STILETTO

This video examines the high-heeled pump and why so many women continue, despite the physical discomfort and damage, to wear these outrageous shoes. Stiletto includes a history of the high heel as well as commentary from a podiatrist, a designer and a shoe manufacturer in an effort to understand the role of these shoes in the popular imagination and our lives.

Directed by Louise Leroux
1999, 47 minutes
Purchase: $310 Classroom Rental: $125

"...provides an interesting discussion about the stiletto and its role in society. For fashion design, cultural history, and women's studies collections."-Library Journal

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