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Between 85 and 100% of what I wear comes from the woman's side, but other than my heels, I don't look feminine. Even with gel fingernails. More colors and fabrics to play with, better fit.

I hear ya for sure. But, I have found/noticed that a mix of subtle "feminine gear" along with decent "masculine gear" can be a great look indeed. Just a guy, happy to be a guy, wearing a touch of "feminine gear". I find this to be a very confident/powerful look indeed. Needless to say, many guys have nice long/lean/toned builds and look great in even more feminine gear, not a look I can pull off for sure... I recently bought a few pairs of women's nike leggings/work out gear pants from a thrift store, just to get a better idea of what size would work for me, and just how I would look. I enjoy wearing them, but afraid to see an actual picture of me...Afraid I might be "overstepping", writing checks my old dad bod just cant cash!

Someone ripped me a new one on reddit for my reply to a guy's question about wearing his leggings in public for the first time. I responded that he might consider wearing a pair of gym/cycling shorts over the leggings in an effort to help get over feeling self concious about it. I also mentioned that leggings on a guy can be quite revealing, perhaps not appropriate for all occasions or audiences. Someone wrote back saying my advice was the worst ever, and that the world should "get over" the fear of seeing the human form because it is completely natural.... Well, I didn't really respond back but disagree for sure. Like I say, leggings can be pretty darn revealing on guys, no secrets for sure. The rest of the world might not be interested in knowing quite that much about this man's physique and endowment. Just the same way I would prefer not to watch a woman breast feed, especially when she refuses to cover up. I'm not really interested in accidentally walking into a stall while someone is relieving themselves. All of these are natural acts indeed, but not ones most of us are interested in witnessing. I guess sometimes we/guys need to consider the audience. Leggings at the gym, great. Leggings while jogging or biking, great again. But perhaps leggings might not be the best choice for going to the food store, or other places with alot of kids, family type restaurants, etc. Needless to say, I think guys can look great in leggings, but not all of us can "pull off the look successfully".

When I think of feminising the male wardrobe I think more of borrowing from the women’s aisle than achieving a feminine look myself - in much the same way women will happily borrow whatever they please from the men’s aisle and then work with it to achieve the (still feminine)look they are after rather than trying to dress like a man. i like adding what are perceived to be feminine boots to my style, but I’ve no interest in looking feminine overall.

Today I stopped by a DSW store to see if my order was in. It was, but the Journey booties didn't fit. The bad news is that this DSW only has about 20% of floor space for heels, 10% men's dress and the rest sneakers (runners for you Brits). Very, very sad. So far this year I've only not worn knee highs boots to work once. I get lots of compliments on the my boots from both men and women. Random scooter shoot outs - "love those boots" or "great outfit". LOL Today when I picked up my food at a multi-restaurant eatery, the order taker told me nice boots.

That's taking hi-viz to a new level!

I did something that I rarely do yesterday. I went walking in stilettos. I am not 100% sure what possessed me to do it, but I did it, and walked just shy of 2.5 miles, or 4 km. Part of the reason is because I had not shown my Aldo ankle boots any love for a long time. In fact, according to my records, I haven't worn them in two years. That might not be quite right, but it seems accurate. Back in the day, I somehow wore these a lot, as I've evidently had them reheeled three times. They are fairly steep boots, sporting a 5" heel with a 5/8" platform. Here's what I noticed. They're fine. Perfectly stable. Other than having to pay very good attention to where I stepped due to the stiletto heels, they were just like wearing any other high heeled shoes. How I managed in them 10 years ago is another question. I must not have looked so great. I can tell you one thing for sure--ever since I got on this fascination with the SE Asian beauty pageant coaches, my heel tips have started lasting a lot longer. According to my records, I got about 7 miles out of each set of tips in the past. The current tips that are on there have got 5 miles, and I guarantee they will last a lot longer than 2 more miles.

