Those are the Sun King’s heels. They are whatever he says they are, or off with your head!
But of course he said they were flats, and that he was exceptionally tall. The man set fashion for the present day - men’s neckties exist mostly because Louis had an unsightly goiter on his neck.
Exactly. You can’t really know if there’s any relationship to reality in the whole painting. I wouldn’t be surprised if the heels shown are significantly lower than the real things were, though - I imagine the point of the heels was partly to make his butt and calves look sexy to the ladies, but they were definitely intended to make him appear taller than his courtiers, which effect is spoiled if his portrait shows 9" heels! Louis was 5’4" but with his heels and wig on he was the size of Peter the Great - nearly seven feet tall.
What a fascinating topic. Now, as I’ve said, it’s folly to consider what I would do if I were a completely different person, but yet I really want to say: 'No, not me, I’d go all out on the heels. And while I’d be at it, I’d hone my femininity to nasty-sharp edge. I’d want to be a bombshell.
Now why do I feel so hell-bend on making this point? Is it jealousy, because I am not a male bombshell and even if I were it would be -as as a man- much more inconsequential? Really, maybe it’s spite over having been on the receiving end of manipulatively used weapons-grade femininity.
Maybe I’m jealous that there is no male counterpart for the sexual fascination of high heels.
Maybe heels are just sexually fascinating, and that’s the only thing giving wings to this conversation.
[sigh] Anyway, oh, sex driven hominid brain (of mine) don’t you have anything else to do?
Yes, sure, but it wouldn’t be the same. People would just think I’m weird, and not at all that I’m foxy, and a sexy beast.
(And I don’t want everyone to know that I’m a weirdo, got to keep some privacy, ne?)
She’s an amateur.
How to walk in high heels by marence
Start by standing on your tiptoes from age 3 or so whenever you dance. Dance a lot. Have lots of Barbies* and think high heels are the norm for women in fashion.
Grow to have ginormous feet and long muscular legs, so a 3 inch heel looks like a kitten heel does on a size 6 foot. Dance in high heels a lot.
Find that dancing in high heels brings more compliments than the sum of all other attributes. Do it even more.
Develop terrible terrible osteoarthritis & loss of cartilage in the knees. Stop wearing heels because of pain.**
Find yourself unable to dance with flats, and go back to dancing barefoot and on tiptoe, like a child.
Barbie was a fashion doll.
**and doctors explaining how stupid I was to wear 3-6" heels for work and on the weekends too, and what damage it did.
I painted these shoes with that Black 2.0 paint, diluted. Probably gonna keep doing that until they fall off of my feet. I love me a lazy slipper that I can wear out of the house.
These have been my main shoe this year. They are older than I am. I really need to figure out how to properly affix new straps. For years I have been accustomed to all of my clothes being completely silent, so I have had to learn to embrace that “karan koron” sound.