Jezebel: Heels

Victoria Beckham Condemned To Wear Flats

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:30:00 EDT

Victoria Beckham, who reportedly has a slipped disc, is under doctor's orders not to wear her customary high heels until her back gets better. That's what Posh would be punished with if she were an uppity mortal in a Greek myth who got on the wrong side of Aphrodite. [Daily Mail] More »

Lady Owns Only 1,200 Pairs Of Shoes

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:05:00 EDT

She downsized from 1400. Seven hundred pairs of Beth Shak's 1200-pair-shoe collection are Louboutins. When the professional poker player wins, she "treats" herself to a new pair, and from the looks of her closet, she shops when she loses as well. Shak's 16-year-old daughter can't borrow any of her mom's heels because they don't wear the same size, but her sons admit to being sneaker addicts. More »

Heel The World

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:20:00 EST

New York, Feb 12: The fall 2011 collection of designer Prabal Gurung is modeled during Fashion Week. Black tights with strappy sandals: yay or nay? More »

If The Shoe Fits, Wear It; If It Doesn't, Get Surgery

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:18:00 EST

A woman named Audy just had foot surgery. A doctor dislocated Audy's toe, sawed out 2-millimeter chunk of bone, then inserted a titanium rod to bring the shortened bone back together. Why? So Audy can wear cute high heels. More »

I Like To Call This One "Schadenfreude"

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 11:55:00 EST

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Socialite Paris Hilton, dressed totally appropriately in skinny jeans and heels, paints a wall with graffiti as she performs community service with Hollywood Beautification Team. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Shoes Take Sadism To New Heights

Sadie Stein — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:06:00 EST

And here we have the most uncomfortable shoes ever devised by man. From high fashion (at left) to cruel and torturous (shoes for bound feet), it's a good look at just how far feet can go. More »

Nicholas Kirkwood's New Shoe Designs Honor The Late Keith Haring

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:17:00 EDT

I am so in love with these funky, fun, '80s heels by Nicholas Kirkwood, who worked with the Keith Haring Foundation. Too bad they're only available in Hong Kong! More »

If The Shoe Fits, Stab Your Boyfriend In The Eye With It

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:40:00 EDT

On February 7, an angry, drunk, and possibly insane British woman stabbed her boyfriend in the eye with her stiletto heel. It punctured his socket and entered his brain, causing a blood vessel to burst. Weirdly, this has happened before. More »

Pair Your $1000 Sweatpants With Heels

Irin Carmon — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:20:13 EDT

The runway trend of high-priced sweatpants combines the recession-era comfort-seeking with the bygone follies of boom times! "It's all about the heels," says one enthusiast. We here at Jezebel are pro-sweatpants, but beg to differ on the ideal footwear. [WSJ] More »

Free People & The Ugliest Shoes Ever Conceived

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:40:00 EST

Monday I received an email about the March Free People catalog. "I am cleaning the vomit off of myself," wrote the tipster. "Just wait until you see the slouch clog." Yesterday? Another email: More »

Sotomayor Dressed For Success • DNA Evidence Helps Solve Cold Cases

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EDT

• On Saturday, Sonia Sotomayor addressed a group of former classmates and alums at her 30th Yale Law School reunion. She revealed that the nomination process was so tightly controlled that even her clothes were chosen for her. • More »

The Tedious, Endless, Self-Righteous Heel Debate Rages On

Sadie Stein — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Oh god, when will it stop? From the looks of it, never: More »

Seoul To Sole: How To Make Women Happy? Make Streets Safe For Heels

Sadie Stein — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:20:00 EDT

The South Korean city of Seoul has decided to become women-friendly. Which means, obviously, pink parking spots for heel-wearers. After all, "Happy Women, Happy Seoul!" And nothing makes us happier than pink! But there's more: More »

Booze Shoes

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:20:00 EDT

The problem with these stilettos for bartenders, in addition to being hideous and silly - and a rip-off of these - is that you will most certainly spill your drink on the floor. [Inventor Spot] More »

Chris Rock's Daughters Want To Be BFF With The Obama Girls

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST

To try to come in like a lamb and go out like a lion, today Ana Marie Cox and I talk puppies, pedicures, Elvira, Bill Kristol, and the death of journalism. Do lions cry? More »

Got plans for a tropical vacation this winter?...

