"Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe." Lita Ford

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Before Christian Louboutin at $500-$850 for pumps, there was Louis XIV. He started the trend in the French court by wearing his shoes-with both the soles and heels painted red. Some of his shoe heels were as high as five inches, and had battle scenes painted on them. The “Louis heels” caught on quickly throughout the court. So he made a ruling that it was illegal for anyone to wear heels taller than his, and only nobility could wear red heels. The term to be “red heeled” refers to nobility. After the French Revolution Napoleon banned the Louis heel . Marie Antoinette however was taken to the guillotine in her two inch heels. To which I say : Methinks you should be careful whom you piss off when wearing your high heels.