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i just ordered fom zalando site a pair of nike force sky hi in black.

as they arrived, i went right away to try them on but have been quite disappointed...

I bought the Adidas Profi Up, a hidden wedge suede sneaker with very simple design, a bit similar to Nike Blazers or other hi-top (flat) suede sneakers.

I really love these Profi-ups. I went out few times wearing them (I admit, covered by trousers) and nobody noticed they are wedges!

You can find them from adidas.it (they're available in plain black or in blue, up to EU size 42 2/3 that fits in fact a 43 foot) at http://www.adidas.it/scarpe-basket-profi-up/G95650_590.html discounted at 70 euros

I heard many times about the freezer method, but I never used it. Ice density is 0.917 grams per cubic cm, giving a theoretical linear expansion from water to ice of +2.9%. A US 8 (male) foot should be around 25.5-26 cm length, so you should expect - during the freezing action - a +0.75 cm length increase, more than half a US/UK size but less than one. In practice I believe that most of this action will go into width (girth) stretch of the shoe and only a small part develops into length. Another limit of this method is that it seems to work best with true leather, far less with most patent or synthetic materials. The good thing is that the ice-freezing process will mold around the original shape of the shoes and will maintain it during enlargement, with hopefully better results than other methods. In any case the idea is simple, cheap & easy to perform, so why not give it a try? There are tons of videos and "how to" pages out there. The sprays - although frequently sold as expanders - work by softening the leather, allowing local stretching around bunions, hammer toes etc., no true length increase. If you need instead more length for your toes, a stretcher may be the best tool, but consider that the sole will not lengthen up, only the upper.

In two old 2004 & 2009 hhplace threads "Skating in high heels" and "Ballet Style Roller Skater" it was told about an ice skater who skated on her toes with ballet style skates. She appeared on the fifties' U.S. TV show "You Asked for It." Isn't it too late to unleash new info? The skater was Darlene Gilbert-Parent. From the Figure skating section of About.com I read: She was a skater and a ballerina. She danced in New York City and skated in Dick Button's Ice Travaganza in 1964. She was featured on "You Asked For It" on ABC TV in 1959. The 50's show on TV is lost, but someone recovered a brief (2:20 duration) amateur video. You can see such an astonishing performance of pointe-skating on YouTube

Thanks for your welcome msg. I'm Italian, aged... not young. My interest for coming here originates from my long term attraction for heels. A topic in which several facets converge: design, beauty, comfort/discomfort (sometimes concealed), ability/balance, physical strength and ostensible lightness,... Is it enough?