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If anyone's got size 8uk or smaller you may want to look up posh_heels on ebay UK. They have the attached tribute knock offs. The item number is 160219517479 They aren't real suede but for £35 I wouldn't moan too much. Have a look, let me know what you think. Ben
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They look horrible but I bet they would feel good. I really like the feeling of a shoe that really follows the form of my foot especially under the arch and around the toe box. Imagine the style of some Christian Louboutin or Pierre Hardy shoes with the customness of the shoes that started this thread and you would have a winner.
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I remember Eddie Izzard saying. 'If a woman falls over wearing heels it's embarrassing. If a man falls over wearing heels he has to kill himself'
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No probs thedesigner. I do try. Good luck, Ben
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Hey tsheat, thanks for the link. Woooooow, some nice shoes there. Although not above 8", I lurve these:
http://www.elite-heels.com/shop/product_info.php?info=p104_HK-bk-wl-white-Cork-Sandals.html
If I were to go for over 8" on that site I would probably get: http://www.elite-heels.com/shop/product_info.php?info=p106_PPS-as-sl-Mega-Platform-Sandals.html
They cost £275 but I have resigned myself to the fact that if I want to go over 8" I will have to pay a lot. I am also looking to finally buy some ballet heels (now that I know I am comfortable in them) so I might hold off on those and just get the ones I linked above in 10 or 12".
Thanks again.
The gold elite shoes are amazing. I have a video of them from Queen of Heels. Really lovely in motion.
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Hi thedesigner. I have made you a little selection of shoes from £50 to £100. All are easily bought from around Oxford Street. Hope it helps. My favourite are the pink Kurt Geiger with ribbons. THe Aldo platforms with the ankle strap are on sale at just under 50 quid. I have a pair and love them to death. Or how about something other than shoes. Unless you have been told to go and get her shome SHOES!!! Good luck and happy searching. Regards, Ben
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If there's a 'naughty corner' in your house, I hope you're sitting on it.
Couldn't you have wrecked some Asda shoes instead?
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My Girlfriend and I don't buy cheap shoes!
If they had been nasty Adsa shoes I wouldn't have bought them in the 1st place. That was the whole point. Louboutins on a dirty rocky road.
Thanks
Ben
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Hi thedesigner. Do you mean like the heels on the attached pair from Aldo? I bought them off ebay for £1.25 thought the overall shoe was like some sort of sci fi nightmare and proptly took some better photos and put them back on ebay with a really good description and they sold for £15. Easy money. Must do it more often. Especially as I work from home and have quite a bit of free time. I remember Shelleys selling some chunky mary janes with heart shaped heels. They were really horrid. Love your tan Office oxfords by the way!!! I am slightly jealous. Regards Ben
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She's called Paula on the pre dance caption and looks like a woman!!!
Indeed on another video she has a tight top and breasts.
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My favourite are the black and gold sandals attached. I can see you towering over your boyfriend in the really high brown pair I have also attached. Regards Ben
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I know what you mean Euchrid. I bought the attached pink Louboutin shoes for £11 on ebay a couple of years ago. They were spelt something like Labotin. I gave them too my girlfriend on holiday in Greece as good shoes to mess about in. They got a little ruined on the rocky dirt tracks, but that was the whole point. We were trying to take photos to make her look like she was in a retro 80s cigarette advert. I have also bought some 5" Giuseppe Zanotti shoes brand new that RRP at $600 for £55. The best bargain has to be the black with pink snakeskin fan detail Gina stilettos that were advertised as 'Designer Shoes' with no gallery photo on ebay. They were £1.25 plus £3 P&P. Go and search. Ben
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Hi Roz,
I think that if you get the 12" version of the Marbella mules the price has 800 Swiss Francs added. Thats £500 for some shoes!!!
Good luck. I'm sure you can find something much, much cheaper. I would advise you to find an American company as the Dollar is so weak you can get some good bargains.
Have you tried Mr James Shoes? http://www.deyoproduction.com
The website looks really badly made but the prices are much cheaper especially the sample shoes.
Regards
Ben
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Re: Claudia Raia. I just tried to copy her pose and managed it fine wearing shoes of a similar height in relation to the shoe size (size 7 uk 5" heels and 0.5" platform). It's not the most comfortable of poses but not too bad. I think that my girlfriend could sit like that for hours, so there is definately a difference somewhere.
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HERE is a photo of a guy wearing stilettos as self posted on his flickr account.
