HellOnHeels

Hi admirer, Just noticed this post. I'm doing a bit of catching up on the forums as I have been way too busy with my move to pay attention to whats going on here. Looks like you are really enjoying the fetish side of our "hobby" I had a feeling when we met on Halloween in NY that you would enjoy the clubs. I'm really bummed that I missed TG but theres always next year. Keep having fun. That liberating feeling of being accepted and even complimented is a big rush.

Very well thought put points Shoeiee. You're right the best outcome of the "mainstreaming" of fetish would be to make the general public more aware of it and less judgemental. Let's hope that is what happens. I don't have high hopes. I guess I recoil from Beyonce in ballets because its so obviously a ploy for more eyeballs. She's used up most vanilla tricks so is resorting to fetish. And, rather than using the fetish imagery in a subtle, somewhat authentic and engaging way she comes across to me as just someone who slapped on a pair of ballets for a quick buck. Smells and looks like a poser. Kind of like cheap crappy porn where a vanilla actress puts on a pair of ballet shoes and the label screams wild and kinky fetish. Contrast Beyonce's use of fetish with what Madonna has done in the past. To me Madonna's use of fetish feels much more authentic especially when you look at all of her work including her SEX book. Fetish is sometimes subtly other times blatently woven into a lot of Madonna's work. Beyonce just comes out of the vanilla world and directly jumps into the hardest core fetish footwear there is. Just feels fake too me. Maybe I'm over-analyzing this.

The videos are good eye-candy (if you turn the sound off ) But is the use of ballet boots by mass produced corporate media really such a good thing? This is being done as a "stunt" to grab attention. I seriously doubt these starlets are into fetish. While its fun to watch I think bringing the more extreme fetish stuff into the banal mainstream entertainment waters down its impact as a fetish object. And, lets face it these shoes will never become a fashion choice. They are purely fetish. I want fetish to remain dark and on the fringes of society. Isn't that part of what makes it interesting?

This certainly is a fun forum. I always enjoy the very rare occasion when I meet and get to talk with a woman who is interested in and knowlegeable about the typically male things that interest me, such as working on cars etc. It is refreshing and different, therfore intriguing. I wonder if women find men who understand and can talk about shoes or fashion interesting in the same way that men find a woman who, for example, is into fixing up cars interesting.

I used to never do it but have tried a few pairs on in recent years without any problems. I still for some reason feel very self conscious doing it if I am by myself. In a group or with my wife much less so. When I was buying one of my first pairs of heels about 15 years ago the sales girl asked me, without missing a beat, if I wanted to try them on. I was not expecting this and it floored me. I stammered a no thank you and just bought the shoes. In retrospect she probably had sold many shoes to men and it was no big deal to her.

2. Nation and place of sighting. 1) NYC 8th ave near 18th st 2) NYC alternative fashion clothing store sales guy 3) NYC gay pride march - many sightings 5. Age, clothes, image of street-heeler. 1) mid forties casual jeans with jacket 2) slightly punk slim jeans black tee shirt 3) various 6. Description of heels worn (height, thickness, boots or shoes etc.) 1) light brown stiletto boots 2" heel 2) black 5" stiletto pumps 3) various mild to wild 7. Any comments or reactions worth mentioning (yours or others). no reactions

Speaking of locations: I'll visit New York sometime soon and am wondering if anybody here can give a good recommendation where good places/streets are to heel out there. Should it be the tourist attraction, the alternative scene areas such as greenwich village, or 5th ave and central pk? or somewhere completely different? You would think that people there are liberal enough to be ok with that - what's your experience?

Heelma, Manhattan is a place where you can go out in public dressed any way you please. The population is very diverse and accepting of "eccentric" fashion. If you go to the more alternative areas like Chelsea or Greenwich village you will not attract any attention at all. If people do notice they just glance the way anyone looks at something that catches their eye. No big deal. I live near NYC and have street heeled all over Manhattan many times with no problems. If you go to the touristy areas in heels you may get looks from the tourists but thay will just think that you are a local Check out the NYC heel meet threads in the real life meetings section for more on heeling in NYC.

Just do it, you will be fine.

Wow that was an awsome adventure! I bet you felt one heck of a rush while overcoming your fear and actually getting to do what you want. I have been out in some outrageous outfits but only to fetish clubs or on Halloween. I bet it took you a long time to "come down from the high"

Those are awsome. Would make one heck of a fetish club outfit ShockQueen: aren't all high heeled shoes "performance art"

Recently got this in the mail.

Can anyone identify what brand shoes these are? I WANT them.

Krapsparov, that look rocks!

HellOnHeels--nice pics! I can't tell the difference between the mens and womens ones though...

The men's shoes are the ones that belong to me

Thanks, Fetish Heels and balletboot2000. We live in the NY City area and have a literally limitless supply of shoe shops to visit. If only the budget and closet space were as limitless

Thanks, it would be fun to take a pic of all the shoes at once but man that's a lot of work. I took these pics while doing a massive closet organizing session and it took forever. Our next house is going to have a shoe room.

Just in case anyone is curious about what kind of shoes do HellOnHeels and Mrs HellOnHeels like, I posted two galleries of our shoes here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62821542@N00/sets/

Set called HOH are my shoes.

Set called Mrs HOH are my wife's shoes.

Enjoy

Those are all great. ShockQueen, what brand are these?

Sheesh I'm gonna need more closet space.

Hi Katherine, Welcome to the forum. I am a newly de-lurked member as well. I am a lucky SOB in that Mrs HOH is totally cool with my fashion choices. We were both looking forward to meeting you and Gary0618 at the NY heel meet. Too bad you were ill, hope you are well now. I am sure we will have more opportunities to meet in the future.

Hi asdf174, thanks for the welcome. My wife came up with HellOnHeels. I am a very, very lucky sob!!!

Thanks kneehighs. See you there.

Hello all, Another lurker decloaking I have been street heeling for a few years mostly in Manhattan. I am married and my wife, a shoe addict in her own right, is extremely supportive. The positive experiences reported on this forum have helped bolster my confidence so I thank you all. I will try to contribute by reporting on some of my experiences past and future. I have been meaning to join this forum for a long time but always kept putting it off. Well, seeing the upcoming NY heelmeet has tipped the scale. Kneehighs, hopefully it's not too late to sign up for this adventure. I and my wife would like to join in the party.