Histiletto

The shape of an ice creamed cone appliqued to high heels as dominant features are more appalling than appealing, but apparently some people have selected to wear them. This just adds another concept to my infinite and often reminded list of "I don't care for" features.

Hey! HappyinHeels, Your synopsis about choice is great, but our choices in what to wear are also decision points in the process of satisfying our innate desires and our sense of true propriety to have and be associated with the personal adornments we find pleasing and attractive.

The heels may have been close to 6 inches, but the approximately 2 inch platforms made them feel as though they are about 4 inch equivalencies, just like most high heels on the market. If the only ones willing to wear heels in videos like this appear to look gay, then it is our (my) fault for not being as bold and presenting videos of straight looking guys being similarly active or doing other entertaining acts or roles. Most people figure guys can't wear high heels and chew gum at the same time. A video would go along way to enlighten others. For those of us with two left feet, so to speak, what are your thoughts about taking dancing lessons in heels?

Pink pumps are probably going to be hard to find with much of a selection available, right now. If you can wait until after the fall and winter shopping season, they will be every where and more likely in the size you are looking for in that perfect pair of pink pumps. Till then check your local shoe retailers and other outlets, go on line to your favorite high heel sites and then the others. You could even try Google or Bing searches. Be careful though, you can't trust a lot of them.

There is no doubt the varieties of footwear to choose from are almost innumerable, taking into account both men and women's selections. However, most of the shoes that women have the societal expectations to select, make use of the sexually styled lines that are so much more attractive than being the type of basic footwear men have usually been socially stuck with. The footwear women have to choose from often reduces the massive appearance of the feet as they are encompassed, laid bare on mules and slides, sandaled, or presented in more vertical profiles by raising the back. Then there are the various designs, materials, colors and prints, and textures that lures those with the seeking eyes of desire and the familiarized senses. The actual heel styling and height (or lack of height) have also become more dominant in their attraction than the shoes at times.

What do I like about heels? Along with the satisfaction of having putting on my preferred footwear, I enjoy the comfort of wearing them while going from point a to b or just being at a or b as I bask in their attractive radiance and wonderful effects upon my senses. Only those who enjoy wearing heels can understand my status of presence.

It seems that our own fears are the best social controllers society has to keep us from making male high heeling common every day public activities. If it was causing pain and injury to others, then I could see some reasoning for our fears. Since men in heels is actually being discussed and viewed in fashion circles and on runways, if we need an excuse to wear heels, we could say we heard about men wearing heels and we got curious to find out what it is like to walk in heels publicly. If you are use to heels around 4 inches tall, then I would suggest that you don't go any higher for a while, until you have more familiarity with public walking in heels. It takes a bit more stamina to walk great distances, than it does to wear them around the house area. Also, be prepared to replace some heel tips, especially if you're wearing stilettos and/or spikes.

Is this one of the ways heels are going to be considered more manly by making them appear more harsh and threatening. Heel manufacturers must be taking their designs from the heels of the Genghis Khan warriors. I mean the studs that dot many heels these days have pointed peeks that seem like they would really hurt if accidently the skin is brushed by them. I hope the wearers are a bit bow legged, otherwise, there are going to be a lot of self inflicted injuries by just walking in them. You probably need to sit with some distance between you and the wearer. That is actually the scary part. I'd worry, if my partner wanted to snugly up while wearing them. Both of us could get punctured or lacerated by the studded spikes.

Hey Heals4me, My feelings for your latest public heeling are mixed for I'm happy that your were able to go and have some good and positive reactions. You actually wore a pink outfit with black patent stiletto platforms which will probably be gossiped about all over town.(HINT) Now that's coming out in a big way! However, I have to join the others when they posted that you have to discuss with your wife your need to wear heels and what it does when you keep such feelings bottled up. Marriage is suppose to be a partnership among all the other benefits of knowing someone loves you. You are suppose to be the best of friends who want each other to have and be the best that is achievable. I wish you both well in rediscovering the love you both have for each other.

Hey stoney8, Like most everyone else has advised, just be honest with yourself and others. then you won't have to worry about things that need to be squared or made right later. If you have copied examples or lists on paper of the boots or shoes that you have seen on-line or in displays at stores that you really like, this would help you focus on the stock being presented at the store or it would help the salesperson know if they have that pair or something similar. If they don't have the footwear you want, maybe they would know who would have them. By the way, if you aren't satisfied with any of the footwear, there will be other days that you could have the joy of shopping for what your looking to buy. Usually, the pursuit of heels can be about as much fun as having bought them and then wearing your new heels out the store doors to your destination and beyond. Of course, you have to be ready to do so in your own mind.

I haven't dealt with Schuh at all, so I have nothing to offer in the way of info. Is there any chance of communicating with them about restocking or putting similar lines on sale?

