marhil711

..I'm shure that I will not go the way to change into a woman. No thoughts to go outside fullydressed like a woman (wig, polished nails...etc.) ...

...So I think I will shock them a little bit...THEY must accept what they see...That's the reason why I do prefer this forum and not a fetishforum...

As I wrote, your in good company in this place. I must admit that my "passing" is pracically nonexistend, being 4XL. Not like Dr. Shoe here. And a lot of time I just go out in my HH shoes but the rest is fully bloke. See also the link below below.

...You've posted on the internet. Now every one can read this story...[Your German roots may have limited your English language usage, but your spirit comes through very well...

I'm fully aware of that! And thank you, I concider my English pretty decent.

There is a long time member of hhplace that lives in Germany. I am not sure where, though. I think he lives in or near Munich. He goes by the nick of "Joak".

While he hasn't been active here since 2006, he is well known amongst long time forum members as being very courageous by wearing his high heels outside nearly every day and going to some of the more exotic places around Germany wearing wonderful, very tall high heels. So, for you new members that reside in Germany, there are many that have gone out in public in heels before you. And, I'm sure there will be many others to wear them in public after you decide to stop...

As I'm a member here since 2007 I may have missed out his posts. I think I should do a search on the forum. And by the way, I also wear my HH out every day, just as I wrote in this post:http://www.hhplace.org/guys/13659-compliment_made_my_day.html

Greetings

Marhil711

Hello shortskip, as a fellow German I know it's even harder for us to express our thoughts in English, as it's not our primary language. Anyway, my online dictionary suggest translating "Weichei" = softy, wuss, whimp, mollycoddle ect. But otherwise I can fully understand your feelings, because I'm sharing them, too. I'm still somewhat younger than you, but I think my midlife crisis has just started. I'm permanently thinking about my life as it is and that it's not the way I want to have it in the years to come. So I ask myself what am I? A bloke who likes to wear HH shoes? No, there is more to it. Am I a TV? Yes, very probably. A TS? I don't know, that would have to be worked out by a consultant. Wearing skirts, hose, heeled shoes ect. just feels right. There used to be some arrousment involved with it but that has lessened more and more over the years. I think I just need to express the female part of me. Going out: That depends for what you are aiming for. Do you want to blend into the crowd as a female? Than maybe you're a TV, and this might not be the right place for you, as it is not exactly for me, even though I still like to read the stories posted. Do you only want to openly wear your HH, skirt ect? Than I think you are in good company here. I'm also active on a few german boards. PM me if you want to know more. Gruß marhil711

...I've chatted with many men and woman that have purchased heels from La Piazza and they were all well satisfied with the product and service they received....

...One thing that I heard, that has been verified by more than one person, is that all of the male salesmen wear high heels and the Owner of the business is a man that is seriously in to the high heel scene. Their clients come from all walks of life -- reputation amongst the "rich and famous" men and women is well known...

I can really confirm Bubbas statement above, as I have been to their store once or twice. They are a bit on the pricey side, but the quality is beyond doubt. Alas too pricey for me. The owner once confirmed to me that he gets to see a fair bit of (male) celebs, even Soccer players, who buy their heels at his place.

Cheers

Marhil

Why not try PayPal? More and more merchants here in the US are accepting PayPal payments. Direct transfer of funds.....No checking to see if the balance is enough to cover the purchase. And, it's quick and easy. I've used my account to purchase merchandise from both Europe and Asia.

I use Paypal all the time, but Faith doesn't accept Paypal. Maybe someday...

@Tech: I sure know the difference between a credit and a debit card, having a couple of either kind.

Marhil

Pretty decent heel height, and nice side lace-up pants.

Are you sure that's a lace up? To me it looks more like a print pattern mocking a lace-up.

Hi heelguy,

Faith does send internationally but only if you hold a genuine UK registered credit card:

From their webiste:

International orders

Currently we only accept online orders which are to be delivered to an address in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. However, we may be able to send an order to an International address if the order is placed using a UK registered card. Please contact us via email or telephone us for further information.

So for you and me there is no way to order from them unless we find someone in the UK as a "man in the middle".

Too bad, I also like their styles.

Markus

Yes, definitely. If one of the ladys wants to share her opinion I'll be glad to read it. Just as much as I fully understand that we are limited to "read only" on the Girls forum.

