Why High Heels Hurt Even After You Take Them Off : Shots - Health News Wearing high heels can shorten calf muscles and stiffen Achilles tendons, ... senior curator for the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.

For instance, Dr. Colleen Hill, senior curator of costume at The Museum at FIT, noted, "The platform shoes of the 1940s could ...

There are plenty of reasons why women wear high heels today — to dress up an outfit or lengthen one's silhouette, for example — but centuries ago, the shoes served a much different purpose.

A reader wonders why the uncomfortable and often impractical shoes have not been retired. By Vanessa Friedman It is true, the death knell of the stiletto — that high heel invented in the 1950s ...

Kelly Holmes, 47, Ms. Zambrano’s friend and colleague, showed off a recent purchase, a pair of ultra-tall, pointy-toed goldtone sandals. She had been wearing high heels since restaurants ...

"An adjustable ankle is useful in contexts even beyond high heels," she added. "Ballet flats, sneakers, boots, and high heels especially, all vary in height, so an adjustable ankle opens up ...