I think a lot of women who wear them, wear them as we do, for the aesthetic. There were always those who wore them because they liked them, enjoyed wearing them, for the emotional and physical lift - and not merely because heels were expected in certain environments. They will continue to wear them, long after dress codes became more relaxed. The same with neckties. There are those who will always wear a tie. The writer Tom Wolfe was one. I remember reading some quote by him that it would be unthinkable not to be wearing a tie. Stephen Fry is another. He wrote quite an entertaining book about his love of ties starting from when he was a very young boy. We are more conscious of wearing heels because we are not supposed to be wearing them in the first place according to the dictates of society, but take that away, and our view of heels is probably not that dissimilar to those of female high heel aficionados.

more commonly called "moose knuckle" Leggings all the time outside of work, longer shirts, dress shirts, jacket or coat and sweatshirts. always look appropriate and aware

This pretty much describes me too. I wear leggings a lot and while I have tried to buy better ones, the ones I like the most, and fit best for me are the $5 kind found at thrift stores. I have worn them for so many years that I don't even pay attention to them anymore. I don't wear them in public except for maybe mowing the lawn or working in my woodworking shop. In all the years I have been doing this I have only had issues twice. Once was when I was sitting on the couch and the wife took a picture of a woodworking coffee table I had made. I was out of the picture... I thought... but the reflection in a mirror showed me which my mother-in-law just said, "Mr. Crushed Vamp looks very relaxed"... The other issue has been... well... women in leggings SOMETIMES get Camel Toe, but being tight pants and male, let's just say sometimes I show "Missile Toe"! 🙂

I think the femininity of my boots in an otherwise masculine look - jeans and fuller- creates a nice frisson. It’s edgy. And satisfying. I think a natural sensitivity and awareness of stepping out of bounds makes us more critical of how we appear in heels etc. we hold ourselves to some heightened standard. A woman would not do that. Women come in all shapes and sizes, like we do, and they buy and wear feminine clothes matter of course.

After all the ice and snow problems of the past few weeks, I finally got out yesterday wearing some heels and feminine clothing. I wore my orange sweatshirt dress with orange fishnet hose and my orange patent colored knee boots, with an orange colored puffer jacket. I got a couple of compliments especially from a lady about 50, while entering a Walmart store. She said that " Wow, I looked. very spectacular to her." Of course I thanked her for her compliment. It just goes to show you that guys can go out and about in a feminine mode! Happy Heeling, bluejay

I discovered a couple of days ago that even I have my limits, especially when I slack off on the conditioning exercises. I spent most of the day Sunday in 4 1/2" heels, which was not altogether unpleasant, but come Monday the bottom of my left foot was wanting to cramp up something fierce. It wasn't completely debilitating, but it also proves that I am not Superman. This picture is not new, but it contains the shoes I wore for the better part of the day, Steve Madden Daisie model.

Big travel day today - Manchester to London to Leeds (and back to my boat) saw many a block heeled boot - from 2.5” to 3.5” but what surprised me was in Manchester I saw several quite high - 4” to 4.5” stilettos, both boots and pumps. And worn by people who knew how to walk gracefully in them. Their ages varied from about 30 to mid fifties. it’s been quite a while since I’d seen people wearing high stilettos.

I have had these wedge heeled rain boots for a very long time. They are supposed to be shiny, but they were in a corner covered with dust, and I wasn't going to take the time to clean them up just for this comment. I have worn them occasionally in the past, and they don't do a horrible job of pretending to be actually utilitarian. About 2 1/4" heels. Those Hunters with the 3 1/2" block heel look pretty sharp (for a rain boot), so of course they quit making them!

I realize I'm a little off topic, but will add these photos anyway. I really love how my new "Hunter refined boots" look and feel, especially love how they fit my chicken legs nicely. Enjoy wearing them while clearing the snow also, even though they are not lined/insulated, but that is OK. Wish I could find a pair of Hunter will block heels, but don't think they make that style anymore...

My wife has larger calves and had many a pair of Duo boots, the first coming in 2012. I can attest to the fact that any pair of boots from them are very well made with high quality materials and worth the price to get them. Duo used to have great models every season from flats/low heels to 4"/10cm heels in many wonderful styles. Some time ago, however, Duo, for completely inexplicable reasons, changed their name to "Ted and Muffy" after the owners of the company (as I understand it). This, seemingly, soured with customers and led to them just about going out of business. A buyer for the company was found and changed so much, and in my opinion, not for the better, upon taking receivership of the company. The name was changed back to Duo, and styles became more basic to the point of being almost "frumpy." Likewise, taller heels were gone, and varying calf sizes for each model were reduced. Boots became the sole focus as pumps and other styles were no longer offered. Yes, all stores across the UK were closed (and I think the one in Bath was one of the larger stores) and now, they are only an online retailer. Although the product lineup for the current season has some nice styles, they are nowhere near the jaw-dropping models they once offered. I have a pair of 4"/10cm ankle boots from them, and my wife may still have a pair or two of their boots and pumps. If Duo were to return to making the boot styles they did before the whole Ted and Muffy flop, I would be more than willing to sign over every other paycheck to them for new pairs every month. Yes, wasteful but worth it regardless of the price. FWIW, a retailer that I have come to love is Noe (there should be an umlaut, my favorite diacritical mark, over that "e" but my computer does not have a number pad...) in Antwerp. I just ordered a pair of custom knee high boots from them and should have them around the start of March. I currently have four pairs of ankle boots from them, and have two pair of pumps on order. Although they are not at all a fancy design, the color selection is amazing. The price of the boots I ordered was actually slightly less than those offered at Duo. If Duo ever started making this model again, I would be the first in line to get a pair!

