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Those aren't ballet boots. Those are "just" huge platforms, with the top part of the bootie "blown up" with some decoration. Look how the models walk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-bHdKABy-4Well, I guess it was bound to happen. Since apparently so few people had seen ballet heels before the past year or so when Beyonce et al showed up wearing them publicly, someone was bound to come up with a copy for the runways.
Ballet boot walking looks differently.
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Interesting study that definitely has something to it ... but at the same time, it has very obvious flaws, as many here mentioned already. Problem with the newsmedia is that they first come up with a message they want to convey and then fit the "scientific study" so that it matches their message. The opposite should be the case, of course. I am surprised nobody here said anything about the "1 mile" thing: when I go out heeling with 4" minimum heel height, I often go to a website afterwards to measure how many miles I actually walked. I honestly think that 1 mile is nothing! I often walk 2-3 miles, sometimes more, and maybe when hitting the 3 mile marker, my feet start to hurt a bit. That being said, I really don't wear heels very often, but only very occasionally. So, for a girl who probably wears heels much more, this should be a very easy task to complete without any problem. Then of course, I totally agree with the point that the study doesn't say anything about how heel-experienced these twin girls are and if they have at least the same heeling background/experience. With respect to cheap Payless heels vs designer heels, I always try to buy the cheapest possible heels for myself but much better ones for my wife. However, "better" means leather sole and material, etc, not a specific name. I don't think there is a big quality difference between Via Spiga or Stewart Weitzman heels and Louboutins. At that level, it only comes down to the name and the status.
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"Power, who's got the power?" What else can one expect with a "nanny government" taking charge of your entire life? I believe the stories I've read recently about peculiarities associated with the national health system in the UK are even more unbelievable.
Oh boy, the Marc Levin road again
Fact of the matter is that you simply can't wear heels for certain jobs. Yes, for some of them, safety regulations like that may go to far, but there simply are jobs out there that are too dangerous to do with heels on.
My take on this is that the correct way to deal with this is to either find a service where she can wear her heels, or to change the sentence to something else than community service.
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see the discussion about the same here:
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See here:
http://www.hhplace.org/everybody/5243-perpetual_payless_shoesource_thread-60.html#post202929
and:
http://www.hhplace.org/everybody/5243-perpetual_payless_shoesource_thread-60.html#post205114
plus reports on the following pages.
And attached are a couple of pictures of one of those pairs, worn with some 37" inseam bell bottom jeans from Alloy.
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Sounds familiar indeed.Well you will have to bare with me i'm kind of new to all of this
so I hope this is right place to post.I'll start with a little history,I have loved high heels
as long as I can remember 6 or 7 years old sneaking around try moms heels on. Now that i'm in my 40's i have bought so many pair of shoes
only to feel ashamed and throw them away in a week or two. I live in a small conservitive town (would be the laughing stock if anybody knew) so I live with this torment everyday! I have A great family wife and kids and could not stand the thought of letting them down or hurting them in anyway shape or form but anytime I get to wear my high heel it feels so good & right but when i put them up I feel so guilty and ashamed I tell myself never again but within a few days or even hours I can't wait to do it again.So I guess the big question is this an addiction or is it some kind of sickness or I'm just wired wrong.How do others deal with this!!
Look around here and you'll find many similar cases and also solutions that work for them. Are you actually putting on your heels at home or outside somewhere?
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Ever noticed Alloy? (www.alloy.com) They have plus size pants and jeans with inseams up to 37"! I just ordered a jeans there with a huge flair.
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They look like Zinc brand shoes, don't they? I like them.
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This is quite an interesting outfit, isn't it? But better mute it
The interesting thing is to look at original 1970s "stars" nowadays.
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Jennifer Lopez - I like the heel height, but I am not so sure about the choice of color.
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You definitely seemed to have handled this situation very well.Well, a little over a month ago I decided to put a video of myself walking on ultras on You-Tube, and even left the part on that shows my face.
Since then, I have posted 2 more vids of the same.
Knowing, from the start, that it's on the web for all to see, I also knew that the very few people I used to fear would find out would. Many (most) of my friends, co-workers, family (etc) know, and that's fine. Many other people from my other "circle" (angling) know also. No biggie.
Well, a couple people whom I had once feared would find out have, indeed, discovered those vids. These are the type of people that would use anything about someone to try and cast something negative with those they do not like...or are jealous of...or have had problems with...etc.
Hearing, now, that everyone is finding out from these 2 people, I find it strangley liberating. After a week or more of many, many questions (and of course finding out who told them) from all kinds of people, it's become more of a lesson in life. More of a "this is who I am, and this is why I love shoes so much...", usually comparing the shoes to someone who derives extreme excitement from sitting behind the wheel of a super-charged sports car just before a drive.
Most get it, some don't. None (to me face or directly to me) have gone the negative route. The pair in question feel they have something to use against me. The only problem is I genuinely do not care, and it shows.
Oh well, it was, indeed, "Bound to happen...".
I'm still alive and the sky hasn't fallen. I also feel strangely liberated...
