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I go for NYC. February or March both OK. Vegas is not my thing at all.

For fuck's sake!

Why can't you just go to the shop and try them on?

You talkin' to me?

They didn't have them in 11 in stock. So they ordered them. And I tried them on today, elaborately, in store. I've tried thousands of high heels on, so it wasn't exactly my maiden voyage.

And I'm pretty bold but I got to say that OTK boots are just one more notch up!

http://www.zappos.com/frye-harlow-stitch-cuff-black-leather

These boots are the most recent addition to my shoe collection. They're also my favorite pair right now, for the heel height they are extraordinarily stable.

Just picked mine up today, too. And yeah, they are cool. Pretty stable indeed, but they are TALL. Wow. The girls in Nordstrom weren't sure what to think when I put them on

I think you'll be fine. I am a 9.5 and most of the time get away with the Frye women's 11 if they are not too pointy. And I am in the same boat as you, I ordered last week wednesday a pair of Harlow Stich Cuff - I am waiting for the call from Nordstrom. PM me if I forget to tell you in a couple days.

Cool, I just ordered the same pair.

When I'm ready to get married, I want a Swedish woman.

I did just that. Emancipation rules, if you can take it. And I usually can

And then we moved to NY. A good way to get the best of both.

Kudos for your attitude!

Good for you, I grew up in Belgium and for me it was completely impossible. So well done.

Plan for scenarios and make sure you know for yourself what exactly it is that you want. Do you think you can get both her and the heels? If the answer is "probably not", what do you want more? Her or the heels? Which one will you choose if you have to, etc. Go in prepared and you'll be better off.

So, to let you in on another secret - Flexees ultra firm torsolette! Works quite well!!

Actually, I made the same discovery a few weeks ago. For some reason I really like effect. I wear them to work all the time now, not for the looks but they change my posture for the better.

I fly all the time in and out of all NY airports with heels in my bags and on my feet. Never any issue. Security is a PITA but not more in NY than anywhere else and not any more because of heels. All other questions have been answered and I agree. NYC is the greatest place in the world for heeling.

What did you expect asking such a thing as an anonymous person on eBay?

I spent the entire day in heels in NYC today, did even the Guggenheim in stilettos, something I rarely wear, but today I was in the mood. Bought also a pair of Frye's 4 inchers, and wore those the rest of the day. NYC is just great.

Tempting...

Let's set something up! Last time I organized one no-one showed up so I let someone else take the initiative this time!

Sure, but I don't stay in Fairfield. I go to NYC instead. More fun!

You're better off this way. The reason is simple - you seem like a pretty nice open minded guy, she seems like an "ok" closed minded woman. Flexible nice open minded guys can live with that kind of woman, but it requires a constant investment from your end. "Can be done" doesn't mean "good deal". This doesn't have anything to do with the heels, seemingly trivial things about your football club, your corvette, your waistline, your body odor, your friends or whatever would have drained you 5 years down the road. And as said before, females grapevines might be in operation but see it as an asset.

They're steaming hot.

I'm currently eyeing these: http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/s/1211/b4561f71150d4b8eb232339191822776.jpg

And these: http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/s/1211/9172d73a1c1d4a17b74e6d7998240997.jpg

And these: http://media.share.ovi.com/m1/s/1211/5d426078f6164b7091d4d8e395319d47.jpg

None of which are available in my size (UK9).

Basic economics. Business credit is tight, inventory is expensive, sell-out is poor. Business managers must cut costs even if it reduces some sales opportunities. Sizes on the periphery sell poorly in any case, and sit on the shelves, say, 10 times longer than those in the middle of the bell curve. In addition, there is the much higher risk of not selling them at all and having to dispose off through heavily discounted sales, at a loss. Selling size 43/UK9/US12 sized women's shoes is lousy business in the best of times. At the peak of next business cycle, in 5-6 years, things will be back to where they were 2 years ago: plenty of capital, plenty of customers, and marginal products will re-surface.

LOL... This gave me a good laugh. You find these types in all circles but I guess in yours they try a little harder

time for therapy.

I've never seen bigger than EU42 in UK Nine West. Remember that most, if not all, NW footwear in the UK is marked with US sizes so don't get your hopes up when you see a size 9.

I'm also EU43/UK9. I've tried a on a few shoes and boots in NW and most are definitely too small.

I have a few Nine West boots in woman's size 12, ie EU 43.

I left for Florida via air on Monday, Apr. 27 from Westchester County Airport (my first time from there). I was wearing my brand new Nine West black patent 4" stiletto Blushy ankle boots. I took them off and put them in the bin to go through TSA but I had only put one boot in so far as I was doing the laptop first. The TSA man asked me, "Where's the other boot?" I replied that it was coming as soon as I was done with the laptop. What was funny is that he asked me as if every male passenger typically had this type of footwear

Hehe, I fly out of that airport once or twice per month and have done so a few times in heels too, without incident. Also in NW boots

I love that airport, it's 5 minutes from the freeway exit to the gate

There was an interesting article in the NYT a few months ago titled "well YOU try to live on $500k in this town". It was in the midst of the bonuses scandal when AIG and a few big banks were after the bailout billions. I found it very amusing.

Fact is that in Europe in many places 20kEUR makes you pretty poor, but at, say, 50kEUR lifts you into the well-off bracket. That does not include London, Zürich, Luxemburg, Switzerland, much of the Nordics and a few other pockets, but generally it holds. In the NY area though, $30k makes you pretty poor as well but $100k does not make you rich. Unless you are pocketing hundreds you won't stand out, so the spread is much wider. Steep progressive taxation in much of Europe stimulates this.

The spending structure here in the NY area is totally different, and having moved around the world a few times I felt it first hand. NYC is different somehow, it is hard to pinpoint a few key causes.

It is interesting that KH mentions

finding someone with a great wealth and an equally great attitude towards others less fortunate is more rare

as quite many New Yorkers actually have not inherited their relative wealth, but have earned it. You would expect a certain respectful attitude towards the ones who are working on it.

But perspectives change. In Europe, you don't blink an eye filling up your car for $100, but paying $20 for parking would cause an outrage, while I parked off 5th ave yesterday for 2h and it set me back $45 without the tip, and it didn't make me lift an eyelid. But with rising gas prices, my car takes $50 of gas again, and man, does it make me angry!

...see a woman walking in 5+ inch patent stilettos, it is instantly obvious she is has a shoe fetish.

That is baseless. You are projecting your own desires on someone else.

5" heel wearing women are not all that common, but certainly not all are having a fetish.

Good for you. I understand the self discovery very well, and also I visit here only regularly nowadays for the same reasons. More power to you.