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EVOLUTION OF THE HIGH HEELED SHOES

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The first evidence found of heeled shoes is from ancient Egypt; Yet, the first known heeled shoes made of wood were found in ancient Rome. Actors would wear them during performances and prostitutes would wear them to identify themselves. The high-heeled shoes were slimmer and more stylish by the 1500's. Catharine de Medici, popularized the shoe among wealthy and royal families as m ore of a fashion statement than a practical accessory. High-heeled shoes were actually once banned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1791, for being a way of looking more desirable and attractive. Yet, Marie Antoinette defied this law and made a comeback with the shoes in the late 1790's.

In ancient time the upper class people could only wear the high heel shoes most likely for ceremonies of special events. During the medieval period the wooden soles or patterns were attached to the underneath of the fragile shoe so that they could keep out of the mud. In ancient times, the upper class people could only wear the high heel shoes for ceremonies or special events. The Greeks and Romans also wore the platform heels. Actresses in ancient mainly wore it to symbolize to show high status or importance. egyptian butchers also wore high heeled shoes because it would help them walk above the blood and carcasses of dead animals. .In the middle ages, male and female alike would wear heels. Heels in the middle ages were just a wooden sole that would be attached to any shoe. horse men would also were them because there feet would slip out of the stirrups.

The history of high heels goes back more further that you might even think, towards BC. More likely the ancient times high heels were just used to made up of wood and cork soles, In the middle ages there weren’t any fancy shoes as they are in present. In the middle ages, both men and women wore high heels. At first, only upper class people used to wear high heels to represent upper classiness, but nowadays all women wear high heels. High heels were also expensive in middle ages and in ancient times. Nowadays their isn’t that much craze of high heels instead people now wear fancy sandals or slippers.