I kēia lā, i loko o nā lumiʻaʻahu o kēlā me kēia kaikamahine, he nui nā kāmaʻa o nā kāmaʻa ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae, akā naʻeʻaʻole hiki i kekahi o mākou ke noʻonoʻo i ka mea i hana i nā hele, i ka wa a me ke kumu. Akā, he mau aʻa kēia mau kāmaʻa e hele ana i Ancient Greece. Aʻo ka mea nāna i hana nā kāmaʻa me nā kuʻekuʻe,ʻaʻole ia no ka maikaʻi o ka nani. ʻO kaʻike o nā Helene kahiko, ka poʻe i hele i nā hana pāʻani, he mea paʻakikī keʻike i nā mea hana ma ka papahana, no laila ka hope a me nā kāmaʻa i nā kāmaʻa i hanaʻia i ka'āpana a me ka mānoanoa i kauʻia ma luna o nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae. ʻAʻole hiki i ka Europa Medieval ke hana me ka wāwaeʻole no nā kumu'ē aʻe. He mau hōʻailona kiʻekiʻe he mau mea kūpono eʻole e hoʻopiliʻia nā wāwae me ka'alehu, i nininiʻia i loko o nā alanui o nā kūlanakauhale. A i nā poʻe noho ma ka Hikina he mau kāmaʻa ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae, kahi i kōkua ai e pale i ka wela ma ka papa wela.
Hele a me ka manawa hou
I kēia lā, hana ka kuʻekuʻe wāwae i kahi hana hoʻonani. Ua mālamaʻia kēia hui ma ka makahiki XVII, i ka manawa i hāʻawi ai nā luna o Italia i nā kāmaʻa wahine ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae, a hiki i kēia lā e hoʻonani i nā wāwae o nā wāhine. Akāʻo ka mea nāna i kūkulu ka heli-studʻaʻole he mea maʻalahi. Ua hanaʻia kēia manaʻo nui o nā wāhine he nui i ka hapalua o ka makahiki i hala. Eia naʻe, ka mea kākau e koiʻia e nā mea hoʻolaha kaulanaʻekolu. ʻO Roger Vivier ka mea mua loa. I ka makahiki 1953, ma nā pāpale paina ma nā kuʻemaka nui loa a Vivier i hana,