High Heels

Whether they be red, black, narrow or wide, the high heal has always been a symbol of femininity, even distinction. This surprising book reminds us that it is also an indispensable object of seduction for photography and for the photographer.

They can be warn timidly, small, associated with suits or vacation dresses. Or can be the fiery and bubbling display of fancy evenings or fashion shows. The high heel’s history – first warn by women in Ancient Greece – has always been related to photography. Some consider this extension of the female silhouette a superfluous accessory, where photographers in love with the body find an essential element to their graphic compositions. Through fashion photography, High Heels: Fashion, Femininity and Seduction reminds us that over the past few years, the object has transgressed fetishism, provoking a massive regain in popularity. Both for the general public and for fashion designers who rekindle the cult in their designs and images.

Kinky Footwear

Many of you may have seen the 2005 film ‘Kinky Boots’ in which a failing Northampton shoe manufacturer turns to the production of high heeled boots (and shoes) for the niche market of drag queens and ‘men who dress as women’ (or transvestites as we know them).  Whilst the actual story told in the film has been embellished to make it more sexy, the shoe factory actually does exist and is still going producing both traditional brogues as well as their sexy stiletto side-line.

Shoe fetishism is the attribution of attractive sexual qualities to shoes or other footwear as a matter of sexual preference, psychosexual disorder, and an alternative or complement to a relationship with a partner. It has also been known as Retifism.

The Sex and the City episode, “La Douleur Exquise!” featured a shoe salesman with a shoe and foot fetish, who allowed Charlotte York to have expensive shoes for free simply for allowing him to assist her in trying on various pairs of open shoes whilst he openly complimented her on the state of her feet and offered reflexology. The relationship came to an end when Charlotte figured out she had been getting discounts because she was letting him hold her feet, and was further discomforted by the salesman obviously climaxing while assisting her with the sixth pair of the day.

Men Wearing Heels to Club 
We have been seeing articles about men wearing heels in the club scene around London and Los Angeles for some time now. This recent article hit the New York Times Fashion & Style section.

I hope this continues to catch on. While I wear more masculine styles in public I can’t wait until a man in bright red strappy 5″ stiletto sandals barely gets a second look, except to inquire where he found his shoes.

Do you have a fetish for high heels?

Celina Jaitley is one actress who is known more for her controversies and her cause for homosexuals than her acting skills and substantial work apart from Kangana Ranaut and Sonali Bendre. Recently, the actress has admitted that she is just crazy about shoes. Celina admits to having around 1, 500 pairs and for this, she plans to register herself in the Limca Book of Records..

Her fetish for shoes came out when she was shooting in Canada recently for Anees Bazmee’s ‘Thank You’. The actress had pain in her tooth and she went to the dentist for a root canal treatment. Then, she planned to visit the chemist to pick up some painkillers, but instead landed up at the shoe shop across the road. Giving in to her temptations, she ended up buying 11 pairs of shoes and went back to her hotel only to realize that she had forgotten to buy the medicines. No wonder, her close friends now call her Shoelina!

Celina confesses in her own words, “I must confess that I have a real huge fetish for shoes. Even though I have over 1500 pairs yet I crave for more and more. There have been times when I have left home to buy medicines and have ended up buying shoes!!!”