There was a time when New York women chased “Sex and the City”-fueled dreams of frolicking down Fifth Avenue in towering Jimmy Choo stilettos. The higher the heel, the closer to fashion heaven. But ...

Like a herd of antelope, jockeying and shoving for position, 150 young women raced down Amsterdam's most famed fashion street in stiletto heels Thursday, racing for a $15,000 prize. Like a herd of ...

A reader wonders why the uncomfortable and often impractical shoes have not been retired. By Vanessa Friedman It is true, the death knell of the stiletto — that high heel invented in the 1950s that is ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The rise of the stiletto in the 1950s was a pivotal moment in the ...

Like many fashion-savvy women her age, 23-year-old Khadisha Shelton loves shoes. She scans fashion magazines to see the latest styles on the catwalk, and eagerly saves up to purchase her favourites as ...

One in five women admit to being more turned on by a pair of shoes than by their boyfriends, finds a new study, and one in six say the same of their husbands. Additionally, half of those surveyed by ...

You know what? It does. Or, at least, walking in a pair of Thesis stilettos—whose shanks, and heels, are constructed mostly of dense, slightly flexible polymer (“ballistics-grade,” Thesis’s marketing ...

Avery has fallen head over heels for shoes. And not just any shoes. Stilettos are what make her go weak at the knees. Liz Avery's collection of 'about 30' pairs of shoes puts her in the top bracket of ...

Update, October 14, 2019: The research upon which this story was based has been retracted due to “methodological weaknesses and statistical errors.”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 ...

Avery has fallen head over heels for shoes. And not just any shoes. Stilettos are what make her go weak at the knees. Liz Avery's collection of 'about 30' pairs of shoes puts her in the top bracket of ...