The Stiletto – Still a Fashionable Choice
Stilettos. Can anyone really believe that these shoes were truly built for the human foot? Look at any wholesale fashion site for women’s styles and there you have it, you are going to discover designer shoes that include these narrow and very high constructions. Stilettos are named after a dagger and they look like it, reaching up to 10 centimeters long but with a tiny 1 centimeter bottom. Yet the stiletto continues to be popular even if scary and precarious.
On the health question, the stiletto heel is completely wrong for the muscles and bone structure of the feet. So much weight is concentrated into the toes that it is the equivalent to a hippopotamus tiptoeing. Foot doctors report that corns, sprains, and foot soreness have become predominant among gals who sport these fashions. To say nothing of back problems, arthritis and shoulder injury.
What on earth is the attraction? It is said to give the impression of a long slim leg, strong calf, and little feet. It also affects posture so that chest and hips, are emphasized, imagined by many to be fetching. (Forget all the talk of the stiletto as being a part of the fetish craze, we won’t be taking up that subject!)
But the real attraction is the look and feel of a terrific wholesale fashion high heel. And being inches taller than normal is plain fun! Perusing a wholesale fashion website and discovering a pair of strappy pink shoes with towering height and an open toe under a lattice work design — really, how can that not make you want to wear them? And what about the Lamborghini stiletto? To be sure, it is just an image so far, but c’mon a shoe fashioned like the famous Lamborghini emblazoned with headlights? Okay, not a real shoe yet, just a clever advertisement, but wouldn’t you bet that one day you will be able to purchase this flamboyant design or a great look-alike at a wholesale fashion merchandiser who sells ladies shoes?
The stiletto heel is not going away whatever critics may say: Roksanda Illincic is previewing a ten inch high sandal for next year, 2010!