"Wellies"

TLJ, Well why not wear them to work again and prove the point.

Dawn, I concur on the chinkier styles. I have always thought a mans heel should be no thinner that 1" and even that is really too thin. Cubans heels 2.5-3.5" however look really good and are just so masculine.

Simon.

Totally agree, I thought in the 70's they looked great and I still do.

"Wellies"

I'm with Johnieheels on this one, I am a man who likes to wear heels, and also likes to see my wife and other women in heels.

I brought some western boots this spring which were a little tight for width, my wife had a can of STRETCH made by Collonil, made in Germany. I put the boots on and applied a little where they were a bit tight, now they are a prefect fit. Can't say where she got this stuff from as she doesn't know.

Does one have to book in advance or just show up to what is a private party? Are there any costs involved or is it a matter of buying drinks and/or food?

I lost my Mother in April this year, I know what you are going through. My thoughts are with you. "Wellies"

Why did they add the "Fit" part. The term flops would have been sufficent!

Those are so beautiful. I would love to see those worn by a lovely lady. They are so sleek, slim, and sexy.

Who wouldn't

Sadly your description of your afternoon is roughly what I would have expected. And that is why the shy members of the forum like to hide the fact that they are wearing hh's and are wary of meets with complete strangers. I think it would require such numbers that would make it possible to hire some sort of venue to solve the problem. I think your patience in the circumstances was outstanding. I wish you better luck next time.

They are the ones, available in black as well.

hmmm! I was under the impression that most, if not all, cowboy boots had heels that were higher than the usual flat style that is found on most men's shoes. In a local western wear shop near my home, all of the boots for sale have heels at least 2" high and some even have 3" heels.

Not the case in the UK but our offerings are NOT true cowboy boots.

Going back a few months when there was a lot of discussion on this forum about hh's for men returning, I suggested that we ought to bring to the forum's attention when we found men's shoes in the shops with hh's and that we ought to buy them. Well when I was searching e-bay for cowboy boots I found several shops offering them with advertised heel heights of 1.75 to 2 inches, that is 4.5 to 5cm if you prefer. For example KAT-WALK-SHOES have some with 2 inch heels for £20.

Just Class, but I wonder how much? Thanks for showing us.

Now the BBC had a piece about Men's HH shoes on Breakfast this morning, Tuesday 8 April.

Well I love women. I don't understand them, that is the problem with being male. The ladies will say that is least of the male problems probably. So ladies keep right on being you.

if i was president of france i'd make it the law for men to wear 6" heels with 2" heels........

new dimension to the term high office.....

I would vote for you but I would want an exemption when working in the garden.

Many years ago when I was working in Dallas and bought my first pair of real cowboy boots a co-worker told me the secret of removing them.

Tuck the top of the left boot behind the right knee, hold the base of the heel with the right hand and just slide out your foot. Obviously the other way round for the other boot.

It worked like a dream. I will always remember Arch sadly now no longer with us.

Ian

I will give it a go, but not quite as flexible as I used to be. Sounds a bit tricky, poor old man.

I wear men's high heel (3 inch) boots to work and they are comfortable. But women's shoes are narrower, for the most part, and I have a very narrow foot. I think that's one reason I enjoy wearing feminine high heels...comfort.

Where do you buy Men's boots with a 3 inch heel? I have not seen them in the shops, the only ones that I know about is the ones in this thread from YSL. £400 is out of my league.

My memory dates Beatle Boots in the 1960's rather than the 80's, in fact I can't recall high heels for men since the late 1970's. I got married in 2" (5cm) cuban Heels in 1979. But my memory is not up to a lot nowdays so I am willing to be corrected. However this is promising, thank you for letting us know about the program.

Can we really dare to hope?

I am sure that all the guys would want to know the outcome of this event.

Thanks again everyone for your help. I tried a a product call Collonil STRETCH. You spray it on the area requiring stretching, put the shoes/boots on for 5 minuits and that solves your problem hopefully. Certainly work on my boots.

And why not. If he is happy with his life then so am I. Further, I suspect that he quite content with his lot other than the lose of his wife. Reading that article gives you strenghth to carry on.

The reason we have not heard from him is that he has probably been through a sausage making machine by now.

So you Want High Heels to be Fashionable for Men

I would guess that this is the hope of all the male members of HH place, but how can it be achieved? Well this is only my opinion, but it will take an organised and well-planned effort if the members of HH-place were to achieve it alone. But I suspect we can push it a bit further forward, though in the main it will be the pop music world and the media that will do most of it if it is to happen at all.

I think it would be counter-productive to set our goals too high. There is no way I can see that you are going to get the average Joe into 4 inch stilettos. But there is every possibility of getting him into 2 to 3 inch block or Cuban heels. It has been done before, twice in my lifetime. Once in the 1960’s with the Beatle boots, though it was mainly teenagers then and as we all know, again in the 1970’s.

What is required then? A well-organised campaign, possibly, are there any members of influence in the media or the pop world. Though realistically, can we pool our efforts particularly with the shoe designers, and manufacturers?

Thighboots2 told us that he has bought some men’s boots made by YLS, boots with a 7cm heel but they cost £400 or $795. For most of us that is too much but Zappos have some in their Men’s section made by Giorgio Brutini, these cost $84. These are boots with a 2 to 2½ inch (5 to 6cm) heel obtainable in several styles for around $84. We really ought to ensure that when anybody tries to test the market with men’s high-heeled shoes they find that there is a big interest out there.

So, may I suggest that if anybody discovers a source of men’s shoes that have a heel over 2 inches that they bring it to our attention immediately, and then we all buy them or at least make enquiries about them. As we all know if a style sells well the shops will pressurise their suppliers for more.

I am not sure how useful it is if a few “old goats” like me are seen wearing shoes that are a throwback to the 1970’s. The young will want to aspire to the male young “celebs”. If the “Celebs” were to take to high heels that is another matter altogether.

I think another area that we might try is the cowboy/western boots. Most of the men’s cowboy boots don’t sport a high heel, though I thought in the 19th or early 20th centuries they would have done. Again enquiries with suppliers may help them realise that this is still some interest for proper cowboy boots with a heel of 2 to 3inches. Yes we can always buy women’s cowboy boots if our feet are small enough but that is not the point. In fact we can buy ladies 5inch stilettos, and wear them, but that s not going to get the rest of the men into any sort of high-heeled footwear. In fact the wrong sort of media coverage could put our campaign back by a decade or more.

Could HH place have a list of the current suppliers of men’s high-heeled shoes, which could be updated by the members? See some and let everyone else know about them.

Perhaps I have got it all wrong, so over to the other members for enlightenment.

Sorry I won't be able to attend hopefully next time.