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High-heeled shoes, also known as high heels or pumps, are a type of shoe with an upward-angled sole.^[1]

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Abbas the Great

Abbas I (translit; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (translit), was the fifth shah of Safavid Iran from 1588 to 1629.

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Achilles tendon

The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body.

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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Argentine tango

Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.

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Avery Trufelman

Avery Trufelman is an American podcaster and radio producer best known for her work on 99% Invisible (2013–2020) and its spin-off, Articles of Interest (2018–present).

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Balance (ability)

Balance in biomechanics, is an ability to maintain the line of gravity (vertical line from centre of mass) of a body within the base of support with minimal postural sway.

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Ballet boot

The ballet boot is a contemporary style of fetish footwear that merges the look of the pointe shoe with a high heel. High-heeled shoe and ballet boot are high-heeled footwear.

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Ballroom dance

Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects.

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Barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Beatle boot

A Beatle boot or Baba boot is a style of boot that has been worn since the late 1950s but made popular by the English rock group the Beatles in the 1960s. High-heeled shoe and Beatle boot are high-heeled footwear.

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Betty Grable

Elizabeth Ruth Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model and singer.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Bunion

A bunion, also known as hallux valgus, is a deformity of the MTP joint connecting the big toe to the foot.

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Burlesque

A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

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Butcher

A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks.

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Callus

A callus (calluses) is an area of thickened and sometimes hardened skin that forms as a response to repeated friction, pressure, or other irritation.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

Carmel-by-the-Sea, commonly known simply as Carmel, is a city in Monterey County, California, located on the Central Coast of California.

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Cavalier boot

Cavalier boots are a style of boot that were popular in Europe between approximately 1500 and 1700.

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Cavalry

Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.

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Cervical vertebrae

In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.

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Chelsea boot

Chelsea boots are close-fitting, ankle-high boots with elastic side panels.

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Chopine

A chopine is a type of women's platform shoe that was popular in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. High-heeled shoe and chopine are shoes.

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Chukka boot

Chukka boots are ankle-high leather boots with suede or leather uppers, leather, wooden or rubber soles, and open lacing, with two or three pairs of eyelets.

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Cosmopolitan (magazine)

Cosmopolitan (stylized in all caps) is an American quarterly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine.

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Court shoe

A court shoe (British English) or pump (American English) is a shoe with a low-cut front, or vamp, with either a shoe buckle or a black bow as ostensible fastening. High-heeled shoe and court shoe are high-heeled footwear and shoes.

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Cowboy boot

Cowboy boots are a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys. High-heeled shoe and cowboy boot are high-heeled footwear.

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Dandy

A dandy is a man who places particular importance upon physical appearance and personal grooming, refined language and leisurely hobbies.

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Dior

Christian Dior SE, commonly known as Dior (stylized DIOR), is a French multinational luxury fashion house controlled and chaired by French businessman Bernard Arnault, who also heads LVMH.

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Domestic violence

Domestic violence is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation.

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Dynasties of China

For most of its history, China was organized into various dynastic states under the rule of hereditary monarchs.

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East–West Schism

The East–West Schism, also known as the Great Schism or the Schism of 1054, is the break of communion between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches since 1054.

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Elevator shoe

Elevator shoes are shoes that have thickened sections of the insoles (known as shoe lifts) under the heels to make the wearer appear taller, or "elevate" them as the name suggests.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Falling (accident)

Falling is the action of a person or animal losing stability and ending up in a lower position, often on the ground.

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Fashion boot

A fashion boot is a boot worn for reasons of style or fashion (rather than for utilitarian purposes – e.g. not hiking boots, riding boots, rain boots, etc.). The term is usually applied to women's boots. High-heeled shoe and fashion boot are 20th-century fashion and 21st-century fashion.

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Femininity

Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Flapper

Flappers were a subculture of young Western women prominent after the First World War and through the 1920s who wore short skirts (knee height was considered short during that period), bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for prevailing codes of decent behavior.

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Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls to change their shape and size.

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A foot deformity is a disorder of the foot that can be congenital or acquired.

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Fuck-me shoes

Fuck-me shoes, alternatively fuck-me boots or fuck-me pumps (occasionally extended to knock-me-down-and-fuck-me shoes), is a slang term for women's high-heeled shoes that exaggerate a sexual image. High-heeled shoe and fuck-me shoes are high-heeled footwear.

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Galesh

A kalash' or galesh is a traditional footwear of Iran. High-heeled shoe and galesh are shoes.

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Garage rock

Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals.

