mlroseplant

Yeah, I think maybe we should leave this alone. That's the least of our worries, heeling-wise. 

On 1/31/2017 at 1:53 AM, swedeheeler said:

Got the shoes today but with my eternal luck they were too small  

From the looks of this picture, I have some hope that you can get those to fit you nicely, provided that the shoes are real leather. If they are not real leather, you might be out of luck.

I have managed to stretch quite a few open toed shoes that fit me about the same as what you show in your picture when I first got them, using a device like this: https://www.amazon.com/Footfitter-Premium-Stretcher-Womens-Large/dp/B00C32K12U/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1485911410&sr=8-6&keywords=high+heel+shoe+stretcher Some of them have actually become some of my most comfortable shoes after being stretched in this manner.

While I have not had 100% success using this method, I bet I've had 80% success. The trick is to be patient and stretch them slowly, perhaps for a few days. If you stretch them too quickly, they will just break. Just stretch them gently for a few days--just enough to be able to get them on, wear them for a while, then decide exactly where they are too tight. Then you can use the bunion plug thing-a-ma-jigs to stretch them exactly where you need. Good luck!

I usually have the opposite problem--I have trouble getting non-zippered boots back off after I've been wearing them a few hours. I think in my case, the fact that I have rather flexible and slim ankles for a guy helps in getting the boots on in the first place. I find that a side-to-side rocking motion tends to gain me faster entry than an up-and-down motion. Still, I have simply learned not to wear these type of boots if I will be visiting a place where I will be required to remove my footwear.

It's an interesting question: When did it become acceptable, indeed almost fashionable, to look like you don't own a mirror? I personally think it started in the 1990s, with the Grunge band movement. During this time, it seems like the object was to look like you were as poor as possible (usually while spending a small fortune on tatty-looking, ill-fitting clothes). At the casual end of the spectrum, I don't think we ever completely climbed out of the abyss.

When I get back to the States, I intend to do a small amount of research on the subject within a tightly focused group. I'll let you know what they said.

While browsing the web, I stumbled upon this article, http://www.shoefitnerd.com/shoes/pumps-slip-in-back/ , which goes into great detail about why pumps can be a pain in the neck (or foot). Yes! Guilty of having bought 1/2 size smaller because of heel slippage. Now I know better. It's part of a series of articles that seem to be well and thoroughly researched.

2 hours ago, Heelster said:

Oh hell - I don't think Sears, Macy's, Nordstrom's or any of the big chains really know what men want. If they did they might be doing better than they are.

As for Alejandro Gomez Paloma and his designs - - Not really any stranger than some of the other designers put out there for men.

Mens fashion really hasn't changed much in the last 50 years. Jeans and t-shirts are just that. The three piece suit is pretty much the same with different cuts. About the only thing that has changed is that men don't wear Fedora's any more. As a whole, men no longer dress up unless they have too

I think part of the problem is that even men don't really know what men want--and I'm referring to the demographic around which you and I work--blue collar, heavy industry/construction. The fact is, I know very well that I look better when I take even two minutes to throw something on better than what I wear to work, and I think that's true of most people, whether they want to admit it or not. The question is, why don't they want to admit it?

6 hours ago, curiousheels said:

For now probably just around the house.  I do like the elegance of the sandals.

I was going to say, it depends on why you want them. If it's just for around the house, I would say go with the single-soled sandals, just because I think they look much better. However, if you want to wear them in public, I don't really think either is a great choice.

Here in Northern Vietnam, the normal shoe for female office workers and the like seems to be a plain pump with about a 3 inch heel, give or take half an inch, little or no platform. This is down from a few years ago, when everybody seemed to be wearing giant heels with platforms. This is probably not totally a bad thing, as few could actually walk in the 5 inch (or even higher) shoes.

It's all a bit misleading, however, when you take into account that in your average Vietnamese office, you leave your street shoes at the door and walk around the office all day in rubber "house" slippers. This goes for both men and women. So wearing 3 inch heels to the office in Vietnam is not really the athletic accomplishment that it seems at first blush.

I have yet to see this year what women are wearing to go out during free time. Last year, the giant heels were still plentiful for the clubs or even the movies, just not for wear to the office as in years past.

Sorry for my continued absence from the forum. I'm in the middle of my nearly annual trip to Vietnam, where the average heel height is far higher than back at home, and where my own personal heel height is much lower. I was actually forced to buy some flat, casual shoes for this trip, which I no longer own (until now).

Someone sent me this caricature on Facebook for my birthday. I thought it was fitting, except for the unibrow and the tattoo. Funny thing is, I am pretty sure this person does not know about my unusual footwear choices. 

22 hours ago, Thighbootguy said:

That skirt looks great but it does taper a lot at the waist so I hope it fits.

Link

Just so I'm clear as to what you're talking about, are you referring to the fact that the hip-to-waist size ratio may be way off for the typical male figure?

It is kind of a strange little video, but I left a comment anyhow.

On 1/4/2017 at 10:05 AM, swedeheeler said:

Ok. I have now throwed myself into a other kind of slow progress. Loose weight. I'm too short for my weight LOL 

Anyhow... I'm acually pretty big boned (no kidding, I have a coarse cut bone structure) So I dont fit the bmi  

The scales clocks in on 193 cm and 122 kg (6'4"/268lb) the goal is about 107-110 kg (235-242lb)

Method... LCHF Diet and less on the plate. As it is now I'm eating way too much, biggest bandit is those @#//$ carbonhydrates.

Interesting to learn what size you are. I am the opposite, at 167 cm, and about 62 kg, but it seems that for most of my life, my best friends have always been about your size. So perhaps we are destined to be "besties" in the future?

