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Don't know if this really counts here, but was shopping with my wife recently, and started looking for new shoes for me to wear (I don't wear heels outside the house and my wife disapproves a little of them anyway for anyone who doesn't know). Anyway after I had tried on a few pairs in the mens section of a shop and found nothing I liked my wife said to try looking at the ladies flat shoes. Whilst there I saw 2 pairs I liked which my wife agreed weren't feminine, but we weren't sure if they'd fit. I slid off my shoes, as my wife groaned I tried the first pair on, no good though. Then we moved round the store far from the mens shoes, and I tried a pair with a slightly higher wedge heel on. No one siad anything although I think I saw a look of bewilderment on another (female) shoppers face as I tried them on. Neither pair fitted but it was an experience trying on "womens" shoes for the first time in a shop.

Great tale Bubba, sounds like you had the perfect end to your vacation.

Nice shoes, a great present from your wife. I guess my wife is becoming more open to my "shoe thing" as she calls it. Recently I bought some womens shoes which have a low heel to wear more often, with her blessing (previously that would have been a no no even though they aren't feminine). I also wear some of her old shoes to go shopping as they are comfortable but have a slight heel, again with her blessing, as they also make my back ache less after shopping for groceries.

I can't think of anything nice to say...... If you like them then enjoy.

Great looking shoes, how do they look in black though?

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Best of luck in your marriage.

I just tried my boots on to answer this question, and yep that is a nice feeling when they have the lining inside which you mention.

Great start, don't wait too long to fill us in with the next installment.

To answer the question this thread poses, my most comfortable heels are also my latest purchase. These came from http://www.evans.co.uk . They are such a good fit, and also have some cushioning along the footbed all the way down, and I can walk in, and wear them for quite long periods without discomfort.

I think the whole outfit works great together. Leather trousers (pants) aren't my thing, but they seem to work well with the rest of it, and that's the desired result right? Two thumbs up Elegant

What a great reaction from your doctor, and Kudos to you for wearing them there too.

I'd say anything above 3" could be considered high heel, but my wife considers 2" and above high. I guess it's a subjective thing, and each individual will have their own idea of what they consider to be a high heel. But this poll does seem to have brought out a oneupmanship style contest. I guess there's a lot of testosterone around despite the high heels being discussed:lmao:

My wife saw this thread, and poll the other day, and asked me how I voted. I told her I'd voted "female partner disapproves". Her reply was that she doesn't really disapprove (she pointed out that she gave me two pairs of shoes, and has helped to take some pics before) but she doesn't understand why I want to wear them. So she doesn't flat out disapprove, but she doesn't approve, she merely turns a blind eye to it, and tries to forget about it.

Great story Max. You have certainly improved your confidence in a short time. Keep us informed of your trips out in heels, it's a great read.

I'd say he looks alright. The only mistake he made was wearing white socks with black sandals. Should've left the socks at home. The sandals themselves are cool.

Yeah I thought the same, without the socks it may have gone down much better.

As for crocs, I wore my wifes for a while, and went on to buy my own as The doctor says don't knock em till you try em. Ugly I'll grant you, but dead comfy.

Saw an elderly gentleman just outside Luton wearing block heeled loafers. Noticable as he was wearing white socks, black shoes and grey trousers which revealed both. They were probably 2 inch block heels but noticable.

What a load of crap. Someone obviously doesn't know how shoes are made...

Also, what's stopping the heel from folding mid step?

I'd guess there's a locking mechanism judging from this quote from the site

the Sheila Driving Heel features a tall heel that folds forward into the shoe's sole at the touch of a button

In todays Sun newspaper they have a picture of Prince (or whatever he calls himself now) in some platform flip flops here's the url, http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2007280217,00.html what do you think fashion faux pas or not?

Yeah, looks ok in either mode, heeled or flat, but is it real or just a way to attract people to the Sheilaswheels site?

Great post, leading to an informative feature actually done with some seriousness, instead of the usual "look at me in womens clothes, isn't it funny" angle most of these kind of reports go for. Made a nice change to hear the positives for once.

congrats on your street heeling, sounds like you had a blast. Keep us informed when you do it again. BTW the shoes you wore look great too.

Exactly right Maximillian, anything can be turned to the ridiculous if you take it to extremes.

Is a good fun film, but this should have probably been posted in the high heel movies section.

Sounds like great fun, as has been said, messing with peoples minds is always great fun.