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    Men in Heels: A History in Photographs

    Though painful high heels seem like a women's burden, along with menstruation and childbirth, men actually invented these torture devices. With research from The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, here's a history of men in heels, from King Louis XIV to Tom Cruise.

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      Though he certainly tries, Tom Cruise's charisma can't make up for his small stature. He's 5'7''. Rumor has it when he married Katie Holmes, who is 5'9'' in her bare feet, he was wearing heels.
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      Though he certainly tries, Tom Cruise's charisma can't make up for his small stature. He's 5'7''. Rumor has it when he married Katie Holmes, who is 5'9'' in her bare feet, he was wearing heels.

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