Women's: The Haute Heel
Shoes settle an outfit's register faster than anything else worn with it. The same dress reads as work, dinner or Sunday depending only on what is on the feet, which is why this view treats footwear as a decision in its own right rather than the last thing considered on the way out.
Heels, boots, flats, sneakers and sandals sit together here so the choice gets made across categories instead of inside one: a block heel against an ankle boot, a loafer against a low sneaker, weighed up on the same day for the same purpose. Look at the heel height and the shape of the toe before anything else. Those two lines set the proportion of the whole leg, and most of how a shoe wears follows from them.