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Gastrocnemius muscle

The gastrocnemius muscle (plural gastrocnemii) is a superficial two-headed muscle that is in the back part of the lower leg of humans.

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Gender

Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.

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Han Chinese

The Han Chinese or the Han people, or colloquially known as the Chinese are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China.

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Heel

The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot.

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Hessian (boot)

The Hessian (from Hesse in Germany) is a style of light boot that became popular from the beginning of the 19th century.

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High heel policy

A high heel policy is a regulation or law about the wearing of high heels, which may be required or forbidden in different places and circumstances. High-heeled shoe and high heel policy are high-heeled footwear.

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Hip hop dance

Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture.

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History of fashion design

History of fashion design refers specifically to the development of the purpose and intention behind garments, shoes, accessories, and their design and construction.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Insolia

Insolia is a component in the design of the high-heeled shoe designed by New Hampshire podiatrist Dr. High-heeled shoe and Insolia are high-heeled footwear.

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Jazz dance

Jazz dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the mid 20th century.

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Knee

In humans and other primates, the knee joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two joints: one between the femur and tibia (tibiofemoral joint), and one between the femur and patella (patellofemoral joint).

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KuToo movement

The #KuToo movement is an ongoing movement in Japan against the high heel policy in workplaces. High-heeled shoe and KuToo movement are high-heeled footwear.

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Latin dance

Latin dance is a general label, and a term in partner dance competition jargon.

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Leather

Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.

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Locomotor effects of shoes

Locomotor effects of shoes are the way in which the physical characteristics or components of shoes influence the locomotion neuromechanics of a person. High-heeled shoe and Locomotor effects of shoes are shoes.

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Lotus shoe

Lotus shoes are footwear that were worn by women in China who had bound feet. High-heeled shoe and Lotus shoe are shoes.

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Louis XIII

Louis XIII (sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.

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Louis XIV

LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Low back pain

Low back pain or '''lumbago''' is a common disorder involving the muscles, nerves, and bones of the back, in between the lower edge of the ribs and the lower fold of the buttocks.

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Lumbar

In tetrapod anatomy, lumbar is an adjective that means of or pertaining to the abdominal segment of the torso, between the diaphragm and the sacrum.

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Lumbar vertebrae

The lumbar vertebrae are located between the thoracic vertebrae and pelvis.

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Male gaze

In feminist theory, the male gaze is the act of depicting women and the world in the visual arts and in literature from a masculine, heterosexual perspective that presents and represents women as sexual objects for the pleasure of the heterosexual male viewer.

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Manchu people

The Manchus are a Tungusic East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia.

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Masculinity

Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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The metatarsal bones or metatarsus (metatarsi) are a group of five long bones in the midfoot, located between the tarsal bones (which form the heel and the ankle) and the phalanges (toes).

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Miss America protest

The Miss America protest was a demonstration held at the Miss America 1969 contest on September 7, 1968, attended by about 200 feminists and civil rights advocates.

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Mod (subculture)

Mod, from the word modernist, is a subculture that began in 1950s London and spread throughout Great Britain, eventually influencing fashions and trends in other countries.

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Muscle fascicle

A muscle fascicle is a bundle of skeletal muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium, a type of connective tissue.

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Musculoskeletal disorder

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are injuries or pain in the human musculoskeletal system, including the joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons, and structures that support limbs, neck and back.

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Nicola Thorp

Nicola Sian Thorp (born 30 September 1988) is an English broadcaster, columnist, activist, and former actress.

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Objectification

In social philosophy, objectification is the act of treating a person as an object or a thing.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.

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Paduka

Paduka is an ancient form of footwear in India, consisting of a sole with a post and knob which is positioned between the big and second toe.

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Pantsuit

A pantsuit, also known as a trouser suit outside the United States, is a woman's suit of clothing consisting of pants and a matching or coordinating coat or jacket.

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Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.

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Patellofemoral pain syndrome

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS; not to be confused with jumper's knee) is knee pain as a result of problems between the kneecap and the femur.

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Patent leather

Patent leather is a type of coated leather that has a high-gloss finish.

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Patten (shoe)

Pattens, also known by other names, are protective overshoes that were worn in Europe from the Middle Ages until the early 20th century.

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Pelvic tilt

Pelvic tilt is the orientation of the pelvis in respect to the thighbones and the rest of the body.

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Persian embassy to Europe (1609–1615)

The Persian embassy to Europe (1609–1615) was dispatched by the Persian Shah Abbas I in 1609 to obtain an alliance with Europe against the Ottoman Empire.

