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Just received 8 more, what can I say, I'm addicted. these are the same make and heel as the slingbacks, asymmetric Mary Janes and low cut bar toe box heels I posted a little while back. They make me colors not advertised and usually ship in under 1 week even with the unique colors. Available through AliExpress. Two colors not shown are nude and black. Those are currently stored under my desk at work along with several other pairs.

I got my Christian Louboutin Pointipik boots and they fit me PERFECTLY! They're an absolute dream to walk in, the inner sole is super comfy and they look stunning!

This week's church OOTW. I actually bought something from Poshmark that was designated as a "men's" item, this BCBG tie. One of my fashionista friends called it a "fun tie." In practically the same breath she said, "I'm still amazed that you are comfortable in such high heels," referring to my Miu Miu patent tan sandals. It's not always true, but for some reason, Miu Miu fits me well, and I don't find the 4 1/2" steepness to be bothersome at all. It's too bad that Miu Mius are usually prohibitively expensive, and most of them are hideous.

I lost more than 20 years of my life for fear of wearing what I want. It's been 2 years of public display of heels now. After the first couple of times it gets easy and you just don't care about what others think. Life is too short, go for it. (and be prepared for some compliments, yes they come)

Once again, these mules are not necessarily all that new to me, but yesterday was the first time I actually wore them in public. So, in fact, they are new to you! Charles David brand, model name unknown. I am sure I got them from either ebay or Poshmark, one. I am also sure I got them because I thought they were beautiful, which they are. I certainly did not get them because I thought they would be practical, which they are not. For one, they are real leather suede, which generally does not work well with Iowa weather, but it also turns out that they are hard to walk in. Something about them seems to be a bit unbalanced, I can't quite put my finger on it. I've also had this experience with my only other pair of Charles David shoes, they were the same way. Beautiful, but unbalanced. Create your own inferences about that. The overly setback heel is 4 3/4", and though it's not obvious, there is a slight platform, so I'm giving it an overall pitch of 4 1/2". This is not beyond my skill set, but I do not like walking in these at all. I wore them for about 4 hours, and my feet didn't hurt at all, but somehow, these mules still suck. I can't really explain it. Sorry to be a bummer for two reviews in a row.

This week's church outfit is almost a repeat from about two months ago, but it's not an exact repeat--the shirt is different. I wanted to wear my red patent Via Spiga sandals again, and these red items of other clothing were readily available. My wardrobe is still in a state of chaos from our plumbing/sewer issues, and I don't want to move everything back until I am 100% sure that the problems are really gone. I also had to go back and review my previous post to make sure I wasn't about to repeat myself about these shoes. Although they are eye-catching and reasonably comfortable, they still have the one spot where they rub the side of my little toe. The odd thing about this particular situation is that if I'm going to have a problem with an uncomfortable little toe, it's always on the right foot. Without fail. Except for this pair of shoes. These rub my left toe. I got about 1/3 of the way through the service and found myself trapped on the wrong side of the chancel area (front of the sanctuary) right as the sermon had begun. Back in the old days, before livestreaming, before Covid, I would have just walked across the front of the church and nobody would have paid me much heed. Now that we're always on camera in some form or other, actions like this look really distracting in a way that you don't really notice when you're actually there in person. So I snuck out the sacristy door, went outside, walked around to another door, went down to the basement, walked underneath the sanctuary, back up a different set of stairs into the opposite side sacristy, and was able to get to my designated spot unnoticed by any camera. The whole point of this rather long and boring story is that during all of this walking, the left shoe started digging into my little toe--hard. Much as I was trying to ignore it, it was beginning to affect my gait and posture. What I wound up doing was tearing off a little bit of facial tissue, or Kleenex as we like to call it here in the U.S., wadding it up into a little ball, and stuffing it into the offending area. Problem solved, and it's not in any way visible or noticeable. From now on when I wear these shoes, I'm going to do that prophylactically, and I almost guarantee you I won't have a bit of a problem. If only everything in life were that simple. Yes, I left my equipment bucket sitting right there in the middle for the opening prelude. It's things like that that you never notice until you see it immortalized on the internet forever and ever, amen.

It was the weekend of gold sandals! I wore both of these quite a bit this Sunday.

And now, for something completely different! The boy and I just bought THIS, a Gretsch hollow body bass. He has needed his own instrument for a while, and he found one that sounds COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than the Fender Jazz bass I've owned for 30+ years. And it looks pretty cool, too.