It's the classic patent leather stiletto court shoes, with pointed or oval toe boxes that are barely long enough to satisfy the toe lengths and they enclose the natural perimeter of the side and top views created by all the toes, the vamp cuts are just high enough to cover the toe ball-joints and hides the arching of the foot, and the heels of the feet are surrounded by the upper design of the heel cups to keep the heel slippage to a minimum. When I view the back of the stilettos, the profile of long stemmed tulip or tall stemmed red burgundy glass shapes are seen. Much like the examples in my avatar.

The thought of parting with any of my heels is hard to deal with. Yes, I am a bit possessive when it comes to any of my stilettos. However, like many have said in their responses: there are those that are damaged beyond repair, that never really fit properly having bought them on whims over the internet, or that have just grown out of a favored priority for what ever the reason. I should think of such action as opening opportunities for me to have more space to put future selections and as offering prospective owners more choices, instead of regretting that I don't have the room for any more and that I have stacks of high heel boxes that need to have better placements for their potential accessibility. It is time to up date my high heel inventory and make these adjustments.

For those who think that 6 inch heels raises their height 6 inches, this is an incorrect assumption. In fact, the increase height is closer to 3 inches or less for most people. As long as your ankles are rising vertically your height increases, but they are also moving closer to the perpendicular position over the toe ball-joints. Once the ankles are directly over the ball-joints, you are at the natural maximum height for most people. Ballerinas do have an extra lift being trained to stand on their toe tips with the help of point-shoes, but most people's tip toeing is done on their ball-joints. By subtracting the height of the ankles when flat-footed from the height of the ankles positioned over the toe ball-joints, this is the your added height by wearing high heels. Most of the vertical movement of the ankles happens before the 3.5 to 4.5 inch heel heights, depending on the size of your feet. Any higher heels move the ankles more horizontally. Platforms increase the level height of the walking surface, but they can't change the ankle distance with respect to the toe ball-joints. So, if you want to know your added height by wearing heels, put a dot on your ankle bone or the hem of your jeans and measure that distance from the floor while flatly barefooted. Then put on your heels and measure from the floor to the dot(accurate)or jean's hem (less accurate). Subtract the barefoot height and any platform thickness from the heeled height.

Hi! Jkrenzer, Your Invade and Darrt styles look great with jeans. Steve Madden has really come up with some great pumps and I have enjoyed wearing the pairs I have. In fact my pair of Pewter Darrts has become one of my favorites for the mirror-like finish and the particular stiletto styling. I hope this finish is extended to more of their high heel pump creations. The only things that I find displeasing with the Darrts are the lowered edges around the toe ball-joints due to the hidden platform that raise the foot and apply pressure on the side of the joints causing some discomfort after a while. If the Darrts were designed without the 1/2 inch platforms and they kept the same stiletto heel height and over-all pump structure, the side pressure would be eliminated and I would certainly be able to enjoy wearing them for longer periods, even all day.

As long as the subject of high heels for men is in discussions, I believe it is a good thing. However, these discussions constantly need more subject matter from examples of men actually wearing heels in public venues and at notable socials. The idea that men would prefer to wear chunky and block heels rather than stilettos was discussed a bit, but this matter should be left for the wearer to decide. We have our favored styles, but limiting the options for everyone would be the same mistake in thinking men only want to wear wing tipped brogues, sports shoes, and/or flip flops. Another topic that seems to accompany any discussion of high heels these days is why do people want to wear them? A couple of the men on the panel said they tried, but wouldn't any more because of the pain and other discomforts they experienced. There have been some heels I have tried on that were unbearable and I can see if such footwear were my first impression of heeling, I would have been a bit more skeptical in continuing too. However, since I was already committed in the desire to wear heels, such initial experiences would only have been seen as part of wearing them. Luckily, my first heeling experiences were magnificent. Another panelist said she has never worn heels, which was really a surprise, but that is her choice. As to why people choose to wear heels, the answers are dependent on those who continue. Many of us share some of the same reasons, but to say those were the only reasons would be inaccurate and incomplete. Suffice it to say, we wear heels because we choose to.

Thanks for posting, Shafted. It seems to be a real positive for men to wear heels on the fashion stage and an encouraging boost to each of the longing be open male heelers. For those who are already publicly heeling, then it is just more bits of wonderful news in the overall life experience. I also share the concerns of HappyinHeels that we need to be more vigilant about our own male heeling in public to support this developing fad to become a full pledged fashion option. Now that the idea of men in heels is more in the minds of the public conscientiousness than ever in recent history, it would be fitting sights for the public to witness men wearing heels first hand. Each initial heeling may not be of much note, but when they are combined with other influences, they will let everyone know the sightings were part of the in style fashion and not just isolated encounters.

