high heels

High heels is short for 'high-heeled shoes', meaning shoes which raise the heel of the wearer's foot significantly higher than the toes.

High heels today are mostly associated with female shoe styles.

See also

Types

• high heel boots
• high heel sneakers
• strappy heels - High-heels with ankle-securing straps
• pumps - High-heels with a low, revealing cut

Designs

• wedge heels - a design with no gap between sole and heel
• stiletto heels - a design with long, thin heels
• platform footwear - Footwear that raises the entire foot off the ground

The following tags are aliased to this tag: heels (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: high_heel_boots, pumps, and stiletto_heels (learn more).