This reminds me of the thread http://www.hhplace.org/guys/10364-fears_about_being_caught_camera_phone.html#post156824 ; just that in your case, you put your video on YouTube yourself. I actually thought that by doing so, you were aware that some people who know you and don't know you're heeling but don't really like you ... or generally people who you better not want to know will find out sooner or later? So, by openly posting your video, where you can clearly see that it's you, it's clearly an "outing to everybody", isn't it?
As I posted in the thread linked to above: if you don't want certain people to know, then don't post it in the way that you'll be easily recognized. In my case, as most of you know, I want not to be recognized in heels by anyone who knows me. I posted a few videos onto Youtube also, but I only show my lower half and don't even want to post the link onto this website here. And right now, I am postive that even if someone would tape me and post the video somewhere, nobody would be able to guess that it's me. But that's just my personal way of dealing with this.
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Thanks - nice pics. My guess is these are 5" with 3/4" platform.You haven't seen much then, I guess... nothing out of the ordinary about these heels.
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I recently saw a lot of negative vibes from the media about Victoria Beckham who took her sons to a theme park in C.L. heels that might have been too big for her. Most articles complain that her heels are not appropriate for this.
While I can understand that some people may think like that, I don't really see why this is reason enough for those journalists to throw her right into the garbage. My main criticism is that her shoes look too big and leave that gap in the back. I am actually surprised that she didn't realize this before she wore out those shoes.
Examples:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1159464/Why-Posh-Spice-just-dress-like-ordinary-mum.html
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article5840543.ece
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25128534-5012974,00.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/03/high-heels
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I agree ... but right here, we have plenty of examples of guys who call themselves "very masculine" but wear "very girly" heelsExcellent poll! From the results, I doubt if people are really reading past the first response or considering the ramifications of the second response - yet it remains as applicable as whether or not certain female body types can get away with wearing string bikinis.
Men and women have different body styles. Why in the world would be wrongly (IMHO) believe the same heel styles would look equally good on both?
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First of all, thanks for all the votes and replies here. I think though that each of us has to distinguish between the attraction of a girl due to other aspects besides her heels, and the attraction mainly due to her heels. I agree that a girl's total appearance (face, make-up, other clothes, etc) has a great impact on if I think the girl is attractive ... in addition or instead of her wearing heels. However, I actually did not mean to ask if you still would be attracted to a "pretty girl" even if the guy next to her wears the same kind of "sexy, girly heels" as she does. I really meant more the attraction of the heels themselves. So yes, let's take the example where a girl or woman who most people would not put in the "is very pretty" drawer, wears very sexy high heels. I personally could still see myself looking at her heels and follow her walk with my eyes for a while. I assume that most people here would still do this, and I assume that we also know why we do it. I think that at least in my case, it's because sexy high heels are still not as common as I'd like to see them. Think of this scenario: I hear the sounds of heels on the street behind you (or in a RR station, etc.). This immediately makes me take a look at them. And then, in many cases, I am sort of disappointed to see that they are either very low or otherwise "boring" heels, or it's even a guy who just happens to wear noisy men's shoes. I would figure to experience the same kind of disappointment if it's a guy wearing heels, if this were a very commonly seen scenario. I could figure a saturation effect if many many more girls/women, not to even mention men, would wear them.
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Just read radiodave's "curious" poll ...
http://www.hhplace.org/guys/12095-curious.html#post183015
... about the hypothetical question how often I would wear heels if heels worn by men were as commonly accepted and seen as heels worn by women.
Here is another one along those lines: Let's assume that this would really be the case and guys wearing 5" strappy stiletto sandals would be as commonly seen and accepted as if this is the case just for women now. Just imagine: you walk through a mall, through a shopping street, a store, a museum, ... whereever you want, and you see heels everywhere, worn by guys in the same extensiveness as by women.
Would you still have the same excitement to see a pretty girl wearing sexy high heels as you probably have now? Or, do you think that heels would lose their "sexiness" and their specialty, their attractiveness, as they are worn by both women and men to the same extent, no matter what style, including those styles commonly attributed to be "very girly"? In other words, would it get boring to see heels, could it reach a point where heels on a woman just look like a white shirt worn by a woman nowadays? Or, more drastically, like flip-flops and sneakers nowadays?
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That's a real good one ... I must say that I can't really tell. As much as I'd now say "yes! I want to wear heels all the time!", I don't know if it would be getting old after a while. Right now, I only wear them very occasionally, and there are times where I'd really like to wear them but can't, but then there are also times where I am not missing them at all. Sorry, no vote from me.
