The well-heeled Marilyn Monroe reportedly once said if you give a girl the right shoes, she can conquer the world. The allure of high-heeled shoes is no secret among women, who have used them to ...

Lady Gaga's massive 10-inch tapered heels may be purely for show, rarely making an appearance outside of the artist's music videos. But three-inch or higher heels are hard for many people to ...

Our love of heels has been gleaned from research conducted by customised footwear company Shoes of Prey. While globally, the average heel height is 7cm, Australian shoe lovers love to wear an 8.3cm ...

Editor's Note: The paper detailing the experiments cited in this post was retracted in October 2019. Women’s shoes come in a wide array of heel heights. Shoes with the highest spike heels have been ...

Is the high heel a tool of empowerment or a tool of the patriarchy designed to slow a woman down? This is a question that Antonia Saint Dunbar, a serial entrepreneur, asked herself back in 2014 while ...