High Heels Throughout History
Heels have been a symbol of sex, power, fetishism, and fashion throughout time all over the world. While, like everything else, wax and wane throughout the trends of fashion, they always manage to come out on top. I have complied some of my favorite historical high heel highlights in the infograph below. Special thanks to Burju’s website for some of the facts within. Please take a look at it and know there will be a quiz at the end (no joke). Since I could fit everything on the PDF timeline, I have extra trivia listed below for your perusal.
Click HERE for History of Heels Infograph
More Fact-oids on Heels
-When the Enlightenment movement was swirling throughout parts of Europe, heels fell out of fashion. The lavish designs of the Renaissance were no longer the trend and a more simplistic approach to apparel took hold for many people.
–Heels became regarded in the same vein as witchcraft in the 17th Century in the US. In fact, on Massachusetts the Puritans made a law against women luring men into marriage by using the seduction of heels. Any who were caught doing so were subjected to severe punishment in the same way as anyone deemed a “witch”. I think we can all surmise death at the stake would have been an implied threat.
– In 1888 the first high heeled shoe factory opened in the United States making it cheaper to buy stateside as opposed to importing them from abroad.
-According to Vogue India: ” Salvatore Ferragamo, Roger Vivier and André Perugia have all been credited with inventing the stiletto, sometime between 1948 and 1954.”
-The 1970s brought Drag culture into the spotlight and heels fit for drag Queens were trending in many major cities.
Click HERE for Quiz Heels Throughout History Quiz
Let me know how you do 😉
Bummer! I only got half right on the quiz! And here I thought I was both a history buff AND a heel aficionado!
Ah well, time to add the ones I missed to My Google list for further study!
The history facts you shared were really interesting, Miss Fiona! I was especially intrigued by the fact that heels were once considered a form of witchcraft!
Then again, I concur that a pair of sexy heels ARE seductive!
What a fun post!
Thanks so much, Beautiful. I have to admit I didn’t know half of that stuff myself until I read about it recently.
i’m in the same boat as MissRachel is, getting 1/2 right. i think cause it took me too long to figure out where the quiz actually was located, lol. and also did not know about the witchcraft.
Oh, I can make it more prominent if that helps. Thanks for the feedback and I hoped you enjoyed it 🙂
Thank you lovely Goddess Fiona for a beautiful and interesting article. You really always bring interesting things when it comes to history and fashion. I really enjoyed the reading and the quiz. Not that I know much about it, but I may have even got lucky and guessed 5 correct answers:)
Have a nice day!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! It was so fun to learn about it all.
Hate to break the news Mistress Fiona…missed question 6!
Got the other five correct!🤭. No one is more surprised than me!
That is amazing! Great Job! XOXO