Heels For Ladies Prices In Ghana

High-heeled shoes, often known as high heels or just heels, are a form of shoe with a tall or raised heel, causing the wearer’s foot’s heel to be much higher off the ground than their toes.

High heels make the wearer appear taller, as well as enhance leg muscle tone and make the wearer’s legs appear longer.

High heels come in a wide range of colors, materials, styles, and origins. The first known pictorial evidence of high heels dates from 10th-century Persia (Iran), when men wore them with stirrups while horseback riding.

Over the past 1,000 years, heels have been associated with significant cultural and fashionable implications, particularly in relation to the social construction of gender in the West.

Types Of High Heels

• Stacked heel – usually layers of leather 5 mm thick stacked together and trimmed to match the shape of the heel.
• These are commonly known as block heels.
• Continental heel – 7.5 mm, with the upper part of the chest of the heel spreading towards the center of the shoe.
• Setback heel – similar to the continental heel, but the surface of the back of the heel is straight, forming a right angle.
• Cuban heel – similar to the continental heel, but not curved, generally medium height
• Pantaloon heel – “similar to pantaloon pants: the top lift part of the heel is spread out as it extends to the bottom part of the heel, and the waistline of the heel curves inward naturally.”
• Angle heel – “the surface of the base of the heel is straight until reaching the waistline, and it looks like the shape of the Korean letter ¬”
• Pinet heel – straight and skinny
• Cromwell shoe – based on Oliver Cromwell with heel up to 170 mm (6.5 in).
• Bar style – had jewelry or other decorative aspects; associated with flapper culture.
• New Look in 1947 – a slim, elegant heel, newly created by putting steel in the heel. This enabled the heel to be skinny without snapping.
• Annabelle – 7-cm platform heel
• Stiletto – tall, skinny heel; first mentioned in a newspaper in September 1953. The term meaning ‘knife’, ‘blade,’ or ‘dagger’ in Italian.
• Wedges – popularized by Salvatore Ferragamo, who introduced this in the Italian market in the late 1930s.
• Platform shoe – heel with large platform, or thicker sole, where the ball of the foot sits.

Materials

Throughout history, high heels have been constructed from a variety of materials. Leather and cowhide were popular in the beginning. Silk and patent leather were added afterwards. Cork and wood, on the other hand, were used as low-cost materials during wartime.

The actual heel was often a piece of steel wrapped in some material after the World Wars and the growth in steel production. Designers were able to make heels taller and skinnier without them snapping as a result of this. Smooth leather, suede, or plastic can also be used for the soles of Ballroom shoes below the ball of the foot.

Price Of High Heels In Ghana

The price of a heel depends on the brand and mostly size. You can get a heel in ghana between the price of ¢ 70 – ¢ 1000.

The most expensive ones are the designers.