When you buy designer's footwear, you're actually just buying the rights to advertise the brand name. Obviously, they are way over priced for the materials and craftsmanship invested. As far as walking in them, the same thing applies with every heel. To know if the shoes are the ones for you, they have to have hands on sampling before they are bought. Even then, they may need some breaking in! Quite a few years ago, the first pair of designer heels that I bought was by Givenchy and they were on sale at a Saks Fifth Avenue. They were multi-colored pumps with 5" spikes and quarter inch platforms under semi-pointed toe boxes. The fit and the feel were so suburb that I knew the quality was top notch. Up until then, I had been wearing heels from a number of shoe stores, but these Givenchy's really let me know the difference between mass produced shoes and the crafted designer pair of heels. Back then, the cost of footwear was more realistically from the quality and craftsmanship of the product and not so much absorbed by the designer's label. Since then, I have bought high heel pumps ( platform and single sole) from a broad spectrum of brands. Sometimes, I've found high heels that make me feel like the way Superman is described while relaxing in their supportive comfort and other heels have only given me grief after wearing them for a few minutes. The uncomfortable heels may look great, but they end up shelved, redistributed, or maybe in a heel display mounted on the wall as art.

I have to go along with HappyinHeels and Shafted, about wearing the heels you desire because they are part of your whole package. As men who have found to their joy - the exquisiteness of wearing heels, we may seem a bit fanatic under the present circumstances, but any one that has been denied the satisfaction of their desires due to society's unjust standards and rules, will in deed be more excited when they indulge in that which they have long awaited. Now, the idea of men in heels should not be a matter of any such notice, especially in a supposed free society. Heels are just other choices of footwear and the individual mind has its own perspectives. Trying to force or bully one to think or be the same way as another or a group is actually invading the sanctity of personal agency. Society has probably been intruding into individual spaces while they are in a public venue since civilization began, which has made it become a commonplace procedure, but it is still wrong. This status quo hasn't terminated the need for the acknowledgement of and adherence to the principles of personal choice. I know! You're the choir, but I still wanted to vent some of my frustrations concerning our approach to wearing heels. Guys will keep on being put down for wearing heels as long as we don't show our desire to wear them openly. Yes, we are going to be seen as fanatics, socially maladjusted, and/or other derogatory labels, but it won't change any other way. Not to harp on the obvious, but women have more freedoms, because many women stood up and made the difference. Their achievements came under much social scrutiny and conflict. They still have things that need rectifying and they haven't turned in the towel yet, but they got going. If you think gender has anything to do with their status, then femininity is the more dominant and the "man card" (masculinity) is a crutch to wimp out.

Let those that want to criticize the look and the wearing of high heels all they want. Their views are just as valid as mine, even though I disagree with their conclusions and/or outcomes. There were times I too have put on some fantastic looking heels of different heights that have earned the title of "killer heels" in my eyes, because they were not constructed or design the best way for my particular fitting requirements. However, my desire to wear stiletto heels helped me to find just as attractive and even higher heels respectively, that comfortably satisfied my concerns.

Polls are like the entertainment news programs that say a lot of things about nothing of real importance, but they're interesting to those who aren't living a life of their own because they are so involved with making sure others live the same ideals they think everyone should have. (By the way if they are talking about "me", then it is really important! )

It's hard to pin-point any exact cause for the reason anyone has a desire one way or the other, but it must have something to do with the innate faculties available to and accessed by each individual as they progressively develop in this human experience.

I know next to nothing about the process or the finished products in 3D printing, but it seems there would be too many variables that need to be met to make anything that could endure the utilization in real world activities. The heels and soles have to be sturdy, but the uppers need to be pliable and somewhat elastic: plus there needs to be some way of ventilation for the skin to "breathe" when the printer makes pumps and boots that have hardly any open designing in some areas. Would the materials be effected by temperature changes? What are the cost factors?

What's the difference between cut-offs and capris? Is it the hem being or not being folded and sewn? Is it that cut-offs are made mostly from denim material and capris are made of linen, canvas, or some other fabric? Actually, the difference is from societal ignorance of the last 100 fashion years. Both styles of pants have been worn by both men and women.

Women have spruced up selections of menswear that could be used as examples in the appearance and styling for the male look while wearing heels. Most men don't have the body shape to wear these selections of women's wear straight off the rack, but that doesn't mean men can't find similar colors and styling in the men's departments. Some times the women department has the sizes that will fit some men. Not too long ago, I found some flannel shirts in the women's section with the plaid design many men often wear. These shirts also have a number of small glittered studs that embellish the upper chest area to dainty up the look.

I thought back to the year I went to Prom, back in 2010, May. I had to rent a suit, sure, but now I imagined what it would have been like to go to Prom in some high heels. The two below came to mind when I pictured myself, head-to-toe, dressed for the occasion. I now wonder if heels can easily fit into dressy attire such as a suit. Actually, I just wonder if a suit could handle heels easily.

Since it has been mostly women who have had the pleasure of modeling suits and heels for most of the last century, we have good examples of how well heels fit with suits. Just find a bunch of women pictured in suits and you will soon find the most appropriate look possible. I do question the open toe look with suits, but that is just me. The hems of the pants are usually placed at the same heights as the men's, unless they are into the skinny jeans fad which places the hems up around the ankle's position. The skinny jeans look is probably the best ensemble to put with heels, because the heels become more of the attraction. For most formal occasions though, a more subdued look would be more accepted in this social atmosphere. May the male stilettos rise again and good luck in actually satisfying your wonders over the suited heels!