The film will be more interesting to women than to men, because essentially most of the film consists of praises in the direction of shoes given by interviewed women. And yes, the film is not about shoes per se and not about women's shoes, but only about heeled shoes. Well, yes, a few words will be said about shoes in general, but still this film should be treated as a kind of recognition of the love of women’s high heels. And yes, the central figure will be the famous high-heeled shoes. However, in principle, men can take something interesting out of the film. Of course I'm not talking about shoes. I'm talking about the relationship between them and their mistresses.
The story begins in the 20s of the XX century, when women began to bare (that is, show in public) their legs. At the same time, or rather because of this, the design of women's shoes began to change. Of course, it was still a long way from high classic heels, but as the film tells, the beginning was laid in the 20s. Then there was the Second World War, and with it the main impetus to women’s full rights in Europe and the United States. Returning from the war, the men took the former jobs in which women worked during the war and invited women to return to their usual roles as housewives, but as we know from history, the changes were so drastic that the Western world could not return to the IXX century. It is from this moment that the women’s fashion industry begins to develop in full force, including shoes, or rather shoes. As the film shows, all celebrities of the United States began to pose in a new accessory – high-heeled shoes. That's almost the whole story. Yes, the film talks about who first invented high-heeled shoes, but it is shown quite cursoryly. As I said, this film can never be considered a historical film. For then we have multiple interviews with different women about what they think about (their) shoes.
Basically, the film borrows information here and there about completely different aspects related to shoe fashion. For example, in the film you can hear an interesting interpretation of the love of women to heels from the point of view of psychoanalysis. As you can understand, it was not without the age-old theme of psychoanalysis “penis and vagina”. Since psychoanalysis cannot be proved or disproved, we have only to take note of this theory. The film also discusses the fetish associated with shoes, the correct gait when a woman is wearing high-heeled shoes, etc. short information. However, I personally highlighted the relationship between shoes and power. As I learned from the film, shoes symbolize (or can symbolize) the power/influence that they endow a woman with. Such shoes not only allow a woman to be on a level with a man (as they say, purely physically), but also emphasize the right to choose. For centuries, clothing has been an important social attribute. That is, one type of clothing (and kind of even a color) could be worn exclusively by people of royal blood or men or only women and so on. With the beginning of XX, this rigid social division disappeared into oblivion. Perhaps this is why the appearance of heeled shoes coincided with the departure from the stage of the corset and long women’s dresses, completely covering the body of a woman (and especially the legs). If you look at all the elements of women’s fashion together, you can clearly see this social change. The woman is no longer obliged to wear the clothes imposed by the society (authority) on her. Instead of a long dress with a corset, a little black dress by Chanel. Instead of invisible feet, high-heeled shoes. Instead of “kitchen-bed-children”, work in the office and as a result – own money. Independence. Yes, the film mentions that, but there’s nothing about women’s clothing in the film. It's all about heels.
Unfortunately, this is where the film is weak. We see a dozen women who share their feelings about shoes with the audience. That’s only interesting (if at all) for those who have experience wearing them. Since I don’t have one, I was partially bored with the film. Although I repeat, the film skillfully interweaves purely informative material and the opinions of interviewees. Plus, in the film there are several designers (for some reason, all men) of these shoes.