Shafted

I think it can based on how the force is distributed. Most of the plats I've seen use a ribbed structure so weight distribution will be critical.

I'm 33 I LK cut me some slack lol!!!

Dude, you are actually one of the examples from my previous post.

My view on platforms is strictly from an aesthetic viewpoint.

I find that when a person's feet are raised significantly off the ground it creates a severe leg shortening illusion rather than a leg lengthening illusion that a single sole high heel creates. It's kind of like the wearers legs are too short to reach the ground. The effect is exaggerated even more when the person really is short. To me, wearing high heels with little or no platform is where the leg lengthening effect takes place.

I have to agree with ilk about guys wearing outrageous platform footwear and whining about no acceptance. There are a few guys here, who really can rock the high platforms but, they do it with the attitude and confidence to match. (Yes there is a difference between the two) The examples that come to mind are all very socially outgoing in platforms.

To put it bluntly, I do not in any way sympathize with the person who whines about no acceptance. If you want acceptance, EARN IT! I don't give it away for free either.I had to earn mine too.

Well, this morning here at McDonald's we had a few visitors from Quebec. 1 guy with 3 gals. They wound up sitting at the table adjacent to mine. Just love the way those French women dress, even in this arctic environment.

I was wearing a charcoal gray cable knit sweater with my American Eagle skinny jeans and my Kimel black suede and leather kneehigh boots with a 3 inch spike heel.

Caught the guy snapping a picture of me with his iPhone.

I had to get up to get some more napkins, which I'm sure afforded him an even better view. It's funny, but of the four of them, he was the only one who seemed to have noticed.

It would definitely be a refreshing change from the business as usual form of campaigning.

English.

I hope you didn't actually have to pay for that information, Jim.

Outstanding!

What does ilikekicks means? He seems to agree my father`s opinion

 

(Your father is correct, we tend not to be the normal type

He means exactly what he wrote. We are not normal. Who wants to be normal and be just like everyone else? It's so, well boring. Be who you want to be, not what others want you to be. I certainly don't want want to be just like everyone else. I want to be me.

If you give in to what society wants you to be, you are nothing more than a slave. It's that simple. No one said it would be easy. Giving in is giving up.

Yep, done.

Sorry to hear about your ankle, but there are some great styles out there in the 3 inch range. You might even find the 3 inch range preferable for long term wear.

While it's great to wear higher, no one should take a steady diet of them

The point I was originally trying to make seems to have been completely lost here. By all means, dress as you want, but be prepared for the repercussions. If people are laughing at and ridiculing you, maybe you need to look in the mirror.

If you are wearing the typical sloppy male clothes with a nice pair of ladies heels, well, you're gonna just give the naysayers the ammunition to ridicule you. To be honest, I do not sympathize.

If you want to wear high heels without the ridicule, you have to be aware of every aspect of your appearance. The fit of every garment, the hand of the material and how it folds, creases and general response to body movement are all important factors that I think most guys here just don't get.

To look good we need clothes that actually fit, not the tents and potato sacks held on and up by gravity and waistbands. The very nature of men's clothing implies insecurity with our bodies. Not a good start if you want to wear heels.

The other often overlooked thing I need to point out is posture. Many people just don't carry themselves well. Years ago my mother kept trying to get me to improve my posture (not to slouch and so forth). Poor posture is just a product of laziness most of the time and easily corrected. The problem I think is that good posture just doesn't feel right if you have spent your entire life with poor posture. Poor posture can also be a product of low self-esteem. People tend to try to use it to blend in with the woodwork.

I hope you're prepared for retaliation of the like.

It really is easy if you're self confident. With jeans and pumps however, I usually opt for kneehighs.

Men already have the freedom. They just have to be willing to take advantage of it. Most just don't have the stones.

I will say that eye appeal is a must if you want to get a minimum amount of grief from others.

