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Dear Amy, thanks for the lovely pics of you in your platforms - you look gorgeous in them! SP.

I agree with all of you - visible labels really do spoil the look of any shoes, and especially high heels. SP.

Polkadot, It's interesting that you've posed this question as I've got a personal interest in exercising whilst wearing heels. Personally, I can jog and even run whilst wearing my 7.5" platform sandals, but i've built up to doing so carefully. Taking this approach, and developing the necessary muscle groups/motor skills I believe most women could achieve what I have. Physiologically there is no reason why women can't run in heels as well, if not better, than men! To explain: Firstly, women's ligaments are not relatively weaker than men's. Though there will always be exceptions, women generally weigh less than men of an equivalent height, so their ligaments are subject to less absolute stress. Add this to the fact that a shorter person usually has a lower centre of gravity and they will find it easier to balance. So, in the case of many women (in relation to men): less overall weight, with a c of g nearer to the ground = less overall effort to maintain balance and increased ease and stability of movement. In several important respects, women are better physiologically suited to the dynamic loadings placed on the body's joints when jogging/running in high heels. Aside from all this, there are many examples of women running in heels with apparent ease - one that springs to mind appears in the film Barb Wire where Pamela Anderson is shown running in the street whilst wearing 6 inch spike-heel platforms. SP.

Aside from the fact that he coined the title, I think hiheellover deserves recognition as the PBM for those cool gymnastics he performs whilst wearing platform heels. That must take some training! SP.

asdf, PBM = Platform Boot Master. SP.

You are the PBM! Keep on strutting your stuff in those cool plats hiheellover. SP.

Dear W6ISH, Your daughter sounds really cool. She must be getting a lot of attention from the local boys! Still hoping you, your wife, and your daughter arrange and post a platform-wearing family portrait... SP.

Dear Radiodave, those are some remarkable plats! I too find the 8.5" Pleaser plats relatively easy to walk in (assuming a firm even surface). Does your girlfrend wear plats too? If so, a pic of you guys together in plats would be very cool! SP.

In response to Amy's pics: Dear Amy, I think the pictures of you wearing your black 6 inch platform stilettoes are superb - you have beautiful legs and feet and wear those heels extremely well. Please post more pics of you and your plats! SP.

Wow, wearing those plats to church - v. v. cool! Great street shot!!! SP.

Dear Platformluver, you have some lovely shoes there - very beautiful. And BobHH, your shoes look fantastic too! SP.

Nice one xam - they are distinctive heels! SP.

Please post links here to any video clips / websites featuring women and/or men walking in platform heels. SP.

Wow! some gorgeous boot pics. On the subject of shoe materials: both patent and real lether have their various virtues - both are good as far as i'm concerned! SP.

I agree with you Jim - those really are very strange shoes... SP.

Thanks for the comments - please feel free to post pics of any unusual or rarely seen shoes that you encounter in your web travels. SP.

more interesting styles:

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Curious looking wooden plats:

Interesting wooden platform style:

Look into my crystal ball...

SP.

These are made of stainless steel!

Some outlandish boots:

Curious structures described as 'walkingmachines':

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Another version of the metal 'blade' or 'skate' platform by Luscious:

Platforms with 'portholes'!

As the song goes: Rubber ducky you're the one, rubber ducky lots of fun...

SP.

Dear all,

I thought it would be interesting to start a thread on the forum where people could post pics of 'unusual' high heels. All images of esoteric, wierd, wonderful and bizarre high heels welcome!

To kick-off, here are a couple of pics of my most 'unusual' shoes:

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Nicely done Chantal, it sounds like you had a great time on your trip! SP.

I drew attention when I was heeling in Amsterdam but the key point is that it wasn't negative attention. SP.

Dear Kneehighs, Good to hear of your positive experience in Amsterdam. I've also had great times wearing my heels there. I really admire the open-minded attitude of the Dutch people. SP.

Ooops - turns out we won't be catching this 'doc' on BBC knowledge after all: the channel closed down in 2002! Maybe it'll crop up on one of the BBC's other outputs...