I go heeling almost everyday now. So just like women do, I mix things. Jeans or dress pants; dress shirts, T-shirts, pullovers; pumps, courts, boots, low or high heels. The main perogative is to look good and coordinated. I always try to imitate what you see on women out on the streets. Skirts I only do when I'm in full Girl mode, because that's a lot of work for me. So that happens only when I can spend hours of preparation. As to my destinations: mostly shopping malls and supermarkets. But I like going into city center, which is all pedestrian zone. It's kilometers of shops of all kinds side by side.

Hello Inhose 73, in your post of 26.11. you wrote that you were going to a thanksgiving dinner with some of your relatives. How did it go? Did your relatives accept your outfit? a bit curious marhil711...

Congratulations for your last and every other outing before that. Keep it on, because you can really pull it off looking good. For me skirts is a no-go as I'm like 4XL, but I'm out shopping in heels quite often myself. Lately I stopped trying to hide them and sure enough I get calls. It's mostly from younger ?immigrants? anyway they speak sort of a pidgin German, or you can all it sort of a ghetto slang: "Ääy Geil Mann!" . That's hard to translate, maybe the meaning is something like: "Hey man, look at that XXXX" (XXXX=put in any insulting name). But like you I started to ignore them or on my very bold days I would give them a smile as a reply. So far nothing more than that had happed to me. Cheers Markus

Today I've picked up the boots from the post office. I can only second the statements before me: The boots are true to size and the quality is fair. Since it's my first ever pair of ballets I had to try them right away. I was able to stand for approximately 5 seconds before I had a cramp in the sole of my right foot. Guess I need to practice this more often from now on...

I have just ordered a pair last week. They are already waiting at the post office for me, seems like I wasn't at home when they postman tried to deliver. So I will see on Monday.

Kneehighs, I'm writing this because you have seen you on german morning TV last week. There was a report about you on RTL on Thursday morning around 06:40 Too bad I only saw the last minute of it, and even worse, they did not replay it later (as they usually do in the morning) You could be seen doing some model photography in the street. Then they had an interview with the same model. She appreciated your style and so on. Congratulations to your current occupation. Markus

In the UK petrol and diesel are sold in litres (not liters:smile:).

Are you sure? I've never seen that word for a metric volume measurement spelled that way.

"Liter" ist the correct spelling in German for example.

Known this site for years. If you look closely, the last update was in 2005. It seems they have abandoned this one.

luxxyheels and spiker, I ordered a couple of shoes from Fuss in the past years. Their service is OK, at least here in Germany. Credit Card payment is only available through PayPal. If you don't like PayPal you only have the choice of prepayment through IBAN or Western Union. About two years ago I even visited them. They don't have a shop as such, you can visit them at their private home after preanouncement by email. I must say I enjoyed that visit, even though I did'nt find anything. In general, I think Fuss is a bit on the expensive side. Greetings marhil711

It's always the barrier in our head that prevents us from trying shoes in a store. It took me years to get over it, now I walk in and just do it. I found that the salespersons are quite used to that. I get the feeling there are more of us than you would think.

Love those white boots, but not for work I think

No, surely not for work, those are too obviously girlie. But I have worn them while going shopping (for shoes, what else?).

The heel is actually sort of chrome plated, it reflects like a mirror. I'm not so sure if this detail is well visible on the photo.

Yeah, why not retake these nice oxfords? I like them.

They're not only oxford style, they also have the typical decorations of a brogue or wingtip. If not for the heel, the round styles look like a typical brogue up front.

I have worn those combined with a suit for a formal meeting and nobody realized (I think).

Hi marhil711,

I actually wore the 'Gierlie_2' model to the office two weeks ago.

I received some (unfortunatelly negative) reaction on my way to the office, but none at all while working.

Nice to hear from another fellow German.

I would like to hear some more. What negative response did you get? Did you wear them full open or hidden?

They do run small - I bought them in EU42 which is my normal guy shoe's size. They are smaller than the most 41 heels I have.

The shoes 1, 3 and 4 in my "girlie" post are actually size 41. Only No. 2 and 5 are size 42. My normal size would be 43 if my feet would'nt be so wide. So I normally take a 44 sometimes even a 45, especially if I need to put in my orthopaedic insoles. Shoes in size 42 I usually need to break in for a while until they get comfortable, but some never will. Those in 41 are always too tight no matter what, but I still think they are fun to wear when I don't have to walk too far.

