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And yet, high heels have become a constant staple in women's fashion -- except during the late-18th century, when elevated heels became associated with the excesses of Marie Antoinette. "And for ...

Most shoe designers — save Christian Louboutin and his signature scarlet soles — treat the underside of high-heeled pumps as a plain utilitarian surface. Long Beach artist Taylor Reeve,… ...

There are plenty of reasons why women wear high heels today — to dress up an outfit or lengthen one's silhouette, for example — but centuries ago, the shoes served a much different purpose.

Heels were quintessentially masculine, until they were quintessentially feminine. Shoes in general, Stuart Weitzman noted, are about so much more than function: They are art. They are culture.

At the latest edition of Art Basel Miami Beach this past December, where armies of gallerinas and other art world femme fatales typically teeter about in sky-high heels, a glamorous girl tilted ...