Fashion: Do You Know Or Can You Guess Who Invented The High-Heels ?

Question

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They say, necessity is the mother of Invention.

Who had the necessity to invent high-heels?

Funny responses are more than welcome!

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So matter-of-fact resposes.

Pl.tik otsie the Box!

To know the right answer, wait till the last.

It should be " Please Think Outside The Box'.

Answer 1

DefiniTely a man! No woman would do thaT to anoTher woman. Those shoes are killers!

Answer 2

Back during the 1500s, men used to add a small heel to their shoes because it helped keep their feet in the stirrups of their horse's saddle.

In the 1600 and 1700s... Rich french men decided to start wearing high heels as a fashion. By around the French revolution, this died out and so did the style.

At the end of the 1800s, women picked up heels and started wearing them for fashion. They have been in style ever since.

So yes, men did "invent" them. But after heels were dead for 100-some years... women brought them back to life.

Answer 3

Raised heels are stated 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" 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-only" wear. By the late 1600s men's heels were commonly between three and four inches in height.

In 1533, the diminutive wife of the Duke of Orleans, Catherine de' Medici, commissioned a cobbler to fashion her a pair of heels, both for fashion, and to increase her stature. They were an adaptation of chopines (elevated wooden soles with both heel and toe raised not unlike modern platform shoes), but unlike chopines the heel was higher than the toe and the "platform" was made to bend in the middle with the foot.

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.[citation needed] 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.

Answer 4

Geez, I was watching this on TLC with that girl who comes out on What Not To Wear. Apparently high fashioned high heels are very comfortable because they are crafted suited to the female anatomy. Beats the old pair bought at JcPenneys.

Answer 5

In 1533, the diminutive wife of the Duke of Orleans, Catherine de' Medici~!

Answer 6

Nope I don't know but if he or she were alive I would club 'em up side the head and tell them where they can stick 'em! LOL
I personally can't wear Those things. I have some low heels and don't wear them alot unless I have to..

Answer 7

Pocahantus?

Answer 8

Wow!! I actually looked it up and it is rather interesting. Has to do with social status in some cases and in other cases associated with brothels. Check it out.
http://www.maxheels.de/resource/history.shtml
Mmm

Answer 9

Probably some French dude.

Answer 10

Well, it sure wasn't a woman!! I think a man liked the way they made a woman's calf look or something like that.