When I read that kitten heels were back, I was skeptical.
Squinting at the screen, I leant back in my chair and took a moment. Kitten heels. Kitten heels.
Long since delegated to the ‘Are you kidding me? I would rather DIE’ pile of fashion, the humble kitten heel has spent over a decade in sartorial purgatory. To don a stunted heel was to admit defeat, or at least a satire.
But, bad reputation aside, Vogue seems pretty darn sure kitten heels are making a comeback.
Hell hath frozen over.
The kitten heel, however, is not without its faults.
The style itself presents an alarming juxtaposition of comfort and pain. Yes, the lowered heel offers precious relief on our burning heel pads, but for the love of toenails, what’s with the pointed toe? And the slingback?
What woman actually looked at a slingback and went, ‘Geez, that’s practical and super comfortable’?
I can only assume it was a deliberate manoeuvre on the designer’s behalf to try and make up for the lowered heel. But in the swan song of their existence, the kitten heel has the chance to make things right again.
And here’s how.
In all seriousness, though, I am here on behalf of all lazy girls to say ‘heck yes!’ to the return of the kitten heel.
It’s a new movement of foot-based-freedom, a golden age of striding between venues, dancing until early hours, and saving hundreds of dollars in crappy 7-11 bandaids that don’t work.
Confident and onside with gravity, we’ll strut into the evening with the unmistakable confidence of a woman able to keep her balance.
“Kitten heels?” people will ask with wrinkled noses and looks of distain.
“Uh, YUH,” we’ll reply.
“Vogue said so.”
Listen: The kitten heel isn’t the only 90s/00s trend making a comeback…
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I would rather wear a short heel than those ugly uncomfortable
nine inch "she looks like she's going to topple over" heel any day!
Why is wearing a shoe/heel of any considered to be "lazy"????