clear heels

{{short description|High-heeled shoes made from transparent materials}}

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Clear heels (also referred to as stripper shoes{{cite news|last1=Sowray|first1=Bibby|title=Helen Mirren reveals red carpet secret weapon: stripper shoes|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG10175500/Helen-Mirren-reveals-red-carpet-secret-weapon-stripper-shoes.html|access-date=25 July 2014|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=12 July 2013}}) are high-heeled footwear made from a transparent material.

Heels sometimes contain novelties such as flashing lights, coloured liquid, or even fish. Materials used to create the heel design include polycarbonate, PVC, lucite, and acrylic resin.{{citation |quote=Transparent heels offer unusual styling opportunities. |title=Modern footwear materials & processes: a topical guide to footwear technology |author=Walter E. Cohn |publisher=Fairchild Publications |year=1969 |chapter=The Transparent Shoe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XH55Bfs3LEkC}}[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T8otAAAAIBAJ Vinylite Gives Class To Shoes], page 10, Tri City Herald, March 12, 1956. The transparency may be used deceptively with a ballerina style to give the appearance of standing on tiptoe or en pointe.{{citation |url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/435000_Sexy_Shoes_For_The_Bedroom |title=Sexy Shoes For The Bedroom |journal=The Insider |author=Ellen Shear |access-date=November 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503104732/http://www.theinsider.com/news/435000_Sexy_Shoes_For_The_Bedroom |archive-date=May 3, 2010 |url-status=dead }}

A more romantic style resembling Cinderella's glass slipper has been designed for social events such as the prom, but generally designs are more provocative with very high heels.{{citation |title=The Princess style reigns this year |journal=Fort Wayne News Sentinel |date=Apr 16, 2004}}{{citation |url=http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/can-you-bear-the-trend-for-killer-heels-1.625387 |title=Can you bear the trend for killer heels? |date=June 19, 2009 |author=Noor-Jehan Yoro Badat |journal=Independent Online}}{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REBY5ldTaAAC&pg=PA91 |title=Laughing mad |author=Bambi Haggins|year=2007 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=9780813539850 }}

Popular brands include Pleaser and Luscious. In 2009, New York Magazine indicated that the style was "on trend" for the Spring 2010 shows, notably in Milan at Dsquared2, Prada,{{cite web |last=Bowles |first=Hamish |url=http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/print/vd-milan-spring-2010-the-definitive-look-at-prada/ |title=Milan Spring 2010: The Definitive Look at Prada |publisher=Vogue.com |date=2009-09-25 |access-date=2011-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004105306/http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/print/vd-milan-spring-2010-the-definitive-look-at-prada/ |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }} and Fendi.{{citation |url=http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/06/taylor_momsen_wore_those_clear.html |journal=New York Fashion |title=Taylor Momsen Wore Clear Heels With Room for Cash Tips |date=June 28, 2010 |author=Amy Odell}}[http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/09/clear_heels.html Clear Heels Storm the Milan Runways], New York Magazine. The association between clear heels and erotic performers and pornography has led to criticism of celebrities for wearing the trend in public.[http://comcast.eonline.com/uberblog/b189574_stop_this_trend_lucite_stripper_heels.html Stop This Trend: Lucite Stripper Heels à la Taylor Momsen, Beyoncé and Shauna Sand] E Online Fashion Police. In an interview, actress and singer Taylor Momsen noted that she liked performing in a pair that had a slot for tips, "fans started putting money in them, so now they are filled with tons of bills".{{cite web|url=http://cocoperez.com/2010-06-28-who-wore-it#more-57476 |title=Who Wore It??? |publisher=Cocoperez.com |date=2010-06-28 |access-date=2011-09-13}}{{cite web |url=http://www.osoblog.tv/2010/08/taylor_momsen_talks_about_her.html |title=Taylor Momsen talks about her stripper shoes |publisher=Osoblog.tv |date=2010-08-26 |access-date=2011-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226014033/http://www.osoblog.tv/2010/08/taylor_momsen_talks_about_her.html |archive-date=December 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}