Kitten Heel

Looking for a shoe that is appropriate for the office but doesn't constantly threaten an imminent face-plant? The classy but comfortable kitten heel slingback offers more bearable alternative to the classic office pump for those eight-hour workdays. With a sleek shape and modest heel, Ros Hommerson's Posh slingback, offered in black, is a chic and versatile women's kitten heel slingback that can be paired with work outfits to create a classy, professional style.

Kitten heel slingbacks can also complement your night-on-the-town wardrobe. Shoes like Donald J. Plimer's Viana slingback, with a two inch heel and simple T- and ankle-straps, provide beautiful shape to your feet, as well as arch support and stability which would be impossible with a stiletto heel.

Latest High Heel Trends

Nowadays, high heels are available in all sorts of shoes ranging from cowboy to party shoes and office wear to casual shoes. Heel heights may range from 2 inch kitten heels to 8 inch heels in fetish shoes normally worn by women in the adult entertainment industry.

Apart from spindly stilettos, one can find heels in the form of platform shoes, wedge heels, stacked and spool heel.

Several shoe designers are now experimenting with the idea of decorated heels. Today you’ll be able to find aesthetically designed high heeled shoes with heels embellished with diamante and crystals or decorated with painting and carving. Celebrated shoe designers like Antonio Berardi and Manolo Blahnik on the other hand are toying with the idea of ‘heel-less shoes’ where the high heel of the shoe is conspicuous by its absence. Recently, Victoria Beckham created quite a stir by walking in heel-less shoes at a red carpet occasion.

Alessandro Dell’Acqua Sandals

Alessandro Dell’Acqua got inspired as a young man through great Italian films of Visconti, Rosselini and Fellini. His designs reflect his admiration for strong femininity and pure sexiness, just like the one he saw in his favourite movies. “These are the women I imagine, when I design my collections….they are free, they are powerful and they are not ashamed of their desires, they want to be beautifull”. (Alessandro Dell’Acqua) There is nothing more to say than – thank you – and go on designing great shoes for great women.

And the great actress wearing Alessandro Dell’Acqua sandals is Jennifer Connelly, best known for her powerful role in “Requiem for a Dream” (2000) and her Academy Award winning performance in “A Beautiful Mind” (2001).

The history of high heels

The history of high heels dates back to many centuries ago.  Today’s hot couture item is said to have been first used by Egyptian butchers to help them walk above the blood of the dead animals. Around 1500, the approximately 1-1/2 inch (4 cm) high “rider’s heel” was worn by horse riders to prevent their feet from slipping forward in the stirrup. In 1533, the diminutive wife of the Duke of Orleans, Catherine de' Medici, got high heel shoes made for herself both to increase her height and stature. The idea of heels caught on and both men and women continued wearing heels as a matter of noble fashion throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Heels went into decline when the French Revolution drew near, in the late 1700s, and resurfaced in ladies fashion shoes during the late 1800s. High heels continued to sway women until the late nineteenth century. In early 20th century more comfortable flat-soled shoes became popular. However, heels were back in fashion in the roaring twenties when higher hemlines encouraged visible, elaborate, high, slender Louis heels.