KINDS OF HEELS

CATEGORIES  OF  HeeL

When it comes to heels it amazes every young girl and women also now a days....

Basic what are Heels ?

HEELS provide a gorgeous look to to the architecture of a lady.

It helps in providing a new platform to women. Moreover it also helps in providing confidence to ladies up to some extends in some cases...

However heels help in providing a better looks to women. The shoe heel is used to improve the balance of the shoe, increase the height of the wearer, alter posture or other decorative purposes.

FOLLOWING are various categories of HEELS

Kitten heel

A kitten heel is a short, slender heel, usually from 3.5 centimeters (1.5 inches) to 4.75 centimeters (1.75 inches) high with a slight curve setting the heel in from the edge of the shoe...

Stiletto heel

It is named after the stiletto dagger. 

Stiletto heels may vary in length from 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) to 25 cm (10 inches) or more if a platform sole is used, and are sometimes defined as having a diameter at the ground of less than 1 cm (slightly less than half an inch).

Spool heel

A spool heel is a heel that is wide at the top and bottom and narrower in the middle,so resembling a cotton reel.

Spool heels are characterized by an hourglass shaped heel .i.e., thick at both ends and thin in the middle.

Wedge heel

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

Wedge boots are more common for women and often have a sole that is much thicker at the back than the front, making it a high-heel shoe or boot.

Platform heel

Platform shoes (also known as disco boots, triangle heels, or simply platforms) are shoes, boots, or sandals with thick soles at least four inches in height. They are often made of cork, plastic, rubber, or wood (wooden-soled platform shoes are, technically, also clogs). Platform shoes have been worn, for reasons such as fashion or added height.

Pump heel

Pumps are usually closed toe or peep-toe with a heel of 2.5 cm or less. Shoes with low cut front and usually without any fastening or straps. Ankle straps do make occasional appearance on pump shoes. 

These shoes are known as court shoes in British English and Pumps in American English. Pumps can be worn as casuals as well as formal shoes by women.

Tapered heel

Tapered high heels are kinds of heels which gets gradually narrower or thinner toward one end.

Block heel

Tapered high heels and block heels are some what similar but the difference arises at the heels in tampered heels gets gradually narrower or thinner toward one end while that of block heels are in the cubical form or have a block like structure.

Pencil heel

If u look at a stiletto the heel is a bit more wide from the top n starts getting smaller, That's why you have better balance as the top where the heel begins is wider. While a pencil heel is just very thin from beginning to end and if you are not very good at walking with very lilt support you might end up falling or worse twist an ankle.