Hey! Been a few years since I started this thread. Much more comfortable with skirts now, don't really give it a second thought. I told my wife, she's not supportive, so like with heels, it's something I need to work through myself. Skirts and heels, usually no problems, but still wished it was more mainstream. Or at least you could see guys wearing them once in a blue moon, but never. Agree with HappyinHeels, it's likely that this was always in me, but just came to realize it now. The good thing is that the anxiety has gone away. I'm not saying that there are no butterflies at all, or that I don't sometimes get into my head before getting out of the car, but the progress over the past 2 years has been huge. I've often shopped for heels or skirts while wearing heels or skirts. I tend not to wear both at the same time, maybe one day. Tend to frequent malls or restaurants and just enjoy myself. It's a LOT of fun.

Church OOTW: This was kind of difficult to come up with, simply because my entire wardrobe is currently piled up on the living room couch, due to some major plumbing work that is occurring in its usual spot. The famous pipe that @Puffer admires, featured in many of my past photos of shoes, may undergo some changes today! At least I hope it's today. I'm going to list these in the "New Sandals" section also, but the rest of the outfit is nothing special, other than the fact that I had to dig out the ironing board before I put it on, due to its position toward the bottom of the pile. The polo shirt is from Walmart, and the pants were bought at Costco. I have had the mules for quite a little while, but I've never worn them out until today. There is a reason for that. They are not uncomfortable, but they are a little bit hard to walk in. More elsewhere.

These aren't new but its the first time I really wore them. I think I got the 5 years ago but never wore them. I got them because I had gotten a similar pair, and these where my back up chill booties. Will the heel gave way on the light tan shoes after hundreds of miles. But then my feet were too swollen to put these on. The issue with many things, including swollen feet was sovled this spring. So out came these shoes. Today was the first day I wore them to work. These booties are both Sodas, so they aren't expensive, but they are in my stealth range. Sometimes you just need a good bootie. I have been search for replace heel shown below

I have got one new pair to share, plus a couple of updates. First of all, the Bebe wooden sandals (quoted here) that are good but obnoxiously loud have been reheeled. They now sound completely normal. The original heel tips, despite being nearly 1 inch square, lasted a mere 15 miles. That may account for a good deal. Second, I broke out my JustFab "Loolah" gold mules over the weekend, featured in this thread about a year ago, but worn seldom. Nothing to report of great significance about the shoes themselves, but I wear them much more easily than I did a year ago. For such inexpensive shoes, they seem to be built solidly. To be fair, I only wore them about four hours, and the limitation was not my feet. My feet felt just fine after four hours--it was my ankles which were very tired and ready to be done for the day. And now, for the actual subject of this post, my MDT "Mackley" gold mules. What makes these mules unusual is that although they are gold colored, they are matte finish, which you do not often see. Most people want their metallics to be shiny! Stats on the mules are 4 1/2" heel, no platform, 3/8" stiletto width, and all man-made construction. I got these brand new online somewhere like ebay, I don't remember. I have put about three miles on them so far. They are weirdly easy to walk in, but not really that comfortable because whatever material they're made out of is pretty doggoned stiff. This has lessened a little bit with wear, but not much. They will certainly never become buttery soft.

My son sell many things on the net. I asked him about selling some of my CFM heels. They are in very good condition, but they are not very comfortable to wear long time. So they have sat on the shelf for YEARS. To him it was just not worth it. Yes, he might be able to get as much as $30 each, but the work to showcase them was not worth his time. I plan to try some consignment stores or donate to a LGB... support group or a ... Then I have several Charles by Charles David gladiator wedges where the glue has failed. I have gotten my use out of them However. I have not found decent replacements. And I looked! And looked1 Those heels go into my shop and hopefully I can get them back in my closet before fall rain.

"Purge" is a term that used to apply when I was much younger and was a bit ashamed of my obsession with heels. Also, I only had 2 or 3 pairs at a time. "Cull" or "prune" would definitely be more applicable today. Much like you (the O.P.), one of the factors is when I have shoes that are consistently neglected. My collection is slightly over 100 pairs, so it's very easy to not wear something for a year or two. At the opposite end of the spectrum, shoes in our world do not tend to be particularly durable, so shoes that get worn a lot either break eventually or just become so ratty looking and unpresentable that they too, must go. There is the stuff that never quite fit right, the stuff that seemed cool at the time, but has not aged well. Sometimes, one just changes his taste in shoes and clothing. Sometimes, one gains skill over the years, making a wider variety of shoes accessible where they weren't before. It is very rare, for example, unless there is a specific reason to do so, for me to choose one of my pairs of 2 - 2 1/2" heels over something much higher. I wore lower heels a lot a number of years ago, because back then I couldn't hack a day in 4"+. In closing, I just in the last week built an additional shelf for my shoes, so that all of them are once again off the floor. I really should not allow the collection to get any larger than it is right now.

