitten heel of 1.5 inches to a stiletto heel (or spike heel) of 4 inches (10 cm) or more. Till date the high heels have been hailed as a non-negotiable add-on to the woman’s wardrobe. High heels have seen significant controversy in the medical field lately, with many podiatrists seeing patients whose severe foot problems have been caused almost exclusively by high-heel wear.