Mike Hinch

For a while now been looking around and getting ready to post a new subject titled Getting Started. But here it is already so rather than to start a new one I will add my experience and time honored methods here. Now to the one that says just put on some high heel pumps and pantyhose and go for it or the one that says just do it. Well I sort of disagree. And to the one that says there is no one formula for everyone I disagree with that also so here is my one plan for everyone. Some few years ago I wanted to go to town wearing a skirt. So I went to a place that was frequented by nonstandard people. Good start. And in addition to that it was a place where they did know me. After that I went for a burger and went in, not the drive through. Then on to the filling station for some Diesel juice for my buggy. Continuing to other places where I was mostly just accepted. The complements came later as I get complemented on my skirt maybe once a month. The kilt more often. So one safe method is the place. Another is that before I wore a skirt to church I showed the skirt to the missions director and got an opinion how likest thou this skirt. So it was approved before I wore it to church. And another one size fits all plan is to stay within what is familiar and safe. There are a lot of boots that look the same as boots with heels. This can be expensive so maybe get thrift store boots and gradually increase the height of the heel. Also some of the other ways of getting started already posted are actually good ideas and certainly that old cover story the special occasion. While this is a good subject there has not been too many postings just recently but we see if anyone has more to offer.

What ever you do in Salem be careful because as we all know Witches wear high heels.

Just to hit the thanks button does not say enough for the interesting report from ilikekicks

Actually my test concept toe box while I can stand on one foot for as long as I desire the thing that I am coming slow with is putting that tested and known shape into the leather upper and outer. As for anyone giving my design a try I would totally welcome the opportunity to share the cost and labor and make two pair. Unfortunately some personal problems are threatening to put this project on hold for some unknown time. Anyway part of the design is to get that inside heel as close to level as possible, which is nowhere near level but not slanting down any more than need be. Also the whole frame from toe to heel is stiff so that the weight on the heel bone can be sent to the floor through the toe tip or heel tip. All of this has been tested with fiberglass test mockup models.

Have been looking around and found that possibly the lets get to know each other comes close but I would like to get together and conspire. Not just that but would like to know where that is that it is not safe to go out of what place is that where heels are so abundant or so popular. So I will say that most of Orange County Calif is heel safe but possibly not in certain ethnic parts of Santa Ana. Something that I would suggest is to think about editing your location to include your city that is unless one wishes to remain more privet and for this cause I only posted as close as my city. Actual meetings I prefer to set up privetly for just now. So more about my turf. Here in Orange County I have received some serious complements on my heels and my skirts. Still it is somewhat rare to see another guy with a skirt or high heels. Have already communicated with two guys near San Francisco for a possible get together. So everyone if you like tell us where your turf is and how heel friendly it is there. Also tell us about other cities that you visit and how heel friendly or how many others do sport high heels.

Been looking into this subject and still working on my Ballet Heel Boot project. For me there is no need to destroy my feet just to wear ugly pointy toes or the like. As for training I do not see any reason to loose the ability to go flat like if I need to run barefoot if the house catches fire at night. Just at the moment I am still working on my ballet heel boots designed for all day comfort and I do plan to stretch my front muscles but I am planning to keep my ability to go flat or even Earth shoe. Last night I read the plan to make flats impossible to wear. That was Pointegirl and I was not able to reply or to send message to Pointegirl. If I could I would love to ask what BH dos she wear now.

What I really would like to do is to ask Pointegirl what make and model of ballet heels are being worn to be such a full timer. The cheep ones we can get all over the place are totally not made for walking. Have tried to send a privet massage but this is not really privet and I think we all might like to know and also I would like to tell Pointegirl that I have started to make my own Ballet Heels designed for all day comfort. Also I that that I might be able to help with her desire.

From #4 Dr. Shoe poorly fitting shoes that cramp the toes that can Aggravate the condition. Choosing a pair of heels with a greater level of comfort would be no worse than wearing flats.

So I say. Amen to that one.

