Why Women Wear High Heels
The reasons for women wearing high heels – stilettos, kitten heels, court shoes, wedges etc – are numerous and mostly aesthetic. Indeed there are a number of advantages to wearing high heels and they include:
- Making the feet appear smaller
- Helping the calf muscles and gluteus appear more defined
- Helping to tone the pelvic floor
- Adding height
- Making the legs appear longer
- Helping to achieve better posture
- Better defining the arches of the feet
Studies have shown that one in ten women wear high heels more than three times a week and the number of women wearing heels daily has risen dramatically since the launch and subsequent global popularity of fashion-conscious and extravagant television series such as Sex and the City, Ugly Betty and The Hills.