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The History of High Heels

You're Dead to Me

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The High Heel in Women's Fashion

The high heel is abandoned in women's fashion because of associations of sex, female sexual manipulation. Men also lose a form of clothing, which is breeches, which stop at the knee. So once again, men are wearing the heels and women aren't. And so the heel does come back for men, but in a very functional way. It doesn't keep their foot in the stirrup - it keeps the stirrup of their pants straight oneme. But we have to say, brouses for the brit really has to loop under the heel. We're talking here about a blacka swet. What's the fabric? It's silk. Oh, goodness. Wo ok

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