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I really want a pair of those nike sky high wedge sneaks. I wish nike would make a pair of sneaks with actual heels....

Speaking of Nike, I just read an article on U Tube where the star of the University of Iowa’s women’s basketball team, Caitlin Clark, signed a huge endorsement contract with Nike shoes worth over 50 million dollars, even to a point where Nike will produce a “signature shoe” with her name on it. I am wondering if mlroseplant has any interest in getting a pair when they become available? If he does, he might be setting a new trend by wearing a pair of women’s basketball shoes by men. A new thing for sure, but it just might catch on.

I agree about Nine West. When I buy or sell heels I'll often compare sizing to their heels. Nike is another. I'm a traditional 11 in Nine West but many 10's fit and some 11's don't. If I get a Nike or Nine West comparison I feel more comfortable when buying online.

I can't say that I've never had a bad pair of Nine West shoes, because I have, but overall it's a fairly solid brand, and I can pretty much count on a size 9 being a size 9. It's also the one brand from which I have bought several pairs new. One pair lasted me 11 years and 200 documented miles before it failed catastrophically. I still have several pair in my collection, though they don't dominate like they used to. Of course, I don't buy new anymore, both because of cost and because of style.

Bubba, I like Nine West shoes and knee boots. They fit me well and I have many pairs of each, from pumps, sandals, slides, knee boots, and ankle boots. It's a great brand for my feet. Happy Heeling, bluejay

Yeah, squidgy carpet can be precarious! Our church used to have such carpet, and I have always thought it was very unfriendly to high heels. Not a big problem now, but it certainly must have been when the carpet was installed originally. By that I mean back in the day when women actually wore high heels. In fact, I once wrote a standup comedy routine which contained reference to the squidgy carpet. I never got to try it out because of our international health issue. The carpet is now gone, replaced with some sort of industrial grade carpet that seems to be installed with little or no padding. This benefits everyone in three ways: 1) Steadier footing, especially in heels. 2) The pipe organ now sounds noticeably more brilliant, due to more effective reverb. 3) No one will ever have to listen to my comedy routine. It was terrible!

A few days ago, warm day and I needed sandals.

Here's my first entry....a work outfit

It's also thick padding under rugs in plush hotels. I had troble in my JS 4+" knee highs and had to switch to my impo 3.5" high calf boots the next day. Several women told me that they had trouble in heels at the convention and asked how I managed to over come the challenge.

For me it is the girth of my toebox vs the narrowness of my heel. I have to use mens US 9.5 EEE to get my feet into most shoes, then have to deal with 1/2 inch of space on both sides of my heel. Women's regular US size 10 (sometimes 11 on pointed shoes) fits great most of the time. I just have trouble with vamps, especially all pumps and shoes with toe straps that aren't adjustable. I wish I had known this many decades ago and avoided numerous ankle and knee surgeries.

Even in blocky 3.5” heels a lumpy towpath can easily cause you to miss for footing or turn an ankle.

My feet are narrow and long and I’ve always had trouble finding shoes that fit with any precision. Footwear manufacturers just do not seem to believe that anyone has narrow feet - any more than they believe there are any females with feet larger than a UK8

The 20,000 steps wouldn't bother me too much, as long as it was on pavement of some sort. I have proven that a number of times in the past few years, exploring the limits of my stamina in heels. However, I still don't like to walk more than a few steps on anything soft like dirt or grass. Not that it has anything to do with anything, but my son and I noted last weekend that our two "big" lawns, and by "big" I mean about half an acre, require substantially more steps to mow than do our four "small" lawns combined.

It is a vague memory, but I remember that my pediatrician was concerned that my natural gait was too pronated. I had small lifts put in my shoes, underneath the inside parts of my heels. Not exactly arch supports, but something like that. I cannot remember them really feeling like anything. Whether they did any good, I can't say, but I will say that as an adult my shoes have always worn out evenly from side to side. What they should have done is put me in heels from a young age, then maybe I wouldn't have had a terrible looking walk for so many years. Men's or women's shoes make very little difference to me, it's mainly the narrower width that led me to women's shoes, ever since my favorite boot company quit making work boots that were both narrow and short. Evidently, they thought the only people with narrow feet also had long feet.

If anyone is interested in these shoes, they are being sold by Nieman Marcus. Look on their website.

Muddy towpaths wouldn’t do them any favours either

Walking on lawn's in stilettos also causes the stiletto to get very dirty.

As a kid I had metal taps put on my dress shoes. Hated those metal tabs. I also had to endure arch supports, which caused uneven wear. In the 50's early 60's that's part of what they did to control uneven wear on my shoes. The real problem was that my foot is very different from a 'average' man's foot, so all those those things they did to me was to try to force my foot into a boy's shoe. I now understand the damage it did to my knee and ankles. Women's heel is like wearing slippers compare to any ill-fitting men's shoe.

Those are beautiful. Only 1 problem i do not see them in larger size?

Yes that would just tire you out walking 20,000 steps - not the same kind of foolishness as heavy lifting, mowing lawns, or working locks on a canal (dangerous)

Yes, I quit wearing high heels in silly situations a long time ago. Some would argue that no, that's not the case, but you don't catch me mowing lawns or doing any sort of heavy lifting in heels anymore. I seriously doubt that I'll ever visit Disney World or any of its iterations, but if I did, I'd probably wear heels. That is undoubtedly bordering on silliness, but silliness that I'm aware of and can deal with.

I too have never worn metal heel tips nor would I want to for just the reasons mentioned above. Why trash your nice wooden floor or carpet, or somebody else’s? since most of my boots are block heels anyway it’s not an issue I worry much about. And I too dislike kitten heels - they’re neither fish nor fowl as the saying goes. If you’re going to wear stilettos they should be long and thin, like the blade of a dagger - not like the blade of a jackknife.

I do wear OTK boots with heels (and without) and they are a benefit - especially on cold mornings, either inside or standing at the tiller. Stilettos though would not only be silly but dangerous)

Thigh boots with heels (but not perhaps stiletto) would be of benefit in such an environment. Why not push the boat out?