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Brilliant! Mind you, what would be even more brilliant is if a guy came up to you and said the same thing!

Well it happened again. Another convert. Last night, a women waiting for a colleague asked me how high my boots where. She had seen me in several boots and decided to get some herself. I had my Jessica Simpson black faux suede knee highs with a 1 inch platform and 4.75 inch heel. I had plan on wearing my JS suede stilettos, but it was a drizzling all day, so as the memo states, you "don't wear suede in the rain." She had been looking at boots on-line and figure if I could wear boots with high heels, then she could too. Another high heel convert!!!

It’s a different form of movement - pitch, balance, stride length and will vary further with height. And real world walking conditions are vastly different than walking in a wooden floor at home which is where one practices. And not just guys - look on the how-to-walk-in-heels articles in fashion mags and they all advise learning at home. I’ve not had sufficient real world practice to feel comfortable in stilettos although 3.5 inch Chucky heel boots are fine for me. Towpaths these days are mainly for dog-walkers, joggers and cyclists although there are a few historic boats - for show - that are pulled by horses. Narrowboats these days are run in diesel engines although there are a few hybrid and electric ones out there (expensive!)

I would agree that some of my stiletto boots are fairly easy to walk in. The issue for me is navigating rough city streets, sidewalks or slippery surfaces. Oftentimes I am overly cautious, in an effort to avoid wrecking more heels on some of my favorite boots. To be honest, I need to shed a few "dad bod pounds", to take some of the strain off the heels. I would say, my "heel wall" is about 4.5" as well. Sure, I can "walk" in taller heels, but not for any distances.

Got my first pair of Fernando Berlin boots