.Interesting. Like you, I’ve worn the same watch for decades. Strapping it onto my wrist when getting dressed each morning is as routine as putting on my socks. In fact, very early in my primary flight school days, I learned a short saying that I recited just before falling out for morning formation. Just before leaving my room I, would stand before the mirror and repeat “spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch”, which I still do when ever leaving the the house.

Yes, I wasted away a good few years myself - more than twenty, alas - always fancying wearing knee and OTK boots and never summoning the nerve to do so. I guess the thing is not to look back - it’s all water under the bridge - and just be glad that we found the nerve to step up and be ourselves

Both are really nice, I like the mule styles. But if I had to choose, I would got for the sandals in pic #2 (the one with you wearing shorts). sf

He'll grow into it.

Speaking of things I haven't done in a while, I have not posted any farmer's market pictures in some time. This is probably because they are so lame, and there's little interest there, especially if I do it every week. However, it's been very sparse over the past few months, and the season is rapidly drawing to a close. I always bring backup shoes. The only time I've ever had to actually use them in the last 3 years is because of mechanical shoe failure with my high shoes. At any rate, I have ventured a bit higher with shoe steepness as the summer has worn on, and I rarely wear my Söfft low heels these days. A lower shoe now would be like the Nine West "Potporri" pictured in the bathroom mirror. Those are probably effectively 3 3/4 or 3 7/8", something like that. I don't seem to have any problem wearing 4 inch heels for the entire night, which is somewhat satisfying. I never got to that point last year. Also included is a recent, as in yesterday, photo of the tent/booth.

I agree that Melroseplant looks fabulous in those skinny jeans with the tie and the heeled sandals. AS I have worn more skinny jeans with sandals or wedges he reminds me I should post some photos since I haven't done it in a while. HinH

Excellent look my friend. Perfect summer attire.

For me, there is no schedule to purge, downsize, or whatever else you want to call it. Most of my shoes are usually purchased second hand. So they sometimes wear out quicker. Plus I find my taste in heels changes from time to time also. I never buy shoes I don't like. But sometimes I'll go through my collection from time to time, i'll find a pair of heels and go, what was I thinking! Plus, my shoe size seems to change from time to time also. So shoes that fit a year ago may not fit now. Or sometimes I just downsize. I'll go through my collection and get rid of shoes that I haven't worn in a really long time.

My new seven inch heel OTK boots!! These are so sexy to wear!! I can’t wait to wear these out!

I do not have anywhere near the number of heels in my wardrobe as many of the members here, but I too shall probably be obliged to downsize - hopefully not by much - in my off-grid move. But I shall certainly still have mainly heels in my wardrobe

My plan is to step off-grid, draw up the drawbridge, live frugally and let the world ride its own race

Nice shoes. Show em off to the girls if you are so inclined. I bet 100% they drool from the mouth when they find out they're Loubs. I could've had a lot of fun with Loubs. Unfortunately, they don't fit me. Count yourself fortunate they fit you

Quite envious over here.

I’ve never worn a watch. It’s simply not me. I can appreciate the beauty and workings of a fine watch, especially a mechanical one, but I’ve never gone down the watch wearing route myself. That said I’m never late for anything, nor gave I ever missed a flight - there’s always a public clock somewhere and I usually leave plenty of time. But I’ve never been interested in wearing a watch

😁😁😁 I stopped wearing watches in the 60's. Just didn't fit my life style as kid. Then when I worked as a chemist, we couldn't have anything on our hands or arms.

The other day my girlfriend and I had a few drinks at home. She had cat eye make up on and heels. She started looking at herself in the mirror. I could swear it was a version of autogynephilic arousal. The way she admired herself, posed sexy and moved her body. So I put my black pumps on as well and we did a few photos together. It was amazing.

Great booties

Well, there's pain, and then there's pain. What can I say, this has been the year of the Band-Aid. The long shot is a screenshot of our livestream.

Those are very nice. Perfect with jeans. Love a pair of those myself, altough I doubt they come in my size.

that thing looks huge!

I agree. For the amount of work that you have to put into selling them and for the money you're most likely to get it's just not worth the time.

