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WHY did women start wearing high heels? As it turns out, the first to wear high heels were not women, but men. They were the most comfortable shoes for riders as it allowed them to fix the rider in the stirrups. Catherine de Medici, the wife of the Duke of Orleans, was the first woman to wear heels. She wished to emphasize her high status and for this very purpose she demanded high heels to be made for herself. ©Kautilya WHY did women start wearing high heels? #Knowledge #Life #GeneralKnowledge #upsc

WHY did women start wearing high heels? As it turns out, the first to wear high heels were not women, but men. They were the most comfortable shoes for riders as it allowed them to fix the rider in the stirrups. Catherine de Medici, the wife of the Duke of Orleans, was the first woman to wear heels. She wished to emphasize her high status and for this very purpose she demanded high heels to be made for herself. ©Kautilya WHY did women start wearing high heels? #Knowledge #Life #GeneralKnowledge #upsc