There were bans prior to that. In Venice, chopines were regulated at one point because the high heels had become so crazy that women had to have a man on both sides to guide her, and they decided that the risk of people falling in the canals and drowning was too great. (High heels became platform heels, called chopines, and those became crazy tall - some up to 20 inches in height. The original purpose was to keep hems and feet out of the mud and muck)

In the early 60s I was working on the final testing/commissioning of computers (rather bigger than the one you're using to read this!). It was an old factory but the floor had been refurbished in beautifully varnished wood. Stiletto heels were new at the time and they were banned from our floor because of the damage they did to the wood. In fact special plastic tips were provided for those women who insisted on wearing them.

My father wore a 'high heel' on his right foot for most of his life. He had osteo TB which damaged his right hip. The top of the femur was removed and pinned directly to his pelvis which resulted in his right leg being some 150mm shorter than his left. Hence the built up heel. It did dreadful damage to his foot. Artificial hips were unavailable in the 1920s.

Minor historical note. First a bit of background - I spent 9 years involved in theatre producations.

Heels were developed to show off the calves more than lift clothing. _Who_ they were designed for is rather interesting. Men. Not women. You see, at the time, women above the peasant class _did not show their ankles or anything higher_. If you've gone to a Shakespearean play, or many plays written through the 1800's, you'll have noticed that the men quarter turn. That is, if Romeo and Mercutio were talking, they'd be facing the audience, then turned a quarter of the way towards each other. This was, ostensibly, to project their voices off of the stage, while showing they were talking to each other.

It also allowed both calves to be shown to the audience, and not just from sitting side by side. The poses worked that way as well. Remember that up until the early 1800's, it was very rare to see a woman on a stage, or even with a traveling troupe (as an actress), because it just wasn't done. Even after that, it was rare until into the Victorian period, where it gained more and more traction.

So, women picked up the European "high heels" fetish from the men, until it effectively vanished from male fashion in anything other than dress shoes and cowboy boots.

Does it mean anything? Not really. It's just fun trivia.