- What does well-heeled mean? WiseGeek.com, undated.
3. Historically, heels have been used as a form of marking power: some 10,000 years ago, tribal chieftains were known to wear stilts at meetings to allow them to look down on the members of their tribe. And, in the 16th century, when European aristocrats adopted the heels favoured by Catherine de Medici, they were outraged when commoners began to wear them too. A law was passed prohibiting anyone below the “rank” of gentry from wearing heels – hence, the expression “well-heeled”.
Even in colonial America, under British rule, a similar law existed: “Citizens of common class … are prohibited from wearing boots or shoes of satin cloth or ribbons, or of bright colours, or shoes with stilted heels. All such footwear is a mark of rank and privilege. Those of lesser class who attempt to emulate those of stations above by their attire will be considered in violation of His Majesty’s laws and subject to fine or jail or both.”
- High heels and their perennial appeal: why pain seems a small price to pay? Guardian.co.uk, July 21, 2017.
4. Amid signs that the economy is cooling, the number of available jobs has decreased from an average of 4.46 million in the two years before the recession began.
Affecting a broad spectrum of the population, young households — ages 35 to 44 — lost a stunning 59% of their wealth during the recession, said the U.S. Census Bureau yesterday.
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