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Evolution of the heel celebrated in York shoe exhibition

An array of exquisite ladies' shoes will be on display charting the evolution of the ‘high heel’ from 1720 through to 1820.

A museum in York is to host an exhibition featuring shoes from some of the world's major shoe collections. A Century of Shoes: The Rise and Fall of the Georgian Heel will showcase over 100 shoes from 100 years of fashion (1720-1820) at Fairfax House. From the fanciful footwear of the wealthiest to the functional mules of the down at heel, the new exhibition will reveal the fashion and function of Georgian footwear.

Wellington’s original boots will be on display. These boots went on to inspire the much-loved British favourite of footwear, ‘The Welly’.