Heels

One calls sales the part of the shoe ground which is under the heel. The precise origin of the sales is uncertain, however, his native country lies absolutely in the Far East and East where riding people, as for example the Mongols, things similar to shoe with sales carried around not from stirrup to slide.

In the 16-th century the shoe heel was also “invented” in Europe and soon taken pleasure of big popularity with the aristocrats. At that time shoes were a status symbol - only well-to-do were able to do to themselves which strips and only the richest, and therefore to mightiest, unusual shoes - which he made his owner bigger might also have inspired one or other smaller aristocrat. In addition, sales with the horse riding offered an advantage. In the second half of the 17-th century, so shortly before the gathering storm in form of the French revolution, high red sales were a sign for the high-level nobility.

The revolution turned up the society relations in the fashion land France and thus the sales lost to meaning. Thus men like women carried in the 19-th century mostly shoes with level sales. In the 20-th century the sport had big influence in the fashion and thus the sales did not find again her meaning as in the time of the Renaissance had. Today even women carry high sales only for special occasions, possibly parties or balls. Maybe because High Heels by men are felt as “sexy”. Today sales are with man’s shoes usually no longer as 3 cm, the average probably lies with about 2.5 cm. Ladies’ shoes have sales a little higher mostly . 3 to 8 cm are “normal”. Of course there are also shoe models with higher shoe heels, is to be moved in them, however, mostly a challenge, in particular if the sales are thin. Besides, they can also break quite fast.

Earlier became sales and with classical man’s shoes they are also made even today out of natural materials like straw, wood, cork and leather. Today, however, materials find preferentially as for example rubber or use PVC. According to length, form and used material one distinguishes many different models. Thus ballerina’s shoes own, for example, ballerina’s sales. Dancing shoes a Shimmyheeltc. a specific feature is the wedge heel which is, actually, no sales in the real sense, but only one rise of the appearance surface.

For the foot health are the sales of determining meaning. If he is too high as it rather often seems with some ladies’ shoes, the foot has almost no appearance surface. The weight of the body must be carried by a small surface - one carries such shoes long damages are almost guaranteed. Also the adjustment of the sales, now immediately whether with ladies’ shoes or man’s shoes plays an important role with the right walking.