Heels are classy, sexy, give attitude and can make a boring outfit outrageous! They can splash a bit of color, dab some sexy patterns, throw in some buckles and make you look dangerous, create the look, be conversation starters and best of all, make you stand out. Heels are the best. I feel sorry for men not having the choice of being able to wear them! I love heels!
Here are some of my latest purchases and recommendations. Who ever said 21 heels is enough can shove it! I'm planning on 100 by the end of the year.
All the heels I have listed are all over $100 as I think that if you're going to spend money on something you are going to wear constantly you might as well make it comfortable and worth it. Don't go cheap on heels as they could leave you with blisters and bunions. And those are just gross. Its always worth spending a little extra to save your feet in the future!
You should also check out products designed to stop rubbing and help cushion the balls of your feet and heels.
Felicity by Witchery $189.00
Spicy by Zu $150.00
Belinda by Zoe Wittner $189.95
Veronique by Zoe Wittner $169.95 (I have these in all black)
Prada Flower Heels (Inspired by James Jean) US$590
Whipsnitch Patent Heels by Miu Miu $579.27
Prada Flower Heel Mary Jane ON SALE US$356.00
Something Blue Satin Pump by Manolo Blahnik US$945
This is the shoe that Big finally proposed to Carey with in the SATC movie. Fitting name, don't you think?
Look after your investments. Make sure you find yourself a reputable shoe repairer and stick with the one. Check the materials your heels are made of, they may have different care instructions. Some heels are easier to salvage than others. Always check with the clerk of the store about care for a particular pair if you're not sure.
For leather heels make sure you wear them in properly before wearing them out. Rub some vodka on the inside with a cotton bud, making sure they are quite soaked and walk around the house in them till they dry to let them mold to your foot shape. It'll make them a lot more comfy. Leather also gives a little, you never should be slipping around in heels. When you try them on, make sure they're firm on your foot. Not too tight, but nice and firm and your feet don't slip.
Try not to get scuff marks on them by avoiding walking near cracks in the road and grates. And if you do get a scuff or break a heel, get it to the repairer asap! Never let the problem get worse. Keep them dry and if they're made of suede or fur remember to waterproof them and keep them out of puddles. You can buy special products to keep them in mint condition.
History of Heels: (Taken from Wikipedia)
Raised heels are sometimes claimed to have been a response to the problem of the rider's foot slipping forward in stirrups while riding. The "rider's heel," approximately 1-1/2 inch (4 cm) high, appeared around 1500. The leading edge was canted forward to help grip the stirrup, and the trailing edge was canted forward to prevent the elongated heel from catching on underbrush or rock while backing up, such as in on-foot combat. These features are evident today in riding boots, notably cowboy boots.
The simple riding heel gave way to a more stylized heel over its first three decades. Beginning with the French, heel heights among men crept up, often becoming higher and thinner, until they were no longer useful while riding, but were relegated to "court-pony" wear. By the late 1600s, men's heels were commonly between three and four inches in height.
However, high heels may have been worn by women just as early or earlier, both as a fashion statement and to increase short stature. At least as early as 1533, the diminutive Italian wife of Henry II, King of France, Queen Catherine de' Medici, commissioned a cobbler to fashion her a pair of heels, both for fashion, and to suggest greater height. They were an adaptation of chopines and patternsplatform shoes or clogs and sabots), intended to protect the feet of the wearer from dirt and mud; but unlike chopines, the heel was higher than the toe and the "platform" was made to bend in the middle with the foot. That raised shoes had already been worn as a fashion statement in Italy, at least, is suggested by sumptuary laws in Venice that banned the wearing of chopine-style platform shoes as early as the 1430's. (elevated wooden soles with both heel and toe raised, not unlike modern
High-heeled shoes quickly caught on with the fashion-conscious men and women of the French court, and spread to pockets of nobility in other countries. The term "well-heeled" became synonymous with opulent wealth. Both men and women continued wearing heels as a matter of noble fashion throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. When the French Revolution drew near, in the late 1700s, the practice of wearing heels fell into decline in France due to its associations with wealth and aristocracy. Throughout most of the 1800s, flat shoes and sandals were usual for both sexes, but the heel resurfaced in fashion during the late 1800s, almost exclusively among women.
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