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Photograph showing a pair of women's red silk court shoes with stiletto heels.

Pair of women's red silk court shoes with stiletto heels. Designed by Roger Vivier for Christian Dior in 1959.

Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’ fashions in 1947 chimed perfectly with the popular mood of optimism and the need for a fresh start after the Second World War. Paris became the world’s fashion capital and in 1953 the modern stiletto heel was launched by Dior collaborator Roger Vivier. It was a moulded plastic heel with a steel pin down its length enabling high but slender heels.