Heels Mansion
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About Heels Mansion

Stories and opinions about the heels we wear.

Heels Mansion is an English-language editorial publication about high-heel culture. We look at shape, styling and the occasions that make a pair part of everyday life.

Mansion Memoir explores wearing heels; Anatomy of an Icon is our lens on a shoe’s design; Then / Now connects styles across time. The archive starts with The room after yes.

Stories are published under Heels Mansion editorial. Opinion pieces express an editorial perspective; sources are linked when a story makes historical or product claims.

  • The room after yes · editorial opinion; no historical or product claim.
  • One shape, three moods · editorial opinion; no historical or product claim.
  • What makes a pointed pump look sharp? · editorial opinion; no historical or product claim.
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Steven Arpad · Model No. 228
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art · House of Charles Jourdan · Shoes

Image credits

Image for The room after yes. Image rights: owned by Heels Mansion.

Image for One shape, three moods. Original Heels Mansion illustration. Image rights: owned by Heels Mansion.

Image for What makes a pointed pump look sharp?. Original Heels Mansion illustration. Image rights: owned by Heels Mansion.

Image for The slingback, then and now. Original Heels Mansion illustration. Image rights: owned by Heels Mansion.

The room after yes is an editorial opinion piece about wearing heels to work.

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