Why do men no longer wear high heels?

Today, rare men wear high heels. Why is that, while clearly the original high heels were created for them?

The 2015 Cannes Film Festival used to raise public opinion with the rule of not allowing women without high heels to step on the red carpet. Why? No one has received satisfactory answers, including silver screeners who are always ready to dress up every season.

However, there is a remarkable fact that whether Cannes has or does not give rules, the beautiful image of women is (and always is) associated with high heels. With high heels, the footsteps of women become more gentle and flexible. But that factor is only secondary. The most important thing is when women wear high heels will create sexy images very attractive. Especially in the eyes of men.

In the end, director Denis Villeneuve and two male actors had to cede their high heels to women, to step on the red carpet in traditional western shoes.(Photo: Getty Images).

So, what about men? What if men today wear high heels? The answer is partly due to the unsuccessful statement of director Denis Villeneuve. Prior to the Cannes banquet, he confirmed that he will join two actors Jossh Brolin and Benicio del Toro to wear high heels to the premiere.

However, at the last minute, they gave up.'I tried it!' Said actor Del Toro. 'I tried very hard to find shoes that fit, but sadly I couldn't walk with them , ' he said.

'The higher the shoe, the shorter the distance to God'

Contrary to the idea that high heels were born for women, historically high heels were made for men to use. In the book Killer Heels, author Caroline Weber said that about 2000 years ago, Greco-Roman men brought high, big and heavy shoes to increase their height every time they prayed, with the idea of 'higher shoes, about the shorter the way to God '.

In the 16th century, Persian high heels continued to be brought to the Western world through trade. At that time, chopines inspired by the Ottoman Empire, ranging from 6 cm to 20 inches, became a special culture for men in Venice, where they not only needed to keep their feet high on the road. wet, but also implies a similar role in the social class.

And since then, the number of men wearing high heels has appeared more and more. Among them is King Louis XIV. His passion for red heeled silk shoes became legendary, even before the Louboutin Empire was born.

Images of European gentlemen on medieval high heels.(Photo: Quartz).

Don't blame Napoleon

Although some argue that Napoleon Bonaparte does not like men wearing high heels (because of his modest height), it is absurd to assume that he is the one who died of men's high-heeled culture. Even when considering the tendency of high heels to be terminated shortly before his death.

In fact, the phenomenon ended by the flourishing of the Enlightenment movement . It is to assign feminine qualities to items that are considered frivolous, while putting simpler costumes into rational values, or frankly, masculine.

And from there, the men had to say goodbye to the high-heeled pairs, if not to be attributed to the 'woman' adjective .

From cowboy to rock star

After hundreds of years of ups and downs, now the image of men with high heels only falls back in the image of cowboy or rock star. As a symbol of stubbornness and masculinity, cowboy boys wear high heels anywhere: from horseback to truck or bar. And the guys even put up many songs about bringing them with their women.

Meanwhile, rock stars know how to appeal to women on towering shoes. It is easy to find images of Prince, Elton John or David Bowie in high heels (both platform and stiletto) performing fire blood on stage. Who dare say that image is not masculine?

David Bowie's photo shows on a couple of legendary platforms.(Photo: Catalog Magazine).

And even the younger generation, including John Lenon and Bob Dylan, understands more than anyone else's charms of high heel boots. The obsession with Dylan's high heels was also brought into the 1971 album, The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.

Even so, these images, if only, will stop in movies and on stage. At the present time, it's hard to imagine a man wearing high heels walking on the road or entering the office. Very high heels. That everyone knows.

But no one knows. Sometimes, just a few years, or a few dozen years, the world will become an equal movement for men, so they can confidently step on high heels.

Rare images of boys on high heels.(Photo: Kees and Bianca Zen) .

If that day happens, many men must struggle to walk. Similar to what Benicio del Toro has experienced.