when did the invention of shoes come about
Right and left shoes would eventually return in the early1800s when high heels were abandoned (Swann 1984). Formal Invention of High Heels as Fashion. The formal invention of high heels as fashion is typically attributed to the rather short-statured Catherine de Medici (1519-1589).At the age of 14, Catherine de Medici was engaged to the powerful Duke of Orleans, later the King of France.uring the Middle Ages, both men and women would wear pattens, or wooden soles, that were clearly a precursor the high heel. Pattens would attach to fragile and expensive shoes to keep them out of the mud and other street âdebrisâ when walking outdoors (Swann 1984).