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This is what I refer to as large or thick toe box. Shoes with un-adjustable straps and pumps cut my toe tendons. I have had a little relief using a strip of dense foam under the strap. The foam coming from packaging of new shoes. I got this idea from a woman shoe sales associate in a Women's Macy's who was using tissue paper. I put my heels on early in the morning and go off to work. Many times I have them on until late at night, 9:30 pm, so this method does not work long enough. I will sometimes use this method with adjustable straps.

I so want a pair of red ankle boots, a white pair as well!

I am partial to boots with tall shafts. I love nice block heels, as well as classic stiletto styling with pointed toes...

My wife loved that style. She managed to convince my daughters to appreciate that feminine looking style. She also bought a couple of pairs for me. But, I cannot wear that style because the strap across the vamp doesn’t like the shape of my feet. Very uncomfortable for me. 😳

All styles are my favorites. Particularly styles and colors of “girls shoes” that I can wear without drawing excessive attention. Loafers, sandals, pumps and wedge heels offerings.

I love the look but I just can't wear that shoe. I always get soreness in the area of the strap on top of my foot. All my weight (175 lbs) is reacted in a small area.

If it was red week last week, I guess it is blue week this week. Part of that has to do with what happens to be hanging in my wardrobe that hasn't been worn in a while. I still haven't got things 100% back to the way they were before I was compelled to move everything when we had to have our sewer line replaced. So I figured, "All right, let's do blue this week." Then I realized I've only got one pair of blue shoes left. The other, which I sort of had in mind when I thought I'd do blue, disintegrated within a very short period of time and I had to throw them out. I'm still somewhat disappointed by that. The one remaining pair is ok, but I need to wear a bandaid in a certain spot, or it rubs holes in my foot. While I was trying to remember where that spot was, it occurred to me, "Hey, wait a minute. You've got a brand new pair of blue shoes you ain't even worn yet." And indeed, I did. I bought these Steve Madden Britt sandals a couple of months ago. The only problem was that they were unvetted. I had briefly tried them on when I first got them, but it is risky to wear something like that out into the real world. I threw a couple of bandaids into my pocket, loaded up the car, and headed out. It was fine. Sometimes you get by with stuff.

I’m far more understated. Black, brown or dark grey suede are my choices

Knee boots with chunky heels

been awhile since i posted and shared in here or even been on here just wanna know for now.whats everyone favorite style of heels or favorite heel you own or had for me my personal favorite heel are t-strap and ankle strap ,perfer covered toe more with a platform whats everyone else

I love wearing my red patent knee boots and I also have a pair of ankle red patent booties and a few pairs of red pumps and loafer pumps in several heel heights. I'm not afraid to draw attention to my heels in red colors, along with purple, green, white, royal blue and yellow and pink too! Happy Heeling, bluejay

Ah MDW - my old neighborhood - off the NE corner of the runways! Boots - Inferno from Raye (top)/Sorbern (bottom w/black & white skirt). Thanks for the vote! Gorgeous outfit - I guess I am going to have to step up my game! 😁❤️

Loving those boots and jeans! What a great outfit! Those boots get my vote for sure, what brand are they?

Midway this time

From Midway or O'hare? Love those boots!

So here is my first of many to come! Boots by Aldo, dress is Lululemon Define, wristlet is Guess My usual Chicago to Tampa trip. Kinda bummed, only 2 comments about my boots, both in the TSA line, no negative comments. Look forward to talking with people. Will post some more pics soon!

So, if they are truly branded 'Crocks', they are not made by 'Crocs' - but probably someone's idea of passing-off as a 'Crocs' product.

I am not surprised by your initial findings. As the width/diameter of a heel top piece doubles, its area quadruples and the pressure exerted for a given weight of wearer reduces to one-quarter of the original. Allowing for 'rocking' and other differences, a five-fold increase in durability sounds about right. But of course one's gait and the composition of the top-piece will likely make a lot of difference to overall longevity. Your more detailed findings should be interesting - some PhD material there if the University of Life is receptive.

As a update, after reading these posts, I took a second careful look again at this pair last night. There is a small label fastened to the tongue showing that they were made in Vietnam, size “11W.” And the only other printing on th shoes is the Crocks label and the remark “Duel Comfort.” The brand name “Crocks”is embedded into the sole. The overall appearance kinda resembles “Chuck-a boots.” I decided,while getting dressed this morning, to wear them to church. I usually wear a less obvious pair of girls shoes every Sunday. My black or brown Nine West Penny Loafers with 1 1/2 inch heels, for example (nothing as stylish or flamboyant as Mlroseplant ). No problem during the service and none at the restaurant where I ate Sunday dinner afterwards. I believe that I am going to enjoy this pair,

Banks branches are disappearing in Britain pretty quickly too - a bit like stilettos

Or....., he may be LGHDTV brigade, making a political statement. Ironically these days with DEI infesting everything as a man you will probably have more success getting a job when wearing a skirt then a pair of trousers. I've seem two women wearing stiletto heels this past month in the supermarket. Both were older women. You can still go to a bank? An actual physical bank to get money in person? 😲 Banks have all but disappeared from the high streets here in the Netherlands. I live in the 8th biggest city and I am not even sure any of our banks still has a office here.

I have an update about the banking gal. It would appear that she's for real. I went in there with my son to deposit money he'd earned from mowing grass. This was on a Friday afternoon, and I'd just gotten home from work, and was not dressed up at all. I think I had on a t-shirt and jeans with my sort of house slipper style thong wedges, about 3". While we were waiting, the High Heeled One appeared again. This time, she was wearing single sole D'Orsay pumps that slightly exceeded 4 inches in height. They were not stilettos, but they were slim (not block) heels. She had on dress pants and a nice blouse, no jacket. Again, even though I was technically wearing "heels," I did not feel I was up to snuff enough to make any sort of comment. Next time I go to the bank, I shall have to make sure I'm better dressed. This gets me all nostalgic for the days when we used to get paper checks and had to go to the bank at least every Friday. No, not really.

Interesting talk about red shoes. I only own black boots, but I just counted, and I have 5 pairs of red shoes. They don't get a ton of wear, but as you can see from last week's photos, they do get some. The two pair that get the least wear are the most casual shoes of the bunch. Go figure. I am in the process of doing a semi-scientific durability test on my heels, but I can tell you already that stiletto tips just don't last very long, even with my careful stepping and light weight. A heel with twice the diameter of a stiletto will last at least 5x as long, all other things being equal. In my personal experience. Your mileage may vary.

Crocs actually do make some regular looking shoes (not many). I've never considered them special enough to warrant much of my attention. I have never seen an oxford style from them, I am curious.

If they were truly labelled 'Crocks', they are not going to be from the same source as 'Crocs'. But I see that there are some wedges from 'Crocs'.