Study On High-heeled Shoes Comfort Based On Fashion Needs

Heels used to be a critical symbol of costumer's status and wealth.As a result of the rapid development of times,heels have become a symbol mark for the modern females.There are an increasing number of females pursuing the fashion heels;this is because of the heels-governed stretching and tightening effects on wearers,as well as the heels-induced strengthening of the fashion sense.Meanwhile,both of the designing concepts and styles have been dramatically changed.Furthermore,people in this new age are more desired to fashion,especially for the females who has very high fashionable sensitivity.Most of them tend to take both the comfortability and fashion sense of heels into consideration during purchasing process,which could improve their taste on clothing.However,long-termed wearing of heels will result in the deformation of feet and bending of the lumbar vertebra.Therefore,the improvement of the comfortability of heels becomes very important but urgent for female health.In this thesis,I am aimed to study on the fashion demand-oriented comfortability of heels via analysis on the present fashion and investigate on the current requirements of the comfortability of heels.The main research contents are listed as follows:(1)The definition was carried out on the fashionable heels based on the literature works,which could also set up a standard for the future research works.The fashionable heels are defined as the trend-driven product that people are looking for under a certain time.(2)Historical development of the heels indicates the co-existence of the similarity and differences in China and the West.The initial motivation of the development of heels is the practicability,while the differences involve the styles and materials.Moreover,the Chinese heels are originated from clog,which is significantly different from the West.Thus,better understanding of the origin and development of the heels in China and the West could provide the theory basis for heels designing.(3)The trends of heels colors,materials and styles have been carefully analyzed,which offers the references for the heels designing.(4)The major factors influencing the comfortability of heels are the heel-height,heel-style and thickness of waterproof platform;this could provide the reference basis for optimizing the heels parameters,e.g.,heel-height and heel-style.(5)Questionnaire survey on 362 females discloses the preferences and common problems of customers on heels. Through the analysis of the weight value of factors influencing consumers to buy,it is concluded that the factors affecting fashion high-heeled shoes design were weighted value,comfortable fashion high-heel shoes for subsequent design provides a reference basis.This would benefit the further comfortable improvement of the heels.(6)which benefits the further comfortable improvement of the heels.On the other hand,the main innovation point of this project is that the introducing of the principle of visual illusion to the fashionable heels designing,which outstands the height of wearers.Based on the analytical results of theoretical research and questionnaire survey,eight fashion heels have been successfully designed,with the most popular element,i.e.wedge heel,in 2017,and 10 and 4 cm of the heel-height and platform height,respectively.Close examination of analysis implies that the optimal designing of waterproof platform could be beneficial to the comfortable improvement of heels and the application of visual illusion could effectively improve the visual comfortability.The results in this research project not only provide the theoretical foundation for the comfortable designing of heels,but also offer the reference for the fashion heels industry.