Today in the wardrobe of each girl there are a lot of pairs of shoes on heels, but hardly anyone of us thought about who invented heels, when and why. And yet this shoe element has roots that go to Ancient Greece. And the one who invented the shoes with heels did it not for the sake of beauty. The fact that the ancient Greeks, who attended theatrical productions, it was difficult to see the actors on stage, so the last and shod the curbs - sandals made of cork with a thick sole sealed on the heels. Medieval Europe could not do without heels for other reasons. High heels were a guarantee that the legs would not be smeared with sewage, which poured directly into the streets of cities. And the inhabitants of the East wore shoes in heels, which helped to avoid burns on the hot floor.
Heel and modernity
Today, the heel performs a decorative function. The coup took place in the XVII century, when Italian masters offered ladies shoes on heels, which to this day adorn women's legs. But to figure out who made up the heel-stud is not so simple. This passion of many women was invented in the mid-sixties of the last century. However, authorship is claimed by three famous designers. The first one is Roger Vivier. In 1953, in slippers on the incredibly narrow and high heels created by Vivier,