For years women have been choosing a high heel over a kitten. French actress Catherine Deneuve claims that a mid heel is far sexier and it's down to twisted designers that people are obsessed with five inch heels. She has revealed that for her portrayal of Severine Serizy, in the 1967 film Belle De Jour, where a housewife turns to prostitution, she deliberately swerved away from high heels and instead went for a clunky mid-heeled Roger Vivier pair of shoes. Overnight Deneuve turned the shoe into a massive success and Vivier sold 200,00 pairs in one year alone. Deneuve has said that with a more demure, lower heel, women can feel "free, emancipated,as if we can deal with life's challenges." and asked "Do women today really want to make caricatures of themselves?" Im really not a fan of the kitten heel myself, I could never see myself wearing them. I like how a high heel, can make the legs appear slimmer and longer and make an outfit look dressed up and polished. Kitten heels have always reminded me of a nan at a wedding kind of shoe. Saying that, recently my opinion has been changed, ever so slightly, Zara particularly has been catching my eye with its dainty stroppy sandals with a small heel, I don't think kitten heels will ever take over high heels, but these beauts from Zara are definitely a contender in the shoe stakes for me!
Yves Saint Laurent's suede ingenue pump, frequently seen on Alexa Chung
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