A Brief History Of Heels

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High heels have been about for a really long time. Though they are not the epitome of sophistication and ladylike sexiness, they have been serving similar purposed for men and for ladies for a considerable time. High heel shoes are pictured in ancient Egyptian art in murals but the 1st history of heels goes back farther. The Egyptian depictions happened around 4000 BC and showed pictures of folks wearing high heels in murals on the walls of traditional crypts and temples. The shoes depicted were flexible pieces of leather held on the foot with leather lacings. The subsequent incarnation was a type of platform sandal in 200 BC. These platform sandals were called kothorni. They had high wood soles and were used mostly by sad Roman actors.

The kothorni were exploited usually to give the advantage of height. Next, in 1000 CE the tradition came into play that the dad of the bride in a Saxon marriage would give one of the bride’s shoes to the groom so as to designate the passing of authority from one man to another.

Shoes were not always simply for the purpose of beauty nor were they mostly simply functional. In 1154 King Henry II of Britain started to wear a shoe with narrow and pointed toes. This started a trend among the courtiers although it was rumored that Henry wore these shoes so as to hide a deformation of his toes. In the 12th century CE, knights started to wear shoes with downward curving toes so as to keep their feet in the stirrups of their horses. Shoe toes were a giant point of contention. It came to a point in the early thirteenth century where the length and pointed extremes of one’s shoes were at once an indication of rank and prowess within a community. Kings and princes would wear shoes with toes up to 30 inches long!

The women’s ‘ obsession with shoes doesn't begin in any modern form till the mid 18th century with Madame de Pompadour and Marie Antoinette who start trends in their courts regarding shoes. Madame de Pompadour made very popular shoes that were named after her “Pompadour”. Sadly these shoes were exceedingly high and awfully narrow and too many ladies fainted at court because they attempted to scale back the obvious size of their feet. Marie Antoinette went to her expiration in 2 in. heels less than 50 years on.

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