Who invented high heels? Is that just a woman’s patent?

There are two theories about the origin of high heels. One theory is that it originated from King Louis XIV of France. At that time, Louis XIV suffered from his short stature and could not fully show his noble bearing in front of his subjects, so he ordered his men to customize a pair of high heels for him. After that, French noble men and women followed suit one after another, and it soon spread throughout the country and even the European continent. There is also a legend that there was a businessman in Venice in the 15th century. He was afraid that his beautiful wife would misbehave when he went out, so he ordered a pair of shoes with high heels for his wife to prevent her from going out. But after seeing this pair of strange shoes, my wife thought it was very funny, so she asked the servant to accompany her through the streets and steal the show. People thought her shoes were beautiful and rushed to imitate them. So high heels quickly became popular.