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The Secret Life of Things: High Heels

The Secret Life of Things: High Heels

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High heels weren't always for women. Trace the heel's dramatic journey from 10th-century Persian battlefields to 17th-century European courts. We explore how this simple piece of footwear became a definitive, and sometimes demanding, uniform of modern femininity.

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