00:00High heels were not invented for women. They started as a weapon of war, on horseback.
00:07Back in the 10th century, Persian soldiers wore heeled shoes for a very practical reason.
00:13The heel locked their feet into the stirrups, so they could stand up and shoot arrows while riding at full
00:20speed.
00:22The style reached Europe in the 1600s, and men went absolutely wild for it.
00:28King Louis XIV of France stood only 5'4", so he wore towering red heels to look powerful.
00:37He even made it a law. Only nobles were allowed to wear red heels.
00:43Back then, heels didn't mean fashion. They meant power, status, and masculinity.
00:50Women copied the trend a century later, and by the 1700s, men quietly dropped heels forever.
00:57Which fashion fact shocked you? Comment below.
