Meaning of high heels on my tippies
“High heels on my tippies” is a line from a song by famous heel wearer and rapper Nicki Minaj. But what does this phrase actually mean? The “tippies” are simply a reference to standing on …
Celebrities
Celebrities love high heels. Here are the best of our celebrity shoe stories.
Victoria Beckham’s famous “I can’t concentrate in flats” t-shirt
We’re pretty skeptical about whether Victoria Beckham actually ever said the immortal line “I just can’t concentrate in flats” on breakfast television in 2008. But she’s embraced it as her own since nonetheless. A good …
Victoria Beckham once said she can’t concentrate in flats… or did she?
“I just can’t concentrate in flats,” Victoria Beckham was reported to have said on English breakfast TV in 2008. The line was instantly memorable, the idea being that it took the sharp spike of a …
Cameron Diaz and high heels
Cameron Diaz is a celebrity who loves her high heels, and sometimes doesn’t love them so much either. Which is fine because we love Cameron whatever she chooses to wear. In 2022, Cameron Diaz confessed …
How Princess Diana avoided parking tickets when visiting Jimmy Choo
Back in 1986 shoemaker Jimmy Choo opened his first shop in the east London suburb of Hackney. It was modest, and attached to the workshop in which Choo made bespoke shoes for individual customers. As …
Who said give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world?
The saying “give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world” is frequently, but only recently, attributed to Marilyn Monroe. You’ve probably seen posts with pictures of girls and shoes, the quote …
Did Marilyn Monroe really say she owed the inventor of high heels a lot?
“I don’t know who invented high heels,” a supposed quote by Marilyn Monroe goes, “but all women owe him a lot.” Marilyn is also sometimes quoted to go on to say: “Excuse the pun, but …
Marilyn Monroe did not cut off her heels or make one heel shorter than the other
Marilyn Monroe’s walk, like nearly everything about her, is famed for being sexy and sensuous. Her look is easy on the eye, her voice is easy on the ear. There must be a secret to …
Princess Diana’s heel height increased after her divorce from Prince Charles
It’s been confirmed that Princess Diana increased her heel height by a full inch after her divorce from Prince Charles in 1996. The revelation, which underlined what fashion onlookers had seen with their own eyes, …
Kim Kardashian loves high heels – and says she needs heels to feel sexy!
Heel-lover Kim Kardashian once revealed that she needs high heels to feel sexy, and she wears them on photo shoots even if they’re out of shot. “I feel my sexiest when I’m all dressed up …