Shoes called Kitten heels?

Why are certain womens shoes called kitten heels?





What does it mean and where did the term originate?

Shoes called Kitten heels?
Why are certain womens shoes called kitten heels?


A kitten heel is a short, slender heel, usually from 3.5 centimeters (1.5 inches) to 5 centimeters (2 inches) high with a slight curve. The style was popularized by Audrey Hepburn. Why they are called kitten heels? Probably because they aren't a meter off the ground and is easy to walk in.





What does it mean and where did the term originate?


A kitten heel is a stiletto heel of 5 centimeters or less in height; some are as low as 3 centimeters. They are classified as stiletto heels and despite their lack of height are generally classified as 'high heels' because of their sex appeal; particularly when teamed with a sharp pointed toe or long 'winklepicker' toe. This is an anomaly because a shoe or pump with regular wide heels of 3.5 centimeters high would be considered a 'flat shoe' and generally devoid of sex appeal; it is the addition of a stiletto heel, however short, that turns it into a sexual accessory.





They were introduced in the late 1950s as formal fashion attire for young adolescent teenage girls as higher heels would have been considered unseemly for girls as young as 13 because of the sexual connotations and unease of walk. They were sometimes referred to as "trainer heels" in the USA indicating their use in getting young girls used to wearing high heels. However by the early 1960s they became fashionable for older teenagers and eventually for women of all ages until the demise of the stiletto heel in the late 1960s. They emerged again in the 1980s and have become once again fashionable since 2003.
Reply:Kitten heels are the type of heel the shoe has. Its a small heel that goes in slightly at the back.


Don't know where the term came from though, sorry.
Reply:kitten heels are brilliant and comfy when you don't want high, high heels! i wear kitten heels to work a lot because i'm always on the go even though i have a desk job. i love high heels on the weekend, wearing them w/ my jeans =) oh yesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!
Reply:its like a mini stiletto heel, dont know where it came from tho



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