When Men, *Not Women*, Wore High Heels + Why They Stopped

From being a way of warriors to a status symbol

Lioness Rue
Lessons from History
4 min readAug 6, 2021

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King Louis XIV of France (the first to be painted with “the red high hills”)— Image by the solemates

High heels are proof of how objects completely evolve in serving different purposes for different people over time. In today’s world, high heels often help women make a fashion statement, mostly representing elegance and class.

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