I have been very lazy about taking any photographs lately. However, a friend captured this still image from the church livestream and sent it to me. I think the only reason this worked out is because the camera operator forgot to zoom back out for a few seconds during the "greet your neighbor" portion of the service. And yes, those are ankle boots I'm wearing. I see I still need a little bit of work on my pageant walk.

These (from M&S) for example?

No, they are talking about bare feet - no shoes, unshod, dirty calloused feet. They are not concerning themselves with sandals. The fact that people need to be told to put something on their feet when they are going to fly is dispiriting. I don’t wear shorts out and about anyway, but I cannot ever imagine flying in shorts. I don’t think smart casual is too much to expect

Admittedly "old school" and stubborn here for sure. Nonetheless, I feel that much of this AI/tech stuff is highly overrated and actually a hindrance to everyday life. How the heck does anyone drive a newer car these days... All this "stuff". Trying to learn how to operate it is quite the undertaking. The vehicle owner's manual seems to explain the stuff only about 80 percent effectively, usually leaving me with more questions than answers. And in the end, what does it accomplish compared to the more basic vehicles of years gone by. The darn heater/AC control on my newer car is so complex, and the problem for me is that I can not really operate it without looking down on the control panel, not a great idea when driving. Showing my age here, but operating the heat/AC/defrost on my old 73 Chevy could be done "by feel", you knew what you were controlling by the feel/positioning of the levers/detents/positioning of the fan control. Now tell me what features this newer car has that make it any better than the old one? "Dual zone" temp control?? Now that is a darn nuisance. Now you have two temp controls to deal with that are oftentimes competing against one another. How about controlling the radio?? Forget about it... Still reading the manual on that topic. And this new/fancy radio surely does not have better sound quality than the older car, and lousy signal strength as well. So many screens/options that really offer no big advantages, just add to confusion/frustration. I wanted to get the more basic trim level on my newer car, but gave in to the fancier trim level for two options that I do appreciate: I like the blind spot warning system in the side view mirrors, and the back up camera. And the beauty part of these features is there is nothing to control or adjust, the feature is either switched "on" or "off". Like you say, I will get more onboard with this crap when it can do the mundane stuff like emptying the trash or cleaning the cat box... For now, I think the so called "advantages" are just an illusion.

Good for you @mlroseplant I think it is so good to give the younger generation compliments. They get so many negative ones now, to the point where they now say a high schooler has the stress levels of a graduate student of 20 years ago. As a father of daughters I always tried to encourage them to dress nicely and at times insisted on it. And of course their mother also dresses nice which hopefully will show them that dressing nice is important in life. That is nice though that you complimented her and in a real, complementary way and one that was not creepy. I think today where encouragement is so often lacking that when it is done, it is ten times more powerful then the suggestions to dress like a slob.

Re the stability thing, I've got a pair of 3" dancers shoes, ie those things made of mesh with laces that you can tie tightly and are stable because snug fit. They're so stable they've got boring to wear so I took all the laces out. They remain surprisingly easy to balance in, at least round the house, but that may be because my heel still gets a bit of guidance at the back. So I've ordered from Temu a pair of 4" pumps with only open toes and only a single skimpy strap behind the toes. Will report!

Each to their own, but I'll bet when you do travel in shorts you don't look like you just came off the beach

Sorry,if I'm flying into Honolulu or I'm island hopping, I'm most likely in shorts. If I'm flying between Gatwick and Edinburgh in July, then I'm in long pants (and a thick winter coat).

