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  1. I would like to get a time machine and go back 60 years. All those beautiful heels. The music and the cars too. No boring nude color but a pretty taupe. I watch Perry Mason and see all the greatest of the 20th century. In the last season Perry is sitting at a table where there is a party for the new newspaper president. Behind him is a woman in the most perfect 4" heels you could ever hope to see.
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  2. For the longest time I've wanted to master the art of wearing 12cm stilettos. I've always loved the asthetics and lines of that height a heel and wished could manage them - although without ever really putting in the necessary time and effort to accomplish this. I own a pair of elegant chocolate-brown 12cm stiletto knee boots, which I try on wistfully every now and then, but take off when my calves start cramping up and because I feel too teetery in them. In the course of breezy exchanges with @higherheels who wanted to master her 13cm Hot Chicks and @mlroseplant who wanted to improve his already formidable skills (both of these members are way beyond me) I've been making a concerted effort to put in some time in my 12cm stilettos every day, even if its just sitting down to write and getting up every now and then to make coffee or fix myself a snal, or take another fascinated turn around the room. It's not going badly - and it's certainly fun. Today I'm in Scotland on assignment, and have brought along my 12cm knee boots - for hotel room practice Even if I ws competent in them, they're not exactly suitable for waling in the heather!
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  3. I definitely have different sets of shoes for walking vs. dressing up. There is some overlap, but not a lot. I rarely wear stilettos to walk in, but sometimes I do it just for the fun of it. Here are some recent examples of dress up shoes and walking shoes. I'm sure it will be obvious which is which. Neither of these are 12 cm height difference. Still workin' on that one.
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  4. Church outfit of the week, 10 August, 2025. Miu Miu strappy sandals in nude patent. 5 1/2" heel, 1" platform. I should wear these more often. As I was saving the photos to the folder entitled "HHPlace," I realized that I wore this exact same outfit to church about 2 years ago. Shame on me! 😆
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  5. I got into higher heels to shorten my calf so that it could heal. A level 3 tear, they should have operated on it, but with a 65 cm circumference it was just too enflamed. I continue in heels for my hip. I will put my heels on at home and go to work, 8 to 16 hours continuously spent in 10 to 12 cm heels everyday I work. More hours in heels equates to less hip pain.
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  6. I think if you’re going to wear heels you really need to be able to wear them well, especially the loftier stilettos. It can be easy to look foolish or a little desperate. The trick is to make it look effortless. i can see where 12cm could be hard to pair up with something nice for the office. I’m fortunate in working from home, my boat, and can wear jeans and stilettos whenever
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  7. For me it is very much the elegance and the aesthetic lines of the 12cm heels with the athleticism involved an attractive bonus. The degree of difficulty adds to the imperiousness and majesty of being able to walk gracefully in them. I agree - Anyone who wants to shorten their tendons is just an idiot in the end it’s just footwear - fun, stylish, chic and with skill attached. But that’s it
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  8. Haha, none of these shoes were meant for walking! On average, I break more shoes than most people buy in a year. However, in 2025 I don't think I've had any shoe failures so far (knock on wood). My interest in heels takes two different paths. Besides liking the way they look, I think of them as an athletic challenge, and most of my physical exercise consists of walking in heels. I have walked a documented total of about 4,000 km over the past decade in heels of at least 7 cm, and in recent years, I don't have anything lower than about 9 cm that I walk in. The 12 cm challenge proposed here will be something totally different for me, because now I will be going for sheer height/flexibility rather than endurance. And I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to accomplish that. As far as shortened tendons, I can really tell when I've slacked off on the foot exercises and calf stretches for several days. I have to be very careful of that because of the nature of my time in heels. On the other hand, I don't live full time in heels, either, because I can't. I think you'll probably be ok with just the slightest attention to stretching your achilles, because you are not in heels full time, all the time. Whoever wishes for shortened tendons (and in real life, that number has to be exceeding rare) is a complete moron.
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  9. Yes, welcome! I would like the 60s too. It was the era of the go-go boot and fun.
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  10. Hi Luvmaryjanez! It appears that this is your first post and if so, I would like to welcome you to this forum! I agree with you that the heels of the 60's were so elegant. They were simple and always had a timeless design to them. Likewise, the simple black pump without any sort of embellishment will always have a timeless elegance to it.
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  11. Yes shortened tendons can become a problem - although I think you have to be pretty much living in high heels and over a fairly long period of time for it to become a significant problem. You’re doing a lot of hiking by the sounds of things so you should be fine but there are lots of Achilles tendon stretches one can do. I used to loads of stretching back in my marathon running and fencing days, something I really want to get back to - and not just for wearing heels. @higherheels I can totally sympathise about lack of opportunity to wear lofty heels. I live on a canal boat. Towpaths are usually muddy or stony and even getting off a narrowboat in heels can be a risky proposition - a great chance of breaking a stiletto heel or toppling over into the canal. I am probably one of the very few people living on the canal who owns high heels, let alone 12cm stilettos. And I’d be willing to bet almost anything nobody owns a pair of Hot Chick 130s!
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