Louis XIV invented high heels.
Louis XIV was a short man, about 154cm tall, so he was very dissatisfied with his height, and felt that his status and height did not match, so he called the shoe craftsman and then made shoes for him when the heel padded with a thick heel, the formation of the first high-heeled shoes in the modern sense.
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But in fact, at the very beginning of the emergence of high-heeled shoes, because of the court of Louis XIV courtesans often sneak out of the palace walls at night to participate in the ball, in order to confine these unruly women, Louis XIV let the craftsmen to design a kind of can make the courtesans In order to confine these unruly women, Louis XIV asked his craftsmen to design a shoe that would make the courtesans' movements difficult, and the cobbler then raised the heels of the courtesans' shoes to a high level, which would make a crunching sound when stepping on the floor to alert people and stop the courtesans' behavior of sneaking out.
I didn't expect that after a few months, these courtesans got used to high heels, and learned how to dance in high heels, but also found that the benefits of high heels on stretching the legs, they wore these shoes to continue to run away, to participate in the ball of the aristocrats, and ultimately make the high heels in the upper class in the popularity of the Louis XIV himself after learning the truth, also began to wear high heels, only his soles are a symbol of the king's honor and glory of the red. red. This can also be seen clearly on the paintings in the Palace of Versailles.
High-heeled shoes, to a certain extent, are the "Cinderella's glass slipper" that can make every woman beautiful, but with beautiful high heels, it does not mean that every woman will be very beautiful in them. Some women will not wear high heels, wearing high heels did not appear to be groomed, but instead appeared to cower, walking when a crutch, some even use stomping drag shoes, therefore, must learn to wear high heels and then wear, so as not to play a counterproductive effect. Let high heels show your different beauty.
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