High heels aren't often considered to be the most comfortable shoes in your closet, but sometimes you need or want to wear them. You're likely intimately familiar with the pain and blisters that can ...

Models falling, kicking off their heels, and visibly reaching out for help while on the verge of tears are everywhere right now, and it all has to do with the runway’s newest obsession: precarious ...

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. High heels ...

As clumpy trainers increasingly take over, sky-high stilettos have become divisive. For some they mean oppression, for others they mean sex, empowerment and fluidity. By Libby Banks. In January 2014 ...

Editor's Note: The paper detailing the experiments cited in this post was retracted in October 2019.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 ...

Update, October 14, 2019: The research upon which this story was based has been retracted due to “methodological weaknesses and statistical errors.” Cue a collective sigh from women everywhere: a new ...