High Heels

A man, not a woman, was the first to wear high heels. King Louis XIV of France was a very short man. Tired of having to look up to other people, he ordered the royal cobbler to make him a pair of shoes with extra-high heels, and soon, both men and women were wearing them. The fashion gradually faded with men, but not with women.

clothing, people in history

Books

• The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle
  Brief factual stories about how various familiar things were invented, many by accident, from animal crackers to the zipper.

Last updated by fatorangecat on April 9, 2008

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