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It really sums up! 8-10 km everyday is also quite a lot. I really have to track one week with my phone to get an idea of hos much I walk. But nowhere close to you, that's for sure 😀

@mlroseplant Good job, 1,6 km in these pumps is great! @CrushedVamp That's interesting, I immediately had to try this out. With the first formula my heel height is 4,3 cm. With the second one it's around 11,7 cm. I don't really get how the first formula could make sense, it's all about the proportions between body length and feet length. The second one makes more sense to me. If I convert my result of 11,7 cm to standard size that would be like 11,9 cm or so. That's a height that I can walk perfectly fine in, but a lower heel is definitely more comfortable. If you interpret your perfect heel height as what you can wear well, but not for everyday and 5 km walks, this formula could give you an idea I think.

They were not really a big deal, other than I was super slow, or I felt like I was super slow. It took me about a third of the way before I got into my rhythm. Normally, it takes me approximately 20 minutes to walk a mile in 10 cm heels. I should have timed myself, but I didn't instead. It didn't take me as much as 25 minutes to walk the mile, but it sure felt like it. The heel tip wear is not uncommon for stock plastic heel tips. Rubber tips will last at least 10 times as long.

It will probably shock you! This is in no way doing so in high heels, but I walk for exercise. I typically walk 5-7 (8 to 10 km) miles per day. Well my phone tracks me and since deciding to walk daily no matter the weather, my mileage shot right up. Sure, it is only 35-40 (56-60 km) miles per week, but that equates to a 160 (257 km) miles a month, or around 2000 (3200) miles a year. It does not sound far, but for me that is like walking from Maine to Colorado. For you that is like walking from Berlin to Kuwait. And all by just by walking a few miles a day. So it really adds up more than you would think.

And here I thought carrying a Alphorn to 13,000 feet in the alps in wooden clogs was bad enough. You are right in lugging a sousaphone for 5.5 miles in 3 inch heels would be worse! (teasing) 🙂

I was scrolling Pinterest the other day and came across two images that supposedly explain how to derive of the perfect heel height. I have no idea if these two images are accurate or not, but will post them here for people to look at and for discussion After looking them over I wondered myself if that is why my wife gravitates to certain high heels that are seemingly magically comfortable for her as the shoe geometry compared to her physique is just right? I am making no claim if this is right or wrong; but would love to hear from you and other members?

One thing I hadn't noticed at first, but somebody else did. If you look way in the back, you can see my son practicing his bass, patiently waiting for me to quit talking and go home.

They look very nice! And well done for walking a mile in them! But I think that’s the drawback with lofty stilettos - the quick wear! Bitter cold and snow has been making my suede chunky heeled OTK boots a much more attractive option than my 12cm stilettos these days. Getting up in the cold and dark - sunrise here is at 8:30 - and building a fire with frost on the inside of the windows calls for warm boots rather than lofty ones!

That’s really nice. Fun to have a friend with whom you can chat about heels

You look great, how were they to walk in?

Trying to wick it up this morning, can I walk a mile (1.6 km) in these pumps? Evidently, I can. They are the size 38 equivalent of 11.3 cm. However, I won't be able to walk a second mile in them until and unless I get them reheeled. Look at the wear after only one mile!

Here is my high heeled (actually mid-heeled) buddy from church. Our children almost, but not quite, overlap in age.

Sounds like quite the shopping experiences, so sorry they didn't have your sizes in the styles you wanted, so frustrating indeed...

Wile I love uniformity in coffee - dark roasted (expresso), black, I want diversity in my life. I split my clothes between colder and warmer wear. Different pants for different heels. Several groups in the same style but different colors and sometimes fabrics. I can't wear my knee highs boots with my skyscraper jeans, while my Jessica Simpson stiletto booties doesn't go with my short shorts. But I can (and do) wear my Jessica Simpson knee high stiletto boots with my short shorts, just for fun.

Your getting bolder in your shopping. Next time go straight in look and ask. Don't wait until there are less customers. I wear heels all the time so when I go into a shop they know I'm looking for myself. Many times I get better service because they view me as a higher chance of a 'sale' than women just looking.

I am obliged - and indeed vindicated. I recall an aside from the late Bob Monkhouse (a polished if sometimes rather cheesy comedian) who said that 'Everyone laughed when I was young and said that I wanted to be a comedian. They're not laughing now.'

A very powerful look indeed, even though it is intended for personal safety! I hear ya, maintaining balance becomes more difficult as heel height goes up.

I hear ya for sure! I tend to have a pretty standard wardrobe, just many duplicates of the same item. Slim levis, long sleeve T shirts, hoodie sweat shirts. Love to wear my boots with my standard outfit, and even think it looks good, perhaps I am living in my own dream world. I have gotten a few pairs of tigher/stretch girl jeans from the thrift store though, which I really enjoy wearing.

It. . . actually. . . kinda does. I mean, it's not sidesplittingly funny, but it's worth a groan, at least.

In our schools we weren't even allowed to wear shoes at all 😀 You had to directly head to the wardrobe and change your shoes for slippers. I think it's the same until today. Other than that, there were no general outfit rules. The most outrageous outfits probably were in a phase when I often wore corsets to school. But they were still normal, nothing too extreme or revealing, so I never had any problems with it.

Yes, that's absolutely true for me 🙂

My wife loves her knee boots as well, but they also serve a function few people consider: they hold an ankle holster really well. On the surface it looks as if she is a vulnerable woman unable to run far or fast in her heeled knee boots, but with a Kimber Micro 9mm tucked inside her left boot, she is nowhere near as vulnerable as she looks. 🙂

After trying to jazz up my wardrobe and falling flat on my face for many reasons. From some weight gain unfortunately, to stains on my shirts, to just wanting a simpler life, I have decided to take a new direction with my male wardrobe. It is not one I am proud to do but just feel compelled to proceed with. It sounds boring because it is, but I got so many decisions to make in a day that I am sick of overthinking what I wear. I no longer want to even think about it. Like many other men today, I am just buying a set of the same pants, shirt, undershirt, etc and wearing the same thing every day. An array of work clothes, and an array of dress clothes, but each set being the same. Sure, the people at church will begin to notice I wear the same clothes to church every Sunday, but so be it. I am so tired of coordinating a nice outfit, only to notice I got a coffee stain on a shirt and practically have to strip naked and start all over with another coordinated outfit. Nope a set of dress clothes and a set of work clothes from now on.

Carrying a heavy camera bag is likewise a bad idea in heels. It’s doable, and not too bad in fact, in chunky heels of 7cms or so, but no higher or thinner …

Sounds like you had quite a time shopping. The staff at these places sound helpful and non-judgemental. which is nice. You're fortunate that you can go shopping. My feet are much too large for that. I can buy nice heels - very nice ones in fact - but ether custom or special order.