A number of you, dear listeners, have asked if I would ever do a story about high-heeled shoes.

And I've always demurred because the thing is, I actually already did a story about high-heeled shoes.

It's just that I did it 12 years ago.

Back when I was 23 years old and I sounded like this.

Heels affect the way you move through the world.

Maybe I don't sound different. I feel like I sound really different.

But this was actually the first fashion story I ever made.

It was back when I was working at the Incredible Architecture and Design Podcast, 99% Invisible.

And this was the first time that I was like, what if we considered clothing design?

But the interesting thing is, when I made this, it was 2014, and that

happened to be a very particular time in shoe fashion, because at the time, in 2014, high heels

were really, really tall. They were like six or seven inches tall. And not that high heels that tall don't exist anymore.

Obviously, they still exist.

But these days, when I see heels around, they tend to be a low, thick block heel.

So it was really funny listening back to this montage I made of people hacking their shoes to try to make them more comfortable.

Like, listen to this. This feels really dated to me.

YouTube is full of hacks and tips and tricks.

Put the heel liner in and it will prevent your shoe from like flopping off.

Magyver type fixes for the shoe.

All you need is felt and a glue stick and a glue gun. Remember guys do not burn yourself.

Like, are people still doing that? Are people still MacGyvering their heels? This felt very 2014.

High heels were in fashion at that time. But are they the leading shoe trend? Not at the moment.

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