1 hour ago, JeffB said:

 

Well, I haven't misplaced my thigh boots, it's just been wet and snowy here of late, and my mantra when it comes to weather related outings, "If the streets ain't dry, then my heels ain't high" holds true. Not to worry, that first jaunt of 2017 will be on the way.

It has been just brutal the last few days. Yesterday (Saturday) was a slight improvement. Hopefully, warmer weather will drift over your way to the East in a day or two.

On 1/5/2017 at 10:15 AM, robbiehhw said:

I never saw the appeal in this. Is it a foot thing? is it sort of she is uncovering herself thing? I happen to think many people have very attractive feet but i guess i don't connect the two. 

When i see this sort of thing, i always sort of thought...."if her heels are that uncomfortable that she can't keep them on, maybe she should by some other heels "

Just thought i'd ask

Also, if the shoe or shoes are that easy to slip off while seated, how does one actually walk, when it comes time to walk the walk, without constantly stepping out of one's shoes accidentally? I would find that extremely annoying. Nevertheless, it is a practice that I find somewhat, though not magnetically, attractive.

That is pretty cool, but I am left wondering what the premise is, as this is only a clip, obviously. Also, if those really are 5.5 inch heels, those guys must have some pretty big feet. From my admittedly jaded point of view, they don't really look all that steep.

2 hours ago, Thighbootguy said:

Hey JeffB;

Cool outfit and I like the booties more than the riding boots (I don't believe I just said that.) 

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I played my monthly gig (wearing gray OTK boots and denim print leggings over hose) at the Free store this morning but there were very few folks stopping by.  Anyway after everyone had their pick,  I picked up a Snoma insulated vest and a brimmed hat.  I have never worn a brimmed hat in my life but I got an "I like your hat" as I wore it when leaving.  I'm interested in your (and others) opinion.

Probably stepping on Jeff's thread, but the question was raised! I'm a big fan of the hat. Not so much of the vest.

I also like Jeff's ankle booties more than the riding boots, although it's a marginal preference.

21 hours ago, w6ish said:

yes those boys could use a little more practice time in those wild and crazy boots they were wearing!

I just had to watch this video again, and what I noticed is that it's not just one or two of them--it's all of them--it's like they practiced purposefully walking in that way. I wonder who thought that looked attractive?

As we've said so many times before, this type of exposure is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it's great to have more and more images of guys in heels, so that the public might just get used to the idea. On the other hand, shows like this are hardly going to win over many converts, male or female, and it might simply underscore people's perception that guys simply don't belong in heels.

11 hours ago, CAT said:

Saw this for men's heel fashion 2017.  

guys look a little awkward in there cat walk,,,,,,

Holy cow, not only do those guys look awkward in their huge, ugly platforms, but the rest of the outfits do not help matters either. Also, upon closer inspection, a couple of those guys almost went down, wobbling in their shoes. It makes me cringe a little bit.

On 12/28/2016 at 9:58 PM, CAT said:

Nope not at all.  Very rarely do I get a no.  Probably only 2-3 times.  Asking the girls to take the pic always leads in to small talk or conversation about my clothes or heels.  Some as you have seen even take pics with me.  

On 12/29/2016 at 1:05 AM, MackyHeels said:

Bet your all smiles. Doubt i could pull it off without sounding creepy or having ulterior motive. Maybe i'm too serious or assuming woman natural reactions of shivers and awkwardness maybe bitterness that i maybe enjoying wearing heels and accessories  to much. Which creeps females away.

I have come to accept that some guys just have the confidence and charisma to pull this sort of thing off. I am not such a guy, and that's ok. I have other areas in which I excel. Oh, I can just hear myself saying, without meaning to, "Hey, I know I seem creepy, but I'm really not!" Which would explain why I don't have a lot of pictures of myself out in the real world, haha.

Thanks fellas, for the compliments. It may be hard to tell in this picture, but I have grown a beard for the first time in a number of years.

I do feel comfortable with this look, but I feel rather stuck with it. A Johnny-One-Note, so to speak. 

Just to prove I was actually in a movie theater last night (I go to such establishments annually at most), I had to take a hurried selfie. This is pretty much my winter uniform: Black trench coat, jeans, and some type of black boot. Pretty boring, eh?

On 12/12/2016 at 9:23 AM, Thighbootguy said:

I suspect it was the 5" platform pumps which would look nice with the black pants.

I remember back when I used to be a regular at the skating rink (has my own skates).  Back then I used to bounce if/when I fell.  Now I'd shatter into a thousand pieces.   I do remember one time trying to rent a pair of white high topped white girl's skates (the guy's skates were black) but they didn't have a pair in my size.  I think that was probably my first attempt at acquiring women's shoes.

Take it easy and I hope you still bounce.

I fell twice: Once in the seating area, and once on the rink when I was trying to figure out how to skate backwards. It's really quite a different technique than ice skating, which I have done much more recently and regularly. I still bounce pretty good for a middle aged man. Weighing less than 10 stone helps matters.

13 hours ago, SF said:

Mlroseplant.....   Uhhhh, leme try - the high heels???  Nice looking shoes, but way to high for me.  Cool that you can wear them....  Take care, Merry Christmas to you and your family.....   sf

Yes, mine are the high platform loafers. It actually took me a couple years to get used to them, but I loved them so much I refused to give up on them easily. Even still, since I've been slacking off on the walking (you may recall my 1,000 miles in high heels thread), by the end of the day, my feet were feeling it.

I went to a child's birthday party at a roller skating rink this afternoon. It's been a few years, and the rental skates didn't run quite straight. Still, a good time was had by all. 3 people, including me, wore heels to the party. Can you guess which ones are mine?