As I look about me at this very minute at all the guys here in McDonald's. If you slapped a pair of heels on them all would be grounds for a comedy show. They are not all dressed badly, but the clothes they are wearing would just look weird with heels. Fabrics used is also a big reason. Fabrics used in most of the men;s clothing appear to be of the lowest grade that fold and crease in weird places and bunch up in unsightly places.

As I said in the other thread, I also wear a mix of men's and women's clothing. Men's dress clothing can work well with heels, but the casual men's clothing, forget it. The fabrics are just too heavy and unyielding to work well with heels.

I assume you are referring to Shafted's comment, which was originally in response to the question of whether discussion of women's clothing was discouraged or prohibited. While I certainly don't want to speak for him, I believe you have misinterpreted his comment. Since I agreed with his assertion, I will explain my thoughts about that.

 

I believe the quote was something close to,  "regular guys clothes just don't cut it with heels." The way I see this is not to say that a guy cannot wear guys clothing and high heels at the same time. What I immediately thought when first I read this was how I would never wear heels with my work bib overalls. Well, I guess I could, I can do whatever I want, but to me it would look quite silly. Same goes for your typical men's baggy shorts and jeans. It somehow or other doesn't look flattering at all. By the same token a woman who wears bib overalls to work would look quite silly if she changed into some stilettos after work while still wearing the unfitted and dirty work clothes. Same goes with sweatpants. I would never wear heels with sweatpants. OK, I'm a liar, I'm wearing heels with sweatpants right now, but I'm also wearing my bathrobe on a Sunday morning, and I would never actually let anybody see me this way!

 

I think that heels just look much better with more tailored and fitted clothes than what your typical men's casual clothes are. That's how I see it, and not that you can't wear men's clothes with heels at all. I think the statement was taken a little too harshly.

Couldn't have said it better myself. 

Reading back through the thread, I think we need to get back on topic.

Please explain better, Shafted!   If you merely mean that one's overall appearance needs to be thought about and co-ordinated, then I agree (when wearing heels or not).   But if you mean that heels (of any kind) worn with everyday blend-in menswear (e.g. jeans, sweaters, blazers, suits even) are in some way 'wrong', then I fear you are going to alienate the majority on this board who try, with much success, to do just that - wearing heels as an adjunct to 'normal' (US speak = 'regular') conventional menswear to prove the point that heels for men are (or should be) normal, everyday wear - as they are apparently for you.

Lately here in Maine, the teenage boys are showing some interest in fashion. I've even seen a fair amount of skinny jeans on them. To be honest they are beginning to upstage the adult males.

The reason being is that the working age adult males seem to think Carhart is a designer label. I remember seeing this crap on the shelf years ago and wondering what loser would wear this crap. Well, seemingly ALL of them. Makes me wish the factory would burn down. If you think Carhart and heels go together, you have a very different fashion sense than me.

Even our senior citizens dress better than this multitude of losers. Many of them dress downright nice. One senior man (a regular at McDonald's) actually has a beautiful patchwork black leather jacket that I rather like. He also wears some really nice sweaters and nice slacks.

I mix both women's and men's clothes in my wardrobe. I didn't mean to offend anyone, but my opinion stands. It's based on what the average man seems to favor wearing nowadays. If I saw the guys that I see in my neck of the woods dressing like they normally do and wearing heels, it would quite honestly be a comedy show.

I think the key word is "regular".

Funny, but I don't ever remember women's clothing to be an off limits subject on this forum. Really, trying to pull off high heels in regular guy clothes just doesn't cut it.

And quite difficult for non-Danish speakers to moderate.

You guys are making me feel special, like I live in heel wearing paradise. We Mainers do have a reputation for being a very laid back bunch and it seems you are proving it.

I pretty much go wherever I please with few to no issues. Everybody seems to know me, even if I don't know them.

In 9 years, I can count the a-holes on one hand. All teenagers.

Sorry but the forum rules clearly state that this is an English site only. Threads in other languages will be promptly deleted.

TV? What's that?

In the future please use the new shoes thread. We don't need 1001 new shoe threads.