This pair is my most recent purchase, bought while walking the streets of the city after a depressing movie, "House of Mirth." I can't think of a more inaccurately titled film. I wandered into a Shoe Pavillion and there they were. They cheered me up in an instant. The heel is rather taller than I usually go for, but there's some platform to the sole so they're not quite as high as they seem. The heel has a great curve to it and the shoe itself has a very 40's feel, which I love. They had several other colors, including the red I almost bought instead. I imagine swing dancing in these shoes or saying goodbye to one's boyfriend as he goes off to war. They cry out for silk stockings with a seam up the back.