But are high heels really meant to hurt?

Why do we consider pain a necessary rite of passage for fashion? I ask because Christian Louboutin recently told Grazia that he doesn’t care if you find his shoes uncomfortable. “If you can’t walk in them, don’t wear them,” he said. Having seen many a woman hobble around London, pigeon-toed, red-soled and cramped with pain, I’d have to agree with him