It’s time to kick up our (sensible, mid-height) heels again
Whether it’s a kitten slingback or block-heeled court, the medium heel is the two-glasses-of-wine, home-by-midnight option. And there’s no shame in that
November 2022
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
Heels are on the rise and I’m ready to fall for them again. Literally
After a lockdown hiatus, high heels are back – which means taking baby steps as we learn how to walk in them all over again
September 2020
Weekend fashion special autumn/winter 2020
So long, high heels. I have been too comfy, for too long, to go back
For years, I was wedded to my stilettos and spikes. Now, who needs them? Give me plimsolls, brogues, loafers and flats
June 2019
Listen to Japan’s women: high heels need kicking out of the workplace
Summer Brennan
#KuToo: Japanese women submit anti-high heels petition
April 2018
Small is the new big as micro bags takes over the high street
Social media drives trend in mini bags with skinny sunglasses and tiny heels
April 2017
Canadian province makes it illegal to require women to wear high heels
British Columbia amends workplace act saying high heels are a threat to employee health and safety
January 2017
Brief letters
High heels not fit for purpose of exercise
Brief letters: The joys of old age | Fear of ‘pensioner’ label | Fitness footwear | The Asda | Not the LSE | Weetabix recipe competition
May 2016
Why heels are the height of female vulnerability
Deborah Orr
A nine-hour shift in high heels: 'I'm so hungry, but can’t face walking to Pret'
Imogen Fox
December 2014
You told us
It’s confirmed – men are mesmerised by high heels. Except me, that is
Ally Fogg
Ally Fogg: You told us: I cannot understand why these instruments of torture are so irresistible to straight men. Give me a woman in DMs any day
September 2014
Killer Heels: the art of the stiletto – in pictures
From traditional Japanese stacked sandals to modern designers’ erotic flights of fancy, the high-heeled shoe towers provocatively above all other footwear in women’s – and men’s – imaginations. A new exhibition traces their story
April 2014
Fashion buy of the day
Aldo Rise and Ostwald Helgason shoes - fashion buy of the day
Design duo Susanne Ostwald and Ingvar Helgason have created a spring/summer 2014 line for Aldo Rise, the franchise's premium line
March 2014
Fashion buy of the day
River Island geometric high heels: fashion buy of the day
Put a spring in your step with these pastel-coloured shoes
January 2014
High heels? There are better ways of exercising your pleasure muscles
Holly Baxter
Holly Baxter: Flat shoes may not give you long legs and a pert bum, but at least you don't end up tottering alongside your boyfriend like Bambi after a shot of absinthe
March 2013
Ask Hadley
Wedges and I: why did Louboutin have to ruin our great love affair?
Wedge heels gave me everything I needed, but then along came the high-rise horrors to kill off our great romance
February 2013
High heels a leveller for women? Try running against a guy in trainers
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Vintage years
Designer shoes: why I'm afraid of heights
November 2011
Jimmy Choo shoe queen Tamara Mellon keeps fans guessing over her next steps
Jimmy Choo's co-founder Tamara Mellon is finally walking away from her creation. Now fashion industry experts wonder if she can bring success as well as her sparkle to a new enterprise
