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Jabble, it actually depends on your foot size. Anyway, in my case, I can handle 5" (12cm) with relative comfort and I can walk well. For higher heels I need to get some time to get used to them. My pigalles -5.5"/13.6cm- can be pretty nasty when I use them after some months of inactivity.

My wife has me on a $50.00 a month budget for heels.

canuck_hh, there are lots of threads on this issue here at HHP. I suggest that you take your time and read them. Every relationship is has it's own rules, so I'm not going to judge what you or she feel about it. I believe you should talk to her. Maybe it's hard; maybe it's scary... but it's the only way it works. The other options will be short or long term patches.

I don't have a budget. Last year I bought 15 pairs averaging $300.- I usually buy 10 pairs a year. Many of the old pairs go away as space has become an issue lately. I now have 80 just pairs.

Women like men who like themselves.

They like men who have the guts to think and act for themselves, regardless of what area in life that belief manifests itself.

I second 100% that statement.

I've bought at Net-a-porter and at The Outnet (Net-a-porter's outlet) and in all cases I've had a wonderful experience. The on line assistant is a good adviser, and both my Pigalles and my Decolletes fitted properly. Had them in BA three days after I purchased them. I have no complaints what so ever. I you don't get the size you are looking for, just keep browsing the site very frequently as they sell them very fast. I had to wait almost a month for my Decolletes. It requires patience and being alert. Happy shopping.

Please, remember that this is an advertising clip.

I bet that Mr. Zanotti never used sandpaper (it would ruin his manicure).

Ad lasts are made on CAD-CAM equipment.

Practice makes the master; and if he wasn't able to make the wooden model... he wouldn't be able to make the real shoe.

There was video at Sergio Rossi's site a couple of year ago showing the making of a shoe, too.

Thanks for sharing the experience with your dad, Heelguy.

Nice pair, rartist.

There is quite a trend there. I've been following it for some time and there is some kind of sociological aspect to heels and fashion related to economy's ups and downs. Anyhow, were the late 50s and early 60s an economy retraction period? I'm not so sure. Here in southern South America we had a great drought between 1961 and 1963, but I'm not so sure the world was in the same tune as cars, for instance, were big and thirsty. Heels in that period reached 5", and that period is not mentioned in the article. I have an explanation that goes more regarding the need to get noticed in the restrained periods. Anyway, there is also a luxury race that starts when a bubble starts to grow, let's say a year or so before a crash, when people need to show off and exteriorize the wealthiness they've achieved. This urge can continue during the downsizing, regarding the need of standing out of the crowd and getting noticed.

I don't see too much problem in driving with heels. I'm not quite comfortable doing so with platforms, though.

No. I wouldn't. I think they should have a fully developed body and their feet and legs have stopped growing before any one of my three kids -they have already past the age, anyway- starts using heels.

For me, almond points; then rounded.

I think one of the few 'real' 5"+ heels are surprisingly without any platform: the Louboutin Pigalle and Casadei stiletto... (however they come also in a lower style in some shops)http://www.shoptheshoebox.com/patent-pump/24848/177783

http://shoerazzi.com/selena-gomez-in-casadei/

Casadei's Blade Collection comes only up to 40 as I've managed to check out at a store in Italy. They are 13cm (5" +) at 37 so in larger sizes you should expect a higher heel.

Never the less they are totally "to die for". Both the pumps, the booties and the knee high boots.

I asked the sales girl in Capri if they had large sizes but they only had 37.5. Real shame... I wanted to try them on!

JWhite44, actually those boots are the thickest ones I've been using for outings. Today I've made a small research on trousers length and heel length and I believe the length of the trousers is more important than the width of the heel. Unfortunately the pictures are a bit dark so I'll have to make another session. I have length 30. If I use 32 any of those heels will pass. If I use 34 even with a pencil heel as the last ViaUno I bought or the Pigalles, will pass too. The only thing that can draw somebodies attention will be the clicking or knocking on the floor. The second pair on the first picture are very, noisy actually; it's not the same on the two other ones.

I'm very sorry to hear that, muddypaws.

Nice pumps Shoe diva

Sorry about the short answer, Daniel. My wife called all of us for supper. I used the edit option, but I couldn't find the link to the pictures I had already uploaded. So I had to upload them again. In the edit panel the "upload" button wasn't available.

Yes, I know; but I couldn't find the link

Yes, Happyinheels, shoe store staff makes the whole difference. Actually, it's happened to me several times that the girls attending the stores, when you ask for large numbers, they ask if you want them as a present for somebody or no -usually here, in women's shoes brand stores staff are female and just one male-. If you reply yes, they have the normal attitude when you buy for your SO; but if you reply no, they get more concerned and try to make your feel comfortable and help you choosing styles. Our size scale goes pretty much like the Italian sizing and a 40 is a US10 or 11 depending on styles. There is a new law now, which I believe they are going to reinforce shortly, that says they should bring up sizes 41 and 42 as there are many women with larger feet who aren't able to buy cool shoes. So... I believe many of us will be happy. Majo

Great maninheels, that's the spirit.

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Yesterday I bought this is the pair of booties. They have a 9cm heel and are size 40.

Yesterday I bought these at Via Uno, a Brazilian brand that's been for a while in Argentina. The sandals are 13cm and the pumps 11.6. Both in size 40. I bought the sandals because they look very much to a pair of Lorenzi's that are awesome. The difference is the Lorenzi's don't have a platform, and they come also in a knee high version.

We are in winter's sale season. I've been looking for heeled boots or booties that I can use for my outings. I entered two stores. In the first one I have never tried heels in the store. I asked for two models of cowboy boots which had no zip so could be hard to fit as my arch and insteps are high and the shaft was narrow. I have some shoes and boots from this and they fit perfectly well in length in their biggest size. The girl assisting me brought the long shaft model. When I told her I wanted to try them on she offered me ladies socks so I could fit them better -I didn't need them as I'm usually using ladies socks- and was really helpful. As I suspected, they weren't easy to fit and were really narrow. So she offered me the same model but bootie style. I couldn't manage to fit them either as my instep was too high for them. Then I went to the other store, the one I've bought my last boots and asked the girl there if she had a model I wanted. As she knows me she asked me if I wanted to try them on, and after that she sowed me other models too, with different heel heights and styles. This would have been a normal heel shopping trip. She was so helpful, and acted so naturally with me that I asked her if they had other male clients shopping and trying heels in the store. She said there are plenty of guy buying heels for them. So, even in Argentina, where I thought we were a small group because I never saw guys in heels, males are looking for heels too. She even agreed heels are not a women's passion only. Anyway... If it's not true it surely is a great hook; I'll always go there when buying heels for me from that brand. After that I went to the outlet zone in BA to buy a couple of pumps I'd seen and added a pair of sandals. If you buy two pairs you get 60%/70% discount; if you buy one: no discount. I'll post pictures on the proper posts when I have them.