High heels of modern design have successfully entered the wardrobe of almost every woman in the world. Among them, court shoes, stilettos and kitten shoes stand out for their eye-catching designs, popularity and ability to impart an undeniable sexiness to the women who wear them.
The history of stilettos
High heels have gone through several different phases throughout their long and eventful history. From our earliest civilizations, they served as items to display wealth and status, slowly becoming adopted by lower-class men and women and eventually becoming widely popular fashion items for women, highly successful in showcasing their sensuality, elegance and bodies. However, the path that ultimately led us to the stiletto's monumental fashion revolution was not an easy one. High heels as a whole have experienced many waves in and out of fashion not only during the mid-century and modern era, but also over the past few decades. The stiletto design is a shoe type that continues to see a resurgence in popularity, becoming one of the most popular women's shoe designs of all time since its creation in Italy in the 1950s.
The first appearance of stilettos in women's footwear dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when some women began wearing them more as a symbol of sexiness and femininity. Conclusive evidence of their existence came in the 1940s, when photographers captured Parisian singer Mistinguett wearing stiletto heels designed by famed French shoe designer André Perugia, now known as Famous for "heelless" women's shoes) design.
The design of the stiletto as we know it today came from the brainchild of French fashion designer Roger Vivier, who created the world's first stiletto in 1954. He abandoned thick wooden high heels and replaced them with slender metal rods, allowing women to emphasize their body lines and sex appeal (heels raised above the ground have a very positive effect on changing the shape of women's hips, breasts and entire body) ). body lines). With such an explosive and (at the time) controversial design, it's no wonder that stilettos instantly took the world by storm, becoming one of the most common sexual fetish items on the market.
However, even with such seductive power, stilettos have gone through several fashion changes that have had a big impact on their popularity. Introduced in the 1950s, they slowly fell out of fashion in the 1960s, only to make a triumphant return in the 1970s when the new "needle" style became popular. High heels continued to be widely used until the 1990s, when business and college women almost exclusively switched to heels with larger, larger heels. In the early 2000s, subtle changes occurred in the business environment, allowing women to introduce stiletto heels into work settings and casual attire.
Although the incredibly sexy and eye-catching designs come at the cost of comfort, millions of women around the world are willing to embrace the undeniable benefits of this footwear and proudly wear them in public , attract attention and create your own image as a "femme fatale".
The history of kitten heels
Since the Middle Ages, high heels have represented the status and wealth of the wearer (whether male or female), but this fashion statement was quickly abandoned when women began wearing them as a cult symbol of sex and beauty. The most significant moment for this philosophy was the launch of the Stiletto pump in 1954 by French shoe designer Roger Vivier. However, because stilettos are seen as a blatant display of sexiness, many women or young girls don't have the courage or wherewithal to wear them in an environment that tries to suppress this fashion statement. For this reason, designers soon popularized kitten heels under the name "training heels."
Kitten heels slowly became popular in North America and Europe in the late 1950s, when girls aged 13 and older wore them to adapt to the insecurities associated with high heels. These shoes are small and lightweight, with a slender heel measuring just 1.5 to 1.75 inches in height, a slight curve in the heel that sets the heel from the edge of the shoe, and a slightly pointed toe that complements the wearer's femininity. As these young girls aged, they suddenly found themselves using kitten heels more and more, ignoring the high heels that had gone out of fashion in the early 1960s. With a good marketing campaign and influence in the entertainment industry (actress Audrey Hepburn greatly popularized the shoe design, especially during her performance in the award-winning 1954 film "The Last of Us"), the Kitten The shoes quickly became popular among young teenagers and older women. Western Hemisphere.
After a brief decline in the 1970s, kitten heels experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 1980s and returned again in 2003. Due to the success of stilettos today, the latest fashion reappearance of kitten heels has never reached the heights of the past, but many famous designers around the world have gone to great lengths to promote small heels (such as Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin).