Women and high heels — it's a pairing as old as time. These shoes may hurt the sh*t out of our feet, but that doesn't stop us from wearing them on any given night. Just take a look around the bar over ...

High heels are fashionable, but uncomfortable, and can even lead to chronic foot damage. At first glance, it doesn't make sense to favor footwear which harm and hurt feet, plus render it difficult to ...

The well-heeled Marilyn Monroe reportedly once said if you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world. The allure of high-heeled shoes is no secret among women, who have used them to ...

Valentine’s Day style in 2026 is not about novelty shoes that only work for one night. Fashion editors are leaning into ...

It's a dilemma many women face when they go out — do they want to elongate their legs by wearing high heeled shoes for an event, or still be able to feel their feet at the end of the night? After ...

High heels might be a step above the rest. A recent study published in Personality and Individual Differences found that women are perceived as more sexually and physically attractive, feminine and of ...

Michael Mwaniki stands at Plus Soles, a shoe store in Nairobi that mirrors a growing cultural revolution. Rows of sneakers line one wall, while the other has an array of heeled shoes—stilettos, kitten ...

QUESTION When were high heels for ladies' shoes first introduced? The history of the heel is fascinating. It all started from the 'patten', a thick wooden or cork-soled undershoe attached by strings ...

It’s a bold woman who wears 4-inch heels when she already towers over a room in bare feet. We talked with a handful of guys to get their take on fearless Amazon women in high heels. Don’t be ...

Professor Hylton B Menz receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Women are often told how the very high-heeled shoes they wear are doing them harm. But ...