Who Invented High Heels?

Since the harlotts of ancient greece wore platforms to make the easier spot, heels have been shorthand for sexy, Catherine Medici Italian wife of the Duke of Orleans and the future Queen of France, commissioned a pair heeled shoes on her first wedding in 1533 both fashion and to increase her stature but not until 1590's the heels really caught on in europe, says Susan North a curator at the V&A. Elizabeth i was a devotee, but it wasn't just the girls says susan, The er, vertically challenged Louis XIV of france wore red heels in th 1650's-though presumably their coutiers caught up in the fashion he was back were he was started. In England Charles II set the fashion for high heels after the restoration although men's heels got lower again throughout the 18th century.