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Persians

The Persians--> are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Pin-up model

A pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures and photographs have wide appeal within the popular culture of a society.

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Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.

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Platform shoe

Platform shoes are shoes, boots, or sandals with a thick sole, usually in the range of. High-heeled shoe and Platform shoe are high-heeled footwear and shoes.

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Playboy

Playboy (stylized in all caps) is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.

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Pointed shoe

Pointed or pointy shoe or shoes may refer to.

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Pope

The pope (papa, from lit) is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Ramappa Temple

Ramappa Temple, also known as the Rudreshwara temple, is a Kakatiya style Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, located in Palampet village, Mulugu district, Telangana, India.

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Regency era

The Regency era of British history is commonly described as the years between and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820.

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Removable heel

Removable heel is a concept that allows the wearer to easily change heels of a shoe during the day in order to change height, color or shape of the heel.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Riding boot

A riding boot is a boot made to be used for horse riding.

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Sahmyook University

Sahmyook University (Korean: 삼육대학교, Hanja: 三育大學校) is a private, Christian, coeducational university located in Nowon-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

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Salvatore Ferragamo

Salvatore Ferragamo (5 June 1898 – 7 August 1960) was an Italian shoe designer and the founder of luxury goods high-end retailer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. An innovative shoe designer, Salvatore Ferragamo established a reputation in the 1930s.

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Sewing machine

Diagram of a modern sewing machine Animation of a modern sewing machine as it stitches A sewing machine is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread.

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Sex symbol (disambiguation)

A sex symbol is a sexually attractive celebrity.

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Shoe

A shoe is an item of footwear intended to protect and comfort the human foot. High-heeled shoe and shoe are shoes.

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Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess.

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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Stiletto

A stiletto (plural stilettos) is a specialized dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a thrusting and stabbing weapon.

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Stiletto dance

Stiletto dance is a dance form that emerged and evolved in the United States and Europe in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Stiletto heel

A stiletto heel, or just stiletto, is a shoe with a long, thin, high heel. High-heeled shoe and stiletto heel are Clubwear and high-heeled footwear.

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Stirrup

A stirrup is a light frame or ring that holds the foot of a rider, attached to the saddle by a strap, often called a stirrup leather.

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Suede

Suede (pronounced) is a type of leather with a fuzzy, napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, fabrics, purses, furniture, and other items.

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Teddy Boys

The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clothes partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period, which Savile Row tailors had attempted to re-introduce in Britain after the Second World War.

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The Asahi Shimbun

is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Thigh-high boots

Thigh-high boots, known also as thigh-length boots or simply thigh boots, are boots that extend above the knees to at least mid-thigh. High-heeled shoe and thigh-high boots are 20th-century fashion and 21st-century fashion.

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Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Toe box

The toe box is the section of footwear that surrounds the toes on closed-toe shoes.

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Triceps surae muscle

The triceps surae consists of two muscles located at the calf – the two-headed gastrocnemius and the soleus.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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University of California, Davis

The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States.

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University of Portsmouth

The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a public university in Portsmouth, England.

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Upper class

Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power.

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Varicose veins

Varicose veins, also known as varicoses, are a medical condition in which superficial veins become enlarged and twisted.

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Wedge boots, wedgies, or lifties are shoes and boots with a sole in the form of a wedge, such that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both the sole and the heel.

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Wellington boot

A Wellington boot, often shortened to welly, and also known as a gumboot, rubber boot, or rain boot, is a type of waterproof boot made of rubber. High-heeled shoe and Wellington boot are 20th-century fashion and 21st-century fashion.

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Western film

The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, the genre also includes many examples of stories set in locations outside the frontier – including Northern Mexico, the Northwestern United States, Alaska, and Western Canada – as well as stories that take place before 1849 and after 1890.

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Winklepicker

Winklepickers or winkle pickers are a style of shoe or boot worn from the 1950s onward, especially popular with British rock and roll fans such as teddy boys. High-heeled shoe and Winklepicker are shoes.

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Witch trials in the early modern period

In the early modern period, from about 1400 to 1775, about 100,000 people were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe and British America.

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Witchcraft

Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yanis Marshall

Yanis Marshall (born 11 November 1989) is a French dancer and choreographer.

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1945–1960 in Western fashion

Fashion in the years following World War II is characterized by the resurgence of haute couture after the austerity of the war years.

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1960s in fashion

Fashion of the 1960s featured a number of diverse trends, as part of a decade that broke many fashion traditions, adopted new cultures, and launched a new age of social movements.

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1970s in fashion

Fashion in the 1970s was about individuality.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-heeled_shoe

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