'Stilettos By State' Research Shows Who Wears Highest Heels
Americans love their stilettos, in some places more than others.
— -- When you think of New York women, very often a Carrie Bradshaw-type teetering around on too-high heels is an image that comes to mind.
But had "Sex and the City" taken place in Arkansas, those heels might have been even higher.
New research from fashion flash-sale site Gilt found the customers who purchased the highest heels don't live in New York at all. Or California, for that matter. The states that topped out in inches were Nevada, Arkansas, Florida and the territory of Puerto Rico. Heels sold to customers in those areas averaged 2.3 to 2.9 inches high.
The lowest of heels wasn't quite as surprising. Nebraska, Kansas, Maine and Delaware all had an average well under two inches. Even Alaskans wear higher heels than that.
According to Gilt's tech blog, the researchers also got curious about dress color. Did one area of the country wear a particular color more than another? Turns out dress color isn't nearly as varied as heel height. They "found out that black is, um, still the 'new black' in every corner of the country."