[DOC] [TLE] High-heeled footwear - Wikipedia [PAR] High-heeled footwear is footwear that raises the heel of the wearer's foot 
significantly higher than the toes. When both the heel and the toes are raised 
equal... [DOC] [TLE] Why did men stop wearing high heels? - BBC News - BBC.com [PAR] Jan 25, 2013 ... Image caption A men's 17th Century Persian shoe, covered in shagreen ... 
Persian style shoes were enthusiastically adopted by aristocrats, who ... Image 
caption Louis XIV wearing his trademark heels in a 1701 ... Red soles are back ... 
bodies look to please men, they cause them pain and prevent them... [DOC] [TLE] Micar Presents - The History of High Heels. [PAR] The history of high heels dates back many centuries. ... It is believed that high 
heels were worn by both sexes and they were typically ... pink_chopine early 
17th centruy ... He designed shoes for Louis XIV that were up to five inches in 
height and ... by taping them to make the heels appear to be more sculpted to the 
body. [DOC] [TLE] High Heels Were Popular Among Men Before Women [PAR] Jun 12, 2013 ... Today I found out men wore high heel shoes long before women. ... and the 
heels were extended to make the men look even taller. ... the 1600s had a rabid 
shoe collector and trend setter in Louis XIV of ... They weren't gone long, though. 
The heel came back into fashion in the mid-19th century with the... [DOC] [TLE] Seventeenth Century Clothing - History Costume - Martel Fashion [PAR] Feb 18, 2016 ... The clothing worn by Europeans during the seventeenth century was ... or hoops; 
and the garments of both sexes were laden with ornamentation, from ... French 
King Louis XIV (1638-1715), who ruled from 1643 to 1715, helped ... garments 
emphasized vertical lines that made wearers look tall and slim. [DOC] [TLE] French Fashions 1700 - 1789 - AmericanRevolution.org [PAR] Right: A lady in the costume of Louis the Fourteenth's time, wearing a fontange, ... 
which were so freely used for the petticoats and sleeves, made the dress look 
very ... of a satirist, they made short women look like balls, and tall ones like bells. 
... the 17th century employed less to hide their faces than to protect them from the
... [DOC] [TLE] Reign Louis XIV. French fashion history. | Costume History [PAR] Louis XIV., 1638  1715 called the Sun King was from 1643 until his death King 
of ... Louis XIV. could not dispense with a numerous company of courtiers of both 
sexes, ... passing by, on the pretext that Louis XIV. had forbidden the wearing of 
them. ... on French-language magazine of the late 17th and early 18th century. [DOC] [TLE] A Timeline of Men's Feminine Fashions | Huffington Post [PAR] May 31, 2010 ... Men wore jewelry off and on, and in the mid-16th century, they often ... Both 
sexes wore lace neck ruffs; lace wrist cuffs; coiffed, longish hair; ... King Louis XIV 
(1638-1715) was aesthetically extravagant in many ... King Louis XIV, 17th 
Century ... were often accused of effeminacy, with their outrageously tall... [DOC] [TLE] Women's Hairstyles & Cosmetics of the 18th Century: France ... [PAR] While the ritual was created by Louis XIV and is associated with royalty, ... Wigs 
were introduced in the 17th century, when King Louis XIII of France ... Both men 
and women powdered their hair or wig throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. .... 
by my hairstyle, and as for the feathers, everyone wears them, and it would look... [DOC] [TLE] From Manly to Sexy: The History of the High Heel - Sociological ... [PAR] Feb 5, 2013 ... They were adopted by the European aristocracy of the 1600s as a ... I have seen 
many images of women in heels from the late 19th century, and it was a symbol 
of ... my guess is that the intention to wear them wasn't to make men look ... and 
when the heel style worn by men began to change (end of 17th)... [DOC] [TLE]

Question: Back in the 17th century, they were for both sexes; Louis XIV wore them to look taller
Answer: High heels