Beautiful Stiletto Shoes Crafted for Confident Modern Feminine Style.

The birth of the razor-sharp heel

Block heels and raised platform shoes may have been worn since the Greeks, but the razor-thin stiletto is a 20th-century invention. Named after an Italian knife with a slender blade and needle-sharp point, the heel was engineered in the 1950s when new materials and techniques invented for aircraft carriers were applied to shoe construction. The use of aluminium and injection moulding to fuse metal and plastic made it possible to elongate and raise heels to new heights. The key was in finding a way to support the arch of the foot, taking the pressure off the toes and the heel, and allowing the shoe to move with the body rather than against it.