These timeless picks will elevate your shoe game. Christian Vierig/Getty Images No footwear collection is complete without a good pair of high heels. While sneakers and ballet flats may be the most ...

What is a red carpet without high heels? Celebrities love to hit the step-and-repeat in their towering stilettos, whether in the form of closed-toe pumps, strappy sandals or sleek boots. The seemingly ...

Anyone who’s ever wobbled around awkwardly in high heels may be surprised by the findings of a much-discussed biomechanics study of the footwear. In the study, young women and men who donned ...

For decades, British fashion designer Victoria Beckham was rarely seen without heels. Then, in 2015, she made a statement that shocked the fashion world: She started wearing flats. It wasn’t a trend ...

Editor's Note: The paper detailing the experiments cited in this post was retracted in October 2019.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

Historians often talk about hemlines but it’s shoes (and their elevated soles) that are the real social barometers. Heels are where fashion and politics converge. From Louis XIV’s four-inch talons to ...