stiletto

In a bejeweled white pantsuit and towering stiletto pumps, Megyn Kelly tried to work the crowd like a rock star.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

They later stop by the local church and the disco with Joseph Cerda Bañales, a bearded makeup artist who brandishes long stiletto nails to the rodeos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

The teaser for the film gives nothing away - the famous red stiletto heel from the first film's promotional poster is appropriately joined by a second, identical shoe.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

But in the docuseries, the dancers wear narrow-pointed, thin stiletto heels that aren’t necessarily the safest to dance with and increase the risk of injury.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024

The prospect of so idyllic an interim added to the inspired stealth with which he whetted his wire, filed it to a limber stiletto fineness.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Instead of the stilettoes of the 1990s, most looks were paired with platform loafers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023

And, in this summer’s blockbuster movie, “Barbie,” Birkenstocks are the down-to-earth alternative that Barbie is forced to accept over her jeweled stilettoes.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2023

Its strappy stilettoes are worn by celebrity fans including Beyoncé and the Duchess of Cambridge, and were made famous by the fictional Carrie Bradshaw character in the television series Sex and the City.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2017

Some of it smudges unlucky stilettoes, but most is dutifully tossed into rubbish bins and hauled to landfills, at a cost of over $100 per ton.

From Economist ● Aug. 20, 2015

As I retraced my steps, I again reverted to the communication of Viola—“Surrounded as we are by stilettoes on every side!”

From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

Waves crash along the Palm Beach shoreline and a drone shot swoops over the grounds of Mar-a-Lago before landing at a pair of stilettos donned by Melania Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

"Watch out for the holes!" one guest warned another about the hazard for stilettos.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

Then, moments later, there she is again: Exiting the White House, coolly lethal in sunglasses, stilettos and a funnel neck MaxMara coat the color of a tawny marmalade.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

"Fifteen years ago, Towie was about breakups, glam, white stilettos, Sugar Hut," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2025

So I look down too, to see Mama wearing her leopard print platform stilettos that she bought for her fortieth birthday party at a small club in Bed-Stuy.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

It turns out Minty is interested in following in Mellon’s stilettoed footsteps — although she has slightly different aspirations from her mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2019

Slim, stilettoed fashionistas and comfort-clad suburbanites gathered around the lounge’s enclosed firepits.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2018

Instead of earnest eulogies or prayers for consolation, her drag sisters honored Sahara’s memory by striving to match her classically trained dance skills, cartwheel for cartwheel and kick for stilettoed high kick.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2016

Having been stilettoed by a fellow poet, Le Tissier could be forgiven for wanting Hoddle to come back as in his next life.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2014

To properly scale Machu Picchu, Simmons, who is known to always be properly stilettoed, “left fashion behind,” opting for her Adidas Stan Smith sneakers.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2013