Recently I returned from a 4 week health treatment. I lost 10 kg there and 7 kg more since I'm back home. I found that besides all my clothes are too big now, my tight shoes are not so tight anymore. It's a great feeling for me. My goal is to loose another 25kg until the end of the year. I'm not going to tell you my actual weight, all I say is: It's way too high.

Here is another picture I wanted to share: Peep toe (almost) flats. I'm not so sure if this style really suits me. I don't like the look of my toes, but I'm not going to paint them, no way.

Your comments are welcome

And now, for some more girlie styles. They all run a bit small, but I think they are fun to wear (not to the office of course).

As promised, more pics All 4 are so called mens style from last fall season. Well, the "girls" took this style from us, so I feel more them welcome to use it for me. I have even more shoes by this style, So far I haven't taken a picture as of now. No. 5 is also in this style, but obviously more of classic pumps.

Again, a great thanks to all those who replied. I believe you are all right by saying take it slow, and so I will. I think I will continue wearing my low block heels but maybe, if my nerves don't desert me, not so much hidden anymore. Today my delivery from Deichmann arrived. Deichmann is a major shoe discounter in Germany, a bit like Payless in the US (been there some years ago). In their stores most shoes in the womens department only run up to size EU41 / US10 / UK8. Only few models go up to EU42 / US10.5 / UK8.5 but in their webshop you can order (even fewer) models up to size EU44 / US12.5 / UK10 and so I did (again). I thought I share a few pictures with you (see attachement). The first three are the ones that arrived today. I think they are perfect for the office. No. 4 is the same one as in my first post, only this time I wear them. No.5 is a ballerina flat that I wear more often. More pics in the next post.

Even though I rarely post myself, I have been reading on this board for more then 2 years. All the time you can read other guys' storys where they get compliments for wearing high heels, and today it finally happend to me: I work as a field service engineer, so I don't get to the office very often. Due to some reconstruction, my office room has been moved temporarly from the ground level up to 3rd level in our 4 level building. I hardly know the people that work there, only from sight. This morning somehow I felt very bolt. Even though I often wear low heeled, mostly block heeled shoes to the office (under long pants) I have never worn a shoe like this before (see attachment). Stepping out of the elevator I have to pass some other offices to get to my room. When I passed the room right opposite to the elevator, a lady about my age came out right behind me. I have seen her only once before in the canteen. Suddenly I realized that my pant legs have moved up and my shoes are at full view, but I just went along the corridor up to my room. Maybe an hour later she can into my room and said: Your shoes are cool, can I have another look? And I showed them to her (can you believe it?). Wow, those are pointy. How can you stand that? Do you often wear shoes like that? I can't wear a shoe that's so pointy. My reply was: It depends on the shoe and these are surprisingly comfortable. Then she showed me her calf high boots (also worn onder long pants). The heel was about as high as mine (8 cm, 3 1/4") but with a round toe. At lunch time I went to her office and thanked her for the compliment. This was the first time in all these years that I had a reaction to my footwear at all. She said at first she had to realize what she saw but then she thought it looked nice. She thinks it's cool when people wear just what they like. WOW:thumbsup:. And today she wore those heeled boots because she came by car. Normally she takes the bus where she wouldn't wear any heels at all. We had a nice chat about shoes for the next 10 minutes until her phone rang, so this ended our chat rather abruptly. Concidering by hindsight, what surpised me even more is that the other male colleague, who was working in the same room hardly reacted to her compliment. After she had left he only said: Seems like you made her jelaous for your shoes. It seems he already knew about my heeled shoes before and I guess, so do all the others that I work with, even though I tried so hard to hide them. But so far I never had as much as a word about it. The surprise is people are a lot more tolerant than you would give them credit for. Now I'm thinking about what to make from this experience. How far can I push the limit now? All in all, this was my day today.

I contacted him once via youtube, but I don't think he was comfortable with english and he didn't reply after the second message... let me know if you manage to find out more.

Ben

I can tell you some more: He is a member of the german board http://www.high-heels-forum.com but he hasn't been very active lately. So far only two posts this year. More details only by PM.

Markus