High heels are a paradox, ‘wrote Rona Berg in Vogue. They can make a woman appear more – or less – powerful.”
When worn for long periods of time, they are a devilish prescription for pain, responsible for everything from hammertoes to fallen arches. But when worn for effect, like Cinderella’s slippers, they can work magic and bestow the power to seduce.
Women may ‘wear’ slippers, ‘put on’ sneakers and ‘slip into’ loafers, but they ‘dress’ in high heels. They playact. Psychologically, high heels permit them to lead rather than follow. An ordinary woman becomes a towering seductress, literally staring men down. Sexually, whether she acknowledges it or not, she can choose to become the subject or the object of male worship.
Always teetering in and out of style, heels reached new heights with the advent of the stiletto in the 1950s. And to the dismay of many women, spindly high heels popped up again in fashion magazines in the 1990s. Still, whether a woman thinks heels are the height of fashion or the height of absurdity, she usually has at least one pair in the back of her closet for the occasion when sensible shoes just won’t do.
Whether you are looking for the height of fashion or the sensible shoes, visit Brazilian Shoe Box – www.brazilianshoebox.com – before you ‘put on your red shoes and dance the blues’ - David Bowie.
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