I would say that Chelsea boots can be flat, or have Cuban, block or stiletto heels. The 'Chelsea' aspect seems to relate to the elastic sides, although zip-sided boots are also called 'Chelsea' style. These (Calvin Klein) are sold as 'Chelsea boots' (and would surely look good on many men):

I’ve been living on my boat for over a year and in that time I have seen only one boater in heels and that was only just the other day - a woman in black leather knee boots with chunky 2.5” heels. Not high heels, to be sure, but then high heels really would be dangerous if you’re mooring and operating locks. In her case she was piloting the boat when I saw her while her partner was footing the mooring - although I don’t think that division had anything to do with her wearing heels. More like it was just his turn. i wear black leather knee boots when I'm moving the boat, but low heels. My lowest are about 3.5” which is just that bit too high for doing the locks. Had I boots with the heels she had I would probably wear them

I think this is a first for this thread! We've gone as far as vintage outboard motors before (nod to @pebblesf), but this is a whole new level! Which is somewhat ironic, because outside of cruise ships, heels and boats don't really mix all that well. Although I do remember travelling on a narrowboat in Thailand, and there was another passenger who was wearing sandals with impressively high heels. I suppose that's a little bit different. It's not like she was piloting/crewing the boat, she was a tourist passenger like me. I wonder if I could find that picture somewhere? It probably got lost on a hard drive that blew up at some point.

I kind of wonder what auto restorers/hobbyists will do in 30, 40, 50 years' time. I am already irritated by my fairly old (2004) car's climate control system, which actuates little servos to change from hot to cold or from heat to defrost. What was wrong with cables to do this? Nevertheless, the system is still serviceable. In other words, I can fix it with some time, effort, and a little bit of money. I cannot imagine relying on a single touchscreen to do every function of the car. Number One, you have to physically look at the touchscreen, and Number Two, what happens when that screen fails? You don't drive the car. At all. We won't even talk about the expense or the complexity of putting it all right again. I do understand that a lot of these cameras and sensors have actual benefit. I can still easily swivel my head/body around to check my blind spots, but that is not the case with everybody, including my dad. He says he'll never buy a car that doesn't have a backup camera. At least if the camera goes out you can still drive the car without issues.

I completely agree, although I am a little older than you - so even more of a dinosaur! In the 12 or so years that I ran my last car (a fairly basic 2003 model), I never did get to understand or master many of its features, despite having an owner's manual about 1" thick. I then bought a later (2015) and slightly more refined model of the same car (with another 1" manual), which has even more features that I cannot really understand or access. That said, some of the 'standard' features - such as warning bleeps when manoeuvring near obstacles - are very useful. If we are still allowed cars (and I'm still fit to drive one!) when I next need to change, I dread to think what bells and whistles it will have. And don't get me started on modern gadgetry such as (so-called) 'smart' phones and the like ... 🤬

One thing about AI, it is notorious for creating fake facts and references to fake articles. Many judges have banned lawyers from using the work created by AI in their court rooms due to the creation of fake legal cases used to bolster an attorney's testimony and documents.

I am no fan of AI either. Or the gaslighting hucksters who relentlessly promote it. As a photographer and writer I am deeply distrustful of it. I have done everything I can - or that I am aware if - to keep my work out if the clutches of these people and their robotic technologies but I don’t trust them not to steal it anyway. As for the technologies on cars etc so much is done simply because they can - not because there is a need. It’s all about the ego of the people who create these things, then telling us we need them and through the force if their market clout forcing us to buy by depriving us of alternatives. its becoming a very ugly world

I don't trust AI not to steal my work. Once you put anything into AI, that AI now owns it. So, I keep my stuff out of AI.

Narrowboats are different beasts! I've mainly a 12v system, but a 240v washing machine and 240v plugs which I use only for charging the laptop. Ive a 3000w inverter for those.

Haha, I only do it in the name of promoting high heels! I did not really introduce myself, but thinking about it in retrospect, the girl most likely already knew who I was. I mean, how many others dads show up to every band event wearing heels? Now, if only I could get my son to have a middle ground in his own style. It's either ratty t-shirt and jeans or suit and tie. And only the suit and tie when he is forced.

I’ve a Vetus 42hp diesel engine with two 95 amp alternators, one for the starter and the other to charge the domestic battery, which is a Victron lithium set up. Also 600w of solar. Lithium can easily overwork an alternator which is why there is a separate BMS to control the charge. The original domestic alternator may have been faulty or the BMS may have failed but it burned out. The original electrician who installed it turns out to be the Basil Fawlty of electricians (a character on an old British comedy). the professional I called in has replaced the alternator and the relay - which also burned out.

