Download or read book Heights of Fashion written by Elizabeth Semmelhack and published by Periscope. This book was released on 2008 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on historical sources, paintings and prints, this volume explores how and why shoes or boots with high heels came into common use. It considers the function of high heels in daily life, in the production of class and gender, and in the staging of erotic fantasy.