Ladies High heel shoes. How do you measure the heel height?

Question

Is it the height from the base to the tip, on the inside (or front) or the back?

Or is it simply how high it causes the wearer to be raised up?

10 points immediatly for the first answer to be able to show me why there answer is correct.

This is not a kink thing, I'm just curious about it, after getting an ear bending from Mrs Vulture about a pair of heels that were the wrong height.

Answer 1

Check out these sites:

http://www.bridalshoes.com/tips/

http://www.querycat.com/faq/56ecdcf70c11...

http://www.modelbride.com/content/view.p...

last one is the best....just scroll down

Answer 2

Heel measurements

The most common method for measuring heels is to place the heel, with heel tip, on a flat surface and then measure from the surface to the top of the heel - see picture:



The heel height includes the top-piece thickness.

The measurement is taken from the seat of the heel.

* this method can vary,

Heel height guide

Flat  from 25 mm to flat

Low from 25 mm to 60 mm

Medium from 60mm to 85mm  

High  from 85mm to 100mm  

Very High from 100mm plus

Ladies Sizes

UK European US

3 36 5

4 37 6

5 38 7

6 39 8

7 40 9

8 41 10

Mens Sizes

UK European US

6 40 7

7 41 8

8 42 9

9 43 10

10 44 11

11 45 12

12 46 13

here is a video on the link of how to measure a heel on utube.good luck :)

Answer 3

i use my fingertips i dnt measure i kno i wasnt vr helpful=[ srry=]

Answer 4

The latter.  From tip to soul.

Answer 5

from the heel of the shoe to the floor which is the same as how high it causes the wearer to be raised up