Maximum height 18 centimeters, anything under 11 centimeters is considered depressive. Marco Argiolas, a 63-year-old former bank employee from Cagliari, goes by the stage name Mark Heels, and has a passion for high heels that make him 6 feet tall. He looks down on three-quarters of humanity, dodging dirty looks, uneven floors, and cobblestones—textbook stuff—and assures us that no, it's not provocation, but he first denies and then retracts any hint of egocentricity.
When did it start?
«I've always had a passion for women's shoes, especially very high heels.»
Do you use them from?
"About twenty years, at first only at home, in secret. For the past six years I've been wearing them freely."
Is this a provocation?
"No, I wouldn't say provocation. It's more of an aesthetic issue."
In what sense?
"I like myself in heels. The first time I thought, 'Wow, I look really good.' So I started wearing them."
The full interview with Sara Marci will be available tomorrow in the newspaper and on the Unione Digital app.