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Other than this, I've got a pair of Ugg boots which I know everyone here hates,
Ugg boots ... aka "ugly boots"
With respect to flats ... I don't see a need to buy girly flats for me. For me the only reason to put on women's shoes are the heels! Ok, except for maybe those platform sandals from Payless last year ...
http://www.hhplace.org/guys/10780-i_like_wedgies-2.html#post164115
... that have a 2" platform and a 4" heel, therefore pretty much felt like flats ... with the exception that you can fall off them easily if you don't watch your steps
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This sort of reminds me of one of my earlier experiences:Hmm.....weeks ago, after my 5.5" heel purchase, I went over to another store to see what they had to choose from. Getting to walk to the door was a hassle, but I made it. I walked in slowly on the rugs, and as soon as floor was visible, my heels started clicking, and caught the attention of, whom I guess was, the store manager. She fled to the back area to tell a few of her workers to come see me, and then came back out and passed me by. While I was browsing, another person walks pass....and then another....and then another. Not feeling phased yet, I quickly found a seat cause my feet were beginning to weaken. Tried on some pairs I saw, and while doing that, the same people passed me by, one by one, and I started to get uncomfortable. So I quickly massaged my feet, put the heels back on, and slowly but steadily, walked out the store. The manager then eyed me from the window (probably hoping for me to fall or tumble) all the way til I got in my truck. Heh, talk about awkward store people!
Another time, which was more briefer, was when I was leaving the mall. As I walked to my truck, teenagers (whom I didn't know, luckily) entering the mall were walking to the doors. The male must have said something and the female said "You mean!" and laughed.
http://www.hhplace.org/guys/7003-5_1_2_stiletto_experiences.html#post119596
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My worst experience by far was 12-15 yrs back. I dressed up as a TV, but as a really bad one, and walked through a pedestrian area somewhere in Europe. A group of teenagers surrounded me like crows attacking a hawk, screaming all kind of bad things and made me leave.
More recently, last summer, to be precise, I walked more with long jeans and in men's clothes, wearing various 4-5" heels. While for 90+% of the time, everything went fine, some teenage girls were laughing at me and then later, there was a lady who even called her friends to look and laugh at me. Also, at another time on the streets somewhere, I passed a hispanic guy who turned back his head after passing me and laughed.
So far, I had a much better experience when going out like described here:
No negative comments yet ... just at one point, a van drove by and some folks were screaming out of the window "Oh my god!!!". I can live with something like this though
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Don't you guys think that this story and picture is the best evidence that men can clearly have disadvantages when they are not allowed to wear them and not generally accepted if they do?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-450500/The-BBC-reporter-caught-short-.html
... even though also the idea of men being taller than women is also starting to considered being old fashioned, at least by some folks.
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For the non-UKer ... could you please describe what kind of store this is? Not sure if you have any experience with Payless in the US, but does their quality compare with Payless? At Payless, most shoes go for $30 and less, sometimes much less, but you get what you pay, so they most often break very easily or at least hurt your feet more so than higher quality shoes.One of my favourite cheap and cheerful shoe shops, Barratts, has just gone into administration
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I really don't get it ... how can someone think that such a page is attractive?After being under construction for a year, the new Christian Louboutin website has now opened at www.christianlouboutin.fr
I personally think it looks horrible, what do you think?
When I first saw this in the other thread, I thought this is a joke or someone uses this name for his/her own website. Completely cheesy and cheap looking, totally unprofessional.
Also, I agree with ShockQueen that those flash objects there make everything slow and worse than it would already be without it.
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duplicate:
but should actually be in neither of these sections, right?
interesting encounter with mall security
in For the guys
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Today, I was out heeling in a town in Massachusetts. It's not a small town, but it's smaller than Boston. I dressed up as a woman again, like described in previous threads here (can find them out for you, if you're interested). That outfit included a dark shirt and jacket, black gloves, a black long hair wig, sun glasses, super flare jeans with long inseam and 5" stiletto boots (picture is attached now - had a wool jacket on top of that also though). I parked in a "mall" in center city, which had a really fancy design to it, but 80% of the store sites in there were vacant. Pretty depressing... I don't think that that's only due to the economy. Anyway, I walked around inside and outside for about 45 min, then came back to the mall and was looking for the elevator to the garages. As I wasn't familiar with that place and the elevators weren't signed at all, it took me quite a while to find them. Had to walk into various vacant hallways, with maybe a post office or a closed museum at their end. Once I finally found the elevators and got back to my car, I wanted to change back into regular clothes. While doing so, a security guy came to my car and asked me what I was doing. Unfortunately, he came just in time where I only wore underwear. All women's clothes were packed away already. I told him I am getting changed. His response: "You cannot do that here! Time to leave." Shortly after, two other security guys showed up and positioned themselves behind my car - far enough away though that I could back up. I put my shirt on and left. When I paid at the exit, the lady looked at my kind of scared, and one of those guys came there, too and looked at me like I am a thug. I left, and nothing else happened. Very interesting, isn't it? So ... as nobody else besides a decent chunk of other cars were in that garage, so nobody else walked by in the meantime and could have noticed anything, and I didn't leave the car at all either once I got there, I am positive those folks saw me on their cameras walking through the mall "en femme". Could someone please teach me why I can't get changed in my car in a garage? What is the difference between sitting in underwear in my car and wearing a bathing suit (=boxers) in a pool or on the beach? I really wonder if they were suspecting something else than just were bothered by me changing. Anyway ... I am experienced enough by now to not let that incident bother me, but I just think it's quite ridiculous that those guys came and confronted me. In my view, I didn't do anything illegal, and if I did, they probably would not just have let me go. Maybe they were just excited about something finally going on in that boring "mall" there ...