You’re not kidding about power generation. I’ve been sidelined because of a power issue - actually the big problem was the idiot electrician from the boatbuilder who misdiagnosed a simply matter and turned it into a mess. He was even more idiotic because it was all under warranty so he didn’t make a penny out of the mess. I eventually gave up and got a competent marine engineer and in an hour he figured out the problem - when even a non technical person like me had already guessed: a burned out domestic alternator. And now it’s fixed. The idiot still swears it’s much more complicated and that he was right all along …

To me AI only does the "fun stuff" or at least for me. I like to write and draw, picking out my word choices, structuring sentences and getting my point across, or making some picture in my mind into a nice book cover, and AI is either butchering that, or stealing from what I have written online somewhere, or God forbid, one of my many novels. I do not need a computer to regurgitate in repeated fashion what I already know, or can get information about, let AI do my dishes, clean my house, or wash my clothes; you know the drudgery of life and let me be creative. Instead, it is the other way around, doing the fun stuff in life leaving us to be more and more bored and relegated to doing miserable stuff with our time. I do think it is interesting that they claimed AI would make the blue collar worker obsolete and it is actually now the opposite. AI is taking white collar jobs while blue collar jobs are soaring in demand and pay. And nuclear power in the United States is starting up again as AI data centers are being plugged in behind-the-meter to nuclear power plants directly. 3 Mile Island is now being taken out of mothballs to fire up a AI Data Center. Who would have thought!

We have a similar community here, but rather than live along canals they moor to public docks. There is a monthly fee because they are plugged into shore power with their vessels, but its their home full time and year around, which here is important because the Coast Guard does not break ice in every harbor. I knew of some people that lived like that and it was its own, unique community. I was not a part of it, just invited to go see how they lived, and know they really looked out for one another just because they really had too. I was a mariner myself then, but it was much different as I lived on tugboats which is a more industrial form of how you live @shyheels . So we were always in and around those that lived in the harbors. Sometimes they needed this or that, and because we were so self-sustained, we would lend them a hand when we could. (I was an engineer aboard). Its how I got my job now which at that time was keeping powerplants and generators running, and now I do the same, but am land-based in doing it. It still has the same problem though, power generation on land or at sea is a 24/7/365 task.

Cowboy boots have heels, but those have their own particular following. But they do have heels. Although I like chunky heeled boots, I’m not a fan but very much prefer the more feminine styles

The only "heels" I know of today that is accepted in footwear for men in general terms is the "Logger Boots" that have a taller heel to them. I wore those for years, and probably still would if it was not for most having steel toes and being lace-ups. I have to wear safety toes, but they have to be composite and not steel because of the high voltage I work with, and the specific grounding situations inside substations. As for laces, I have just got accustomed to Sketchers slips in for sport, casual and work wear. It is interesting about the history of heels though and how it came about. You are right though, in fashion once something is given the stigma of feminine it is hard to get back. I do have another one though: leggings. They are slowly being adopted by men and women. It is more of jock wear then general acceptance but considered "unisex" now.

Living where the ground is not flat, walking down a steep driveway or across a surface that is slant perpendicular to direction of motion. That compound angle is hard to navigate.

My sister has that position now with my mother in assisted liviing now and over100 y.o. I've learner how mean my mother could be towards her daughter. One granddaughter wont visit her again. My ex-wife was that way, I was never right, if I did A she would complain why I didn't do B, if I did B, she would complain why I didn't do A, if I did A and B, I was still wrong. The key word here is Ex.

I have always sucked at doing two things in heels: 1) Walking down stairs. I have never once felt truly graceful doing it, especially if there is more than 3 or 4 of them at a time. 2) Bending over to retrieve dropped objects. Number Two really hit home the other day when I was out on my morning walk. There was a small branch laying across the sidewalk from an overhanging tree, and as I bent over to pick it up to move it, it suddenly seemed like it was a looooong way to the ground, and I found myself doing a spread-kneed squat to actually pick up the branch. Not graceful at all. I have no problem picking up stuff off the floor in flats, I don't know why it's so much harder for me in heels. Another thing for me to analyze in the future! It may come down to being as simple as that when I'm wearing flats, I don't worry about what I look like, because I know nobody is ever going to notice me anyway.