As to withdrawal there two kinds. One time I was wearing 4 inch all day every day and had to re-stretch the leg muscles. The other kind that I get all the time is just a feeling how I wish that I could get back into my favorite HH. Then too I would like to get another pair of Earth shoes also.

After finding the right variety I been wearing pantyhose nearly constantly for about the past four years. We may have heard about the corporate office challenge where the office girls were complaining about the dress-code that required pantyhose. This may have happened in more than one place and time but this particular time the girls persuaded the guys to all wear pantyhose on that day of the event. It was the plan that the guys would agree with them and give support to the idea that the girls should not be required. Only as the story goes half the guys decided that they would continue to wear the PH. Now one of my personal experience back in 1999 while shooting video for a local promotional channel I heard one of the girls complaining about the pantyhose requirement during the hot summer season so when the manager left I did ask her so why is this and her reply was didn't you ever wear pantyhose on a hot day. Well something strange here I been wearing compression hose to control swelling and I have had very bad experience with sheer compression hose. Somehow after seeing a girl with sheer compression hose I did ask how do you like them she replied I don't like them I wear them because I need them. Anyway I went for the 30-40 sheer compression and those totally outlasted the drugstore sheer compression. The 30-40 sheer even serve me much longer than the rated life of the product. Now to get back to the hot weather thing those 30-40 sheer actually feel cool in the hot weather and the down side is really cold in the cold. Maybe if the girl at the restaurant were to try 30-40 sheer then they may have been cooler. Now I am too lazy in the morning to put on compression hose so if I just skip putting them on after the shower then I go most or all of the day without. Then if the swelling is still there I put them on before bedtime. Now the other side is that much of the time I just put on a clean compression PH after the shower weather I need them of not. That is right I wear compression PH for fun also. Some time I hope to give the PH a rest long enough to show off my tats and toe rings. Also when I went for a picknic in the hills I switched to knee-high compression to go with my ladies hiking boots and cargo skirt and back to the 30-40 sheer the next day. While I am thinking about the corporate office there was another guy that was being briefed for a company event and at the end he did ask the boss how about if I wear a skirt. The executive being a sensible mature person sort like Sally Jessie R just froze for a few seconds than replied if you plan to wear a skirt I suggest that you check the dress-code for the appropriate foot and leg-wear to go with it. This of course meant PH and office sale shoes.

Just remembered that over there in LosAngeles county there is a place called Compton that is famous for the local girls having respectable shoe sizes. From what I heard the Compton Payless is a crossdressors dream come true. Now as I am not into CD so much at this time this is good to know for freestyle dressing as well. One other thing when shoe shopping is many times the sales people tell me that the large sizes sell out the quickest. So I wonder why not get more in to sell.

This does not really do a lot for me partly because I can already get shoes for less than $200 and the shape is the wrong one. From what I see of the front of those shoes if I put an outline of my foot over the outline of the sole I would have my big toe hanging off the edge and way too much length for the middle toe and the little hanging off the other side. While it may be one thing to say here it is the right size hows about here it is the right shape.

That is quite understandable while I can listen to french and speak fairly well and converse with french speaking people my spelling in french is not good. As for Italian if they go really slow I can understand most as Italian is close to French and English. So I have a question which we all would like to know about is what is it like over there as goes Ballet Heel Boots. Over here in USA we have one popular supplier and the product is not able to be put on and walk. Someone told me that her BHB came from an Italian maker called Brizheet or something like that. So if you can tell us all what it is like over there and also do very many guys wear HH

As for the When does the pain stop? My question I guess is when and why should it start. This whole thing here is supposed to be about wearing high heeled footwear and I wear 3 inch plus all day every day except for when I hang out here at the shop where the owner hates high heels. When the owner takes off I grab my regular boots or what ever and change back to high heel mode. Weekends I go for comfort and style in 9 west or Liz Clayborne mostly just lately. So anyway what is this pain thing all about.

