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The History of High Heels

You're Dead to Me

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High Heels Are Driving the Nation to Perdition

There is a division between what desirable femininity looks like, and that's always high heeled. And so fashion introduces these big, thick platform so s like faragamo comes out with these wild platforms in the 19 thirties, and men hate them. In women's fashion, the wedge starts to take over, eas he more comfortable wie so faragamo actually invented the wedge as an thopedic shoe. We get another anti lady back ash from a particular guy running for us. Cenet called james h kirby, who said in the new ork times in 19 30, hooch and high heels are driving the nation to perdition.

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