But as anyone who has broken a heel knows, the higher the elevation, the more likely it is to snap.
"The first season I covered Fashion Week, I was in Paris shooting backstage and I broke a heel," said Aimee Blaut, 29, of the Formula, a blog in Stockholm and New York.
"Bachelorette," which strides along confidently for most of its zippy 90-minute running time, suddenly breaks a heel in the homestretch.
A number of props, narrative and physical, appear in both films: a large inheritance, a heroine who breaks a heel, a menace from the animal kingdom, desecrated evening wear, and, above all, a central clash between what Henry Adams used to call the virgin and the dynamo.
Katharine Hepburn broke a heel in a gully in the night scene of Bringing Up Baby, an unscripted touch; as she walked off-kilter, her co-star Cary Grant whispered: "I was born on a hill!" She said it and Hawks caught it.
My friend wore high heels, and the whole time we were at the amusement park I was wrecked with anxieties, worrying that she was gonna trip and break a heel, or that one of her shoes would come flying off while on the Batman ride.
He did not play here last year because of a left heel injury, breaking a streak of 29 straight Grand Slam tournaments dating to the 2001 United States Open.
Also, wearing high heeled pumps may look cool on the street, but they probably won't when you break off a heel or end up with a twisted ankle.
The Duchess of Cambridge can play cricket in heels, hike without breaking a sweat and repeat clothing like nobody's business.
