Despite the warnings that high-heeled shoes can cause all kinds of health problems, the footwear's popularity remains constant. History In 1533, Catherine de Medici wore two-inch high heels to impress the court at her wedding to the Duke of Orleans, and European nobility soon copied her example. In the early days of high-heeled shoes, only the wealthy and aristocratic could afford to wear them. The Roaring Twenties Mass-produced shoes...