I just thought I’d direct your attention to an interesting article from the BBC entitled “Why Did Men Stop Wearing High Heels?”

For the uninitiated, it seems that men used to have long hair, wear flowing, frilly clothes, and yes, high heels. At times, this was done for functional reasons; other times, it was to signify wealth and class.

Equally interesting is that high heels were out of fashion for a time for both genders.

It was not only designers but changing gender and class roles and social mores that influenced who wore the pants… or stilettos… in the family.

Read up and enjoy. Here’s the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21151350

Modern Times

  Anyway, to answer the question from the BBC story, who stopped wearing heels? Certainly not me.

But, indeed I have swallowed the cultural mindset on fashion wholeheartedly, so that my heel-wearing is strictly a female preoccupation.

… and I seem to like my heels a little shinier and more “dangerous” than the clunky models our forebears chose. Those were an easy ride… if you want a show of courage, stand atop those towering 5″ red stilettos in the photo above. And, if it is pain you want, walk a mile in her shoes…

…and then tell me who is the weaker sex…