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Got plans for a tropical vacation this winter? Gonna scuba or snorkel? Don't forget your high-heeled flippers. (Insert eyeroll emoticon here.) [InventorSpot] More »

Shoenanigans

Maria — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Hmm. Call us old fashioned but these shoes from Aneejet Kosters just seem more than a little ridiculous. What is the point in wearing shoes when your feet are almost fully exposed to the ground? Surely, we thought, these metallic gold non-shoes must be reaching new levels of outrageousness that not even our crazy Finnish fashion eccentric friends would pretend to be interested in wearing. And then we saw these shoes by the same designer. Well, fashion is an art form, right? [WOW] More »

Trade Union Speaks Out Against "Sexist" Heels • Iraq War Limits Iraqi Women's Freedoms

Maria — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

The Trades Union Congress in England is urging employers to stop making high-heels compulsory for female employees on grounds that it is sexist and can lead to health problems. • Comedian Kristen Schaal reveals that not only is she well-read in British dramatists, she used to practice stand-up in front of cows as a child. • In England a man has been banned from visiting his girlfriend's home after neighbors complained about their noisy sex and the girlfriend's general "nightmare neighbor" behavior. • Another plucky-grandma-fighting-a-thief story? Oh, yes. • More »

Killer Heels

Maria — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDT

This morning, two teenage sisters in Florida were badly beaten with high heel shoes by approximately 30 members of a girl gang known as "The Rock Star Girls" and "The Cheerleaders" in the parking lot of a nightspot known as "Club Crunk." The gang members approached the two victims as they were waiting in the parking lot after being denied entry into the club when three of the members took off their shoes and began beating them. One of the members beat the girls with an eight-inch brown stiletto heel (ugly shoes for an ugly personalities!) while saying "B, I am gonna kill you" and another stating "B, I fight to kill." The victims were left with deep cuts on their face that required hospital treatment. The police were alerted when the victim's mother called 911 and told police "Look at my babies, they were beaten at a club by, like, 30 hoes." Ouch! Let this be a lesson: Beware of women with horrible taste in footwear. [The Smoking Gun] More »

The Dollar May Be Low, But Heels Are High, And Getting Higher

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Yesterday's Independent featured a story by Harriet Walker about skyscraper heels. Prompted, of course, by Victoria Beckham making an appearance in spindly 5 inch stilettos. Writes Walker: "Just when you thought heels couldn't get any higher, guess what: they have." This season, Prada, Louboutin and Dior all have towering heels. And the Giambattista Valli shoes for fall (pictured) have a retro feel, but with platforms and heels so high they almost seem designed for toppling over. The Daily Mail points out that high heels have been around since 3500BC, when Ancient Egyptian noble women picked their way through the pyramids. Hundreds of years, billions of aching feet, twisted ankles, throbbing bunions and crusty corns. Why do we do it? More »

What A Heel

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Ladies who went to see Sex And The City over the weekend and are busting out the skyscraper heels had better learn how to walk in them. Good news! Il Primo Passo, a shoe boutique in Santa Monica, offers "Walk Like A Diva" classes. Who teaches women how to strut in stilettos? A man. Specifically, Jazzmun, a drag queen who says, "The heels are the mistress, and you are the slave. Submit." [LA Times] More »

Modern Love

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 17:30:00 EST

Valentine's Day may be over, but there's still romance in the air: Just read the interview with Coco, the buxom wife of rapper/actor Ice T, over on Playboy.com. Some revelations from the 28-year-old: Ice likes it when she wears heels while they're boning. "I actually keep a pair of shoes next to the bed," she says. "Just in case I don't have them on and we start gettin' busy, I can throw them on." The couple has sex in front of a wall of mirrors: "I'm not the kind of person who gets turned on by other people; he's the same way, too. We like watching ourselves." Coco's ample rear is real! "Ice will let women touch my butt, feel it, grab it, whatever they want to do, to prove that there's nothing in there." And lastly, Ice and Coco have pet names for each other: "I call him Baby Poo. He calls me, 'Bitch, get over here.'" [Playboy] More »

A word of advice, ladies: Travel in practical...

Jennifer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:45:00 EDT

A word of advice, ladies: Travel in practical shoes. Please. And 18- and 23-year old woman were killed yesterday in California after being unable to escape a train collision because there were wearing heels. The awesomest part about taking a train is that it is so relaxing and comfy. So throw on your trainers when boarding any mode of transportation. Because really, we seriously don't even believe that Victoria Beckham keeps her ridiculous shoes on all the time. (Hullo, remember in her Coming to America special? She drives in flats!) Safety over fashion, always. [CBS News] More »