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High heels began in a man’s vanity

Some said that about a woman’s memoirs, people usually only care about three things—her most beautiful appearance, the men she loved, as well as the number of shoes she has. High heel shoe is one of the most greatest inventions in civilization history.

To woman, high heel is really like a sharp, sexy, deadly dagger, which lets a woman conquer her proud heart. The great high heels’ designer Roger Vivier after birth 100 years later, it is time for men to have the right to choose high heel shoes.

High heels are born for the men at the earliest. The following article is to demonstrate the historical fact. Fashion is changeable in prosperity and decline capricious in rise and fall. Human does have somewhat easy to ignore history. We have 5000 years history. Look at the fashionable tide of 50 years ago, we can not image the great change today. So we can not image what will be fashionable 50 years later. May be the high heels are not only belong to women, a lot of men may wear them. Who can make sure and make predictions? Yes, no one can.

What we should pay attention to are as follow. Nowadays, there are some men have put on high heel shoes. The men we talk about here are not gay, cross dresser, but the heterosexual straight man. The high heels shoes we discuss are not that kind of heighten shoe, but the pointed toe high heel, which is popular at present. Because the first pair of pointed toe high heel is made by Roger Vivier in Paris. So 100 years later, there appears the concept.

The ancient Romans invented the Greek shoes based on this. With the improvement of process, there are embroidery, chain, garlands and metal ornaments that looks like the head of lion on the shoes. An interesting rule is that gentlewomen should wear the shoes no showing the toes, but prostitutes must wear the shoes showing toes, which hints those pursuers “follow me”.

Until in the 16 century, high heel shoes began to popular. To make himself look more terrible, more confidence and more authority, Louis xiv asked his shoemaker to fit a 4 inches heel on his shoes, and the heels were painted with red to show his honourable. Then king James ii and ministers were also affected, all the officers worn red high heels. That is a fashion at that time. 16 centuries later, people found out high heels can step on stirrup tightly when riding. So the high heel shoes were deeply loved by the senior officers. Soon, the high heel shoes became the fashion items for male nobles and upper-class. Only the men have the right to wear high heels at that time, it was a forbidden zone for women. It’s just the opposite to now.

In 1680, natural beautiful lover – woman began to try to wrest the rights to were high heels

from men. The high heel shoes had 3 inches high, and shoe’s body was quite narrow. Ladies who just started to girdling only had to rely on the stick to walk when wearing high heels. Later, the emper orpromulgated a decree that to determine the heel height according to the level of the people by decree. Only members of the royal family could be wear the highest and most beautiful shoes.

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