Somewhere in my communication I said that I would publicly post anything from my privet conversations that would be of benefit to all and I have been in communication with jay jay and we have been discussing support hose and now he reports finding a place in Johannesburg that sells support panty hose. This will be a blessing to all in that area that would like to give support hose a try like I have stated that even when do not have the swelling condition they feel great and make my legs slim and attractive. Also jay jay has reported that Johannesburg is not the most high heel place on earth much more than that I will let jay jay report on himself.

Most of the time when I wear my kilt I wear knee-high boots. My kilt has pockets hidden in the pleats and was never intended to be a Scottish imitation of anything. Partly because I did not know how the little details of the traditional kilt worked and partly because I did design my modern day kilt for my intended purpose. So chunky heel knee-high goes well.

Had both lobes stretched to .75 but did not like it so let them shrink to .5 half inch. Got both industrials #12 and tragus #14 and both nipples #8 The navel is #6 The center of the tongue is #4 with the sides of the tongue #10. Still deciding about my tats. While I do have a septum hole I did it with a punch not a needle so it does not need a retainer and on some occasions I put in a #10 circular barbell.

That is another thing that is enough removed from fashion boredom to get my interest but when I went to the Nike store and saw the $85 price that really put them low on my priority list. Anyway have started to make my own and that project is coming slowly.

For me it comes back to that cursed pointy toe thing, Now when I find a pair of shoes at some thrift store for $2.50 I can try a style that I may decide to pass on. So I have some peeptoes that do not fit too comfortably. And that is because of that pointy toe curse that has infected our shoe supply. Lets say we take a standard pair of pointy toe pumps designed for that non human foot and cut a peephole then that is equally as uncomfortable as the closed pointy toe but different. The more square the toe on the peeptoe the more user friendly. Also I did mention somewhere that I was stretching the opening on some peeptoes and that does make them wearable but the toes hang foo the edge a bit because the bottom of the shoe was not modeled after a human foot. So I guess I will go and look for some of those patched peeptoes.

Do not remember mentioning some minor back problems so been there done that

Been to Payless dozens of times, shelves full of small sizes fewer of the larger sizes and half a rack ten and up. Have never found anything at Payless that I would like to but and not much that I could use.

Having a hard time to understand what is this all about all that I got was

JustFab.com/PersonalizedStyle

ShoeDazzle.com

www.compressionsale.com

www.Aliexpress.com

www.Zappos.com

www.SteveMadden.com

Bluefly.com/ChristianLouboutin

www.nordstrom.com

www.ForYourLegs.com

www.ShiekhShoes.com/Women_Shoes

So what great article I don't get it.

Somehow I did not think to look in this department but this is an interesting subject. Anyway made it no secret that I been wearing compression hose lately but just about any time I go without it I do my toenails in black. That is about the most non-girly color that I can think of. And I will be showing my toes because the swelling condition comes and goes and when it comes I do not need to wear compression hose every day and I do have some nice sandals that I like.

Mike here and have already talk to James about a possible get together when I go up to San Fran but if anyone else happens to be anywhere close to Orange 92866 let me know.

For the readers who would like to know how to handle hecklers here is an account of one time that I was going out to a local meeting of cross-dressers and while at the apartment house there were some 12 to 15 year-old brats that started and interesting enough they were in a place where it was possible to approach with no way for them to retreat. Cornered. So when I went over to them I announced to the group that there was a monthly meeting for drag-queens but to join me they would need a dress and a wig. Anyway I could analyze this situation and I do not recommend confronting any or all hecklers but this time it worked for me. Actually I even got the best of them and called them chicken to be afraid to put on a dress and a wig. It would have been possible to keep Michelle hidden from the others at the apartment house and change on the road but I decided not to hide. One evening I even visited the apartment owner and the grand kids, funny thing the next morning three boys and two girls were expected to report for breakfast and what came down the stairs were three girls and two boys.

While I am here I wist to thank stilettopete but there is no thank button there.

That is quite understandable a pencil skirt is not really the beat all around style of skirt for a guy. Now it looks like your turf is in England and they have a long standing kilt tradition particularity in the northern parts. That would be a good way to go.