Yeah, that's exactly where I'm at. If I have some shoes to get rid of, it's way too much trouble to bother trying to sell them. Once upon a time I would have, but those days are long past. The shoes pictured here are not really what I'd call CFM shoes, they are very casual and/or funky. Either this woman you refer to doesn't understand the definition, or she was winding you up a bit. One could argue that @Jkrenzer wears CFM shoes pretty much every day, but not you and not me. And honestly, I think the term is probably rather dated.

That's because I don't have pictures with me in them. These are Bamboo T-Strap platform sandals, US size 10. Taupe laser cut. And these are Steve Madden Gretchen, Black suede uppers 6 inch heel, 2 inch platform I should add that I didn't reffer to them as CFM until a woman called them CFM heels and I had to ask her what that meant. So naive. 😁

Yep, pretty good quality and excellent fitting heels. I have many Hey Si Mey pumps and two ankle boots. They also sport heels that are not at the very back of the shoe or go straight down. More an 60's or 80's hourglass. Perfectly balanced and easy to walk in.

By "super arch," I assume you mean the style where the very last part underneath the heel of the foot suddenly turns back flatter again instead of continuing up at the severe angle that is underneath the arch of the foot. If that's the case, there is a Chinese company called Hey Si Mey that makes a few styles like that. They are at the upper end of the cheap shoe range. Not leather, but not terrible quality either.

It's not a purge but a culling of your herd of heels. My heels go to a new home when they are worn out. Those that are still in good shape are now being donated to LGB..... suport groups.

You've mentioned that before. That would be quite a peaceful life, tbh. What country will you be doing that in? Only place I could see myself doing that is Spain, Italy, Greece, or France. I think the crypto industry has spoiled me. 200% in 9 years seems like eternity to me. Bitcoin mining stocks are up 234% on average since January 2023. Anyway, I know. your mentioning that in a different context with different priorities. California weather is absolutely gorgeous. Arguably the best in the US. Hope you make it happen sometime!

I only wish that style would come back in some numbers--you should see what kind of black shoes the young people are wearing around here. They are not pleasant to look at.

Protection js protection, PVC is PVC so just use whatever as long as you mark the pipe so the next guy knows what you did. Most U.S. states require a "certified" electrician to do all work. Melrose does high end jobs but most house wiring is super simple. It's the old, bull shit, union rules that got legislated in that you need to be aware of. I have rewired multiple homes (not 100% just sections), as long as it isn't overly obvious most home inspectors will never know the difference. Most of those guys are failed contractors who weaseled there way into a well paying position requiring no actual output.

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy them!

Pretty typical - most people really don’t notice much. I wear knee and OTK boots and few people notice. To be sure mine are quite conservative and blend well with my skinny jeans but I reckon I could probably wear candy-coloured patent leather thigh-high stilettos and no more than half the people I’d encounter on a walk to the shops would notice a thing. Bored drivers might, if they were stopped at a light …

Great looking but 800 lbs is still way too much. Personally I prefer the leather soles and how they wear. I have one very old pair, soles are smooth as a babies backside, uppers super worn in. So the rubber soles are unnecessary as the uppers will wear out faster anyway. These better be public wear heels or it's a shame.

For me it was Lori the pretty red haired girl in 7th grade. She had a friend who also regularly trotted around Inigo go boots but it was Lori who caught and held my eye. I wonder whatever became of her…

Fixated on "Mrs. Levys" boots as well as "Pia's boots", my classmate. Amazed that I passed the fourth grade.

The former, right at the entrance The grate culprit. I didn't actually step into it directly but as I was walking my heel tip just caught an inside edge of one if the openings. The sudden stop combined with the natural movement as my body mass didn't immediately stop caused my other foot to swing forward and it connected with my stuck foot already out of position. Suddenly my entire body mass is forward of both feet and down I went. All this in a split second.

Hiddenheels, Had to review this thread and saw my detailed reply as it related to shaving. Now you’re curious why the urge to try skirts has taken over. You think that it is “out of your character.” I’m here to tell you it is in your character but you didn’t know it until now. Just about any of the members could describe their journey and a common denominator is they all, we all, eased into it and figured out what we were comfortable with. Many enjoy their heels or other fashion choices completely in private yet others will try their outfits in subdued settings or at night yet others like me have worn heels with other items in various settings and have met several members here. I have also attended some functions such as weddings and a few parties completely en femme. Each has to find their place and have the confidence to make it happen. There’s never been a better time to be alive if you want to express your character via your own fashion. We all like heels and that’s why we’re here but it’s only natural to see what else you want to wear those heels with. We’re here to cheer you on. HappyinHeels