You are both quite correct, and there are so many other factors which affect stability besides heel width. All of the shoes in question that I tested are sandals, and thinking about it for a minute as I write this, they were all mules as well, so zero ankle support, aside from my own muscles. None of it really means anything, it was only a pleasant distraction for a few minutes. I can remember from my youth watching girls my age walking in heels, which back then was not a rare sight as it is today. My estimation back then about a girl's skill was based upon whether each step was rock steady, or whether there was a slight lateral wobble with each step. Memory is a very unreliable thing, but I kind of remember the number of girls who could walk in narrow heels without wobbling was maybe half a dozen at the most. I guess those 5 or 6 had the strongest ankles. Nowadays, I have a different set of gait characteristics I look for and strive for, and the wobbling metric really doesn't apply these days, as nobody wear stilettos anymore. I should do another test where I step on a certain size pebble wearing different shoes, just to see how they really react to it. That will test the old ankles out!

That is too bad. I saw this very same thing with my ex-wife and her mom. No matter how she tried it just was never good enough, yet my ex-wife kept trying for the impossible, hoping. It has ruined her life. I brought her out of that saga for ten years, but then she got sucked right back into trying to please her mother. It was not just our marriage that got ruined, but several before ours, and she has a trainwreck of a life just because she tries to placate her mother. Deep down inside she knows she never will, but she keeps trying... Sad.

Well, the right place, wherever it is, will not be a place where one would wear the suits with which they have been paired in the catwalk

I have acquired two pairs of purple pants in the past week. One linen pair (shown with proper full picture), and one denim pair, which is of course much more casual. Both seem to go well with my mauve pumps, but I will have to experiment with some other color combinations for the fun of it. The linen pants are Loft brand, and the jeans are Michael Kors. For whatever reason the designers at Loft decided to omit belt loops entirely. This might be a dealbreaker for me.

Here we are at the end of another year. I wonder what 2025 will bring? I am not one to make New Year resolutions, but I have been thinking loosely about things I would like to accomplish in the coming year. For one thing, once the weather improves, there are some repairs/improvements I need to make to my house that I've already put off at least a year longer than I should have. Another goal that I've had in the back of my mind for a while is to make a "how to walk in high heels" video. There are two main reasons why I haven't made one yet: First, it's very unclear that I currently have the production resources to make the sort of video I would like. Second, I don't think I've mastered the art to the level where I feel I could instruct others competently. Part of the problem is that, even if I am doing everything what I would call "right," I still don't like the way I look, and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it, because I am physically bowlegged. I can try to compensate for it, but the fact is, my legs will never be long and straight. My knees can be physically touching, but my calves will always have a gap between them that is disproportionate to the rest of my legs. So, the video will probably never happen. The other high heeled goal, mentioned elsewhere, is what do I make my walking goal for next year? I did 350 miles this year, and I feel pretty good about that. It may seem silly to some to make an artificial athletic goal for something that is essentially an aesthetic fashion accessory, but I can tell you that if I simply walked in athletic shoes, I wouldn't walk nearly as much. I just like walking in heels. I am hesitant to up the ante and say that I'm going to do 400 miles next year, because so much of it is dependent upon my work situation, which is far from stable at the moment. I had planned 300 miles for this year, and the only reason I was able to make it to 350 is because for a good while my work schedule allowed me to go 1 - 1.5 miles every day before work. After a while, that adds up. To finish this post, here is last Sunday's church OOTW. I decided to go with a sort of monochromatic look, as I often do. I did not wear matching shoes because I just didn't feel like it. And besides, I hadn't worn these Coach Cammy pumps in a little while, and I was not feeling energetic. The Cammys are a mere 4 inches, and they are super light. As long as I remember to put a Bandaid or some tape on my right third toe (the right shoe rubs me there for some reason), they are all day shoes without thinking about it. I got a couple of compliments about my outfit, but nobody specifically mentioned the shoes. I guess there is no real reason to, as they are styled very conservatively. Happy New Year!

CrushedVamp, Shyheels, pebblesf - thank you for your answers. I do not know why i have not received any notifications about your replies. I noticed it yesterday totally by accident. It's really a little disappointing that not a lot of people are interested in the question "why" in this topic about themselves. Heels in fiction and movies are certainly interesting, but they don't provide any scientific answers, unfortunately. I spent quite a lot of time looking into this issue about myself and achieved certain results, and i wanted to move to a more serious level. CrushedVamp, Shyheels - unlike you, i'm not a writer. If anyone is going to write a book about heels and psychology, it's definitely not me.