DPO

Came up as boots 28% with high heels 26% as a very close second. Flats came up as 20%. Fairly accurate for myself. It was fun.

Hey TBG, thanks for that advice, it was exactly the direction I was looking for.

OK, I will give that a shot!

I have been wearing knee high boots for a while, but it seems the style doesn't work well with my new OTKs. I wanted to see if you guys have any advice before I reluctantly return my purchase. I typically am able to have my jeans tucked inside, but with the shorter zipper of the OTKs, it's pretty difficult / nearly impossible. Thanks for your advice in advance.

never actively noticed this, but agreed with the OP. when walking around a shopping center, i noticed the below. figures are not exact and could be dependent on the shopping center/demographics. woman dressed well, guy dressed well - 5% woman dressed well, guy dressed in street clothes - 60% woman dressed in street clothes, guy dressed in street clothes - 30% woman dressed in street clothes, guy dressed well -- 5% i rarely ever see a guy dressed well and a woman that dressed badly. perhaps women inherently make more effort.

I've enjoyed wearing flat-heeled knee boots over jeans/leggings. They definitely get noticed but more as a fashion statement; the same outfit with heeled boots seems to get noticed in a different more gender/sexual/moral way. Flat knee-high boots are very common in traditional mens east-european dress and they're really rather manly. I wouldn't be surprised if a woman wearing that style of boot 100 years ago would have been even less accepted than a guy might be wearing them today. I've seen another guy wearing that type of boot and it looked really cool and stylish.

I agree DPO, he should just get out there and wear those boots and, exactly like yozz says, drop the "getting away with it" way of thinking for a more confident attitude (having said that I used to think that way and it's been a journey learning how to get over that, so good luck to the guy).

i wore a pair of flat knee-high boots over my jeans and went shopping with a female friend yesterday. we mostly went to stores that sold clothing for women since she needed to do some shopping, and i walked around to some stores alone as i was tired waiting for her sometimes. even did some grocery shopping and had dinner together after all that shopping. haha!

since they were wore outside my jeans, men and women definitely noticed. i had one or two women take a good hard look at me, but nobody made any comments (approval or disapproval). i was even joking around with some of the female customers and salespeople in the store when i was waiting for my friend in the changing room. even if someone made a negative comment or shown disapproval, i really don't give a $#!& and would have went about my business regardless. it's all about your confidence -- lack of it stinks, and people will smell it and take notice.

with the exception of height (slightly above/below/or hitting the knee) my boots can be considered androgynous since there are no buckles, logos, etc. my friend thought i dressed well and looked good. i save the heels with her for the bedroom.

I thought the -getting away with it- rather tendentious already.

It is phrased as if it is a crime.

Like, if you are seen wearing anything that could be feminine, we will put you in jail.

Jeez.

Y.

you hit it right on the nail. wearing whatever shoes shouldn't be as big a deal as people make it out to be, it's not as if we are hurting anyone by it. at the end of the day, i would consider it more of a preference in style, and as such, is subjective.

this is a nice storage system, scroll to start video at 5min mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9g_lwlTxY4

i agree the right ones are more stylish, but i prefer the left ones more. however, for that type of money, i would buy a nice pair of boots instead.

Picked up a pair of Cole Haan Estella OTK Boots -- a plus that they are also wind and waterproof.

Thanks for your reply HappyinHeels. it isn't that I waste my time there, but feel the OP is looking for support in the wrong place completely. I wear tall flat boots at times; sometimes under my jeans, sometimes over, and few ever bat an eye. Those that do, I don't really care, because they aren't important to me anyway. Perhaps it's because I live in a place as indifferent as NY.

I was checking another site and noticed the following poll for a guy asking for opinions on wearing women's tall flat boots. Personally, I believe the OP in the thread cares too much what others thought, just wear what you want and who gives a damn. http://www.styleforum.net/t/328025/wearing-womens-boots Perhaps he needs some reassurance from some of our membership?