Women from different age groups are fond of wearing high heels as they give them the height and also make them look lean and dressy. There are many types of heels in the market and people buy them according to their needs. One such heel that got very famous in the late 1950s is the stilletto heels. These types of heels are long thin high heels that are used on the boots and the soles of the shoes. The women at offices, events, and parties wear these types of shoes. The stilletto heels make the women look taller and give an impression of long slim legs with a small foot. The lady with this type of heels looks very classy and well dressed for any type of occasion.

This heel was named after stilletto dagger and it is around 1 inch to 10 inches in height. The heels have a diameter of less than 1 cm or half an inch. Hence the diameter is very narrow. The heels that are less than 5 cm are called kitten heels and are little shorter than the stilletto heels. One should remember that not all types of long heels are this types of heels. These types of heels are extremely slender original Italian style heels that got very famous in the late 1950s and in the early of 1960s. the women were just mad after these heels and they always flock to the fashion streets and boutiques to buy the heels.

The main feature of the heels that are stilletto is that a real heels has a stem of solid steel or alloy in it. Hence they are very durable and strong and do not have weak wooden stem or any form of plastic stem. These heels became so famous that after a time there were fake imitations of these heels. The shopkeepers and boutiques copied the heels and started selling at cheap rates. But one should remember that these heels are not more than 5mm in diameter.

However the real pointed heels were invented in the 1800 by André piragua and they became famous as high pointed heels. Then after a time they were named stilletto.

The word stilletto is derived from the word stylus that means pin or stalk. The design of these types of heels came from late Kristin s Wagner. The heels are on the platform base that makes them comfortable and easy to walk. However these heels vanished in the 1990 when the block heels came in the market. But after some time ladies longed for the pointed and slender heels and the heels were back and are still in fashion.