Avital Zeisler, 26, teaches a "Stilettos and Self-Defense" class in New York City in which women learn how to defend themselves — both in and with high heels. While Zeisler teaches women how to ...

"I was expecting the business to be picking up slowly and not fast and furious as it has happened to us," Larroudé said. Men's heels are also on the rise. Jimmy Choo is now selling heels that ...