I tried to right click to save the image, but it comes up as some type of "spaceball" image. Maybe some computer savvy genius here knows how to override that?
Hi Kneehighs.
Do a screen grab. On a PC you can press Print Screen and then immediately paste the grab into a program like photoshop and crop the image. On a mac you can use Preview or a free program Called Capture Me.
Regards
Ben
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Yes it's me. No trickery, just a mirrored image. I was trying to make an 80s inspired image for my Facebook photo.
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I'm a Graphic Designer and have a love of all things design. I have spoken to lots of designers from every design discipline there is and almost all have expressed a love of shoes from a design point of view. It makes sense when you consider that shoe design is basically sculpture, design and engineering.
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I just found this on the 'Home Truths' archives on BBC Radio 4's website. It's a charming little interview with Gino and Spiros about their shoes.
It also reminded me what a wonderful character John Peel was.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/20040628_shoe_box.shtml
Warmest regards,
Ben
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I have these from Aldo. They were a £70 impulse buy. I really love them. Sky high but surprisingly comfy. Ben
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Thought this would go down quite well here
Enjoy,
Ben
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I think it's worth remembering that even the most feminine woman would get lots of odd looks if she wore 6 inch hot pink sandals during the day time. I have always thought one should dress for the occasion. When I wear heels it's usually at night if they are really high. I always dress to integrate the heels properly. The last time I wore heels out I teamed them with some really skinny grey jeans, a red ruffled shirt and a really deep leather Japanese obi style dark brown belt. The shoes were black patent 5 inch high lace ups with a small platform. Standard men's shoes would not have worked with that look. It's all about balance and proportion. To me a man in baggy men's jeans and a polo shirt looks wrong if he wears heels. It looks as if he has a high heel fetish and can't be bothered to dress properly. It's just the same if a woman wears really high heels that don't go with her outfit. Warmest regards, Ben
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It look like lots of the Dolcevita heels are bebe styles.
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Hi Kneehighs. Yes I am a member of the Fashion Spot. It's an odd site. Not really that fashionable a place. Sadly won't be able to make the Heel Meet. Have lots of Valentines day plans and have to be honest and say I just wear heels whenever I like. I guess living in Brighton makes that easy. There are so many characters that a boy in heels that are properly styled into his outfit goes relatively unnoticed. All my friends know what I'm like and they are often more surprised to see me in 'boring' clothes. I can see how the heel meet might be fun for others but it's not my cup of tea. Good luck and heath to all that attend. If you have never worn heels in the street before, watch out for gaps in paving stones and the bumpy pavent stones to help blind people recognise road crossings. Warmest regards, Ben
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I reckon the are by Bebe, possibly Chanel knockoffs. The shape looks the same as Bebe's current range.
Have look at their website. I didn't see the style you posted but others look to have the same heel and hidden platform shape.
Happy searching.
Ben
I hate women
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Don't ever say you hate women. It's a hideous statement. Why not just say that you find the viewpoint of some people (men and women) hateful.
I have always thought that Feminism was about women becoming empowered and able to become more masculine if they so desired. It has reached a point where some sort of power, albeit media manipulated, has been achieved. So next comes Masculinism. However most people ignorantly believe that entails men becoming more manly, chopping things down, fighting, having hairier chests, drinking more beer and battering their partners more often, etc, etc.
Masculinism in relation to Feminism means men becoming more feminine. There will of course be a backlash from men and women in exactly the same way that there was massive opposition to early feminism.
So strap on your heels and move the world on a little. I'd rather be laughed at by some uneducated teenagers on Oxford Street than throw myself under the King's Racehorse.
I've often heard you only need to do or see something ten times before you go from hating it to liking it. Think of smoking, drinking strong alcohol or eating food that is considered a delicacy. I hated Caviar the 1st time I tasted it, now I think it's great. Some things are horrible at first but you soon get to like it.
Also please, please bear in mind that putting on a pair of feminine heels without paying any attention to the rest of your outfit does look awful. It's all about balance and proportion. I find women that only wear high heels really dull, and believe me I think high heels are one of the greatest inventions ever.
On a final note... For what its worth. Heels were really popular for both sexes as a sign of wealth and status until the French Revolution, when they were abandoned as wearing them was a little like swanning about in a crown and an ermine robe sticking two fingers up to the recently victorious working Proletariat. You would probably have been beaten to death in the street for being an aristocrat.