Shyheels

Thank you. I’d forgotten about him - we corresponded occasionally quite a few years ago. Nice guy.

Gosh, I remember Steve. He and I communicated for a while. I wonder whatever happened to him

I shall certainly be buying more. They would be handy for boat life in any event.

There are plenty of base layers that would serve the same purpose. I have a couple of pair from cycling - thin wool - which work well. And base layers come in all sizes and heights. Easily obtainable, although really nice ones out of fine wool are pricey.

Yes, sitting in a deep settee in heels can feel a bit awkward. Not easy to know where and how to place your feet so you’re not looking like a seated preying mantis

I do have base layer thermal tights from cycling which are proving quite handy living on the canal in winter

Great idea! I’ll do that. I’m such a newbie in the world of skirts it never occurred to me

Good idea - although over here they seem to consider 5’8” tall (for women) im really surprised by how much I like wearing my midi pencil skirt. It feels very natural.

I’ve been trying to find good tights to wear with my skirt - an important winter consideration (although I’d wear tights whenever I wore a skirt) Waist size is easy to find, but the length is tricky. At most they seem to be for people 5’8” or 5’9”

Yes, suede and slush. The nightmare scenario. I have some lovely suede boots that do not get nearly enough wear because of my fear of ruining them. Over here a blue sky doesn’t mean much if you’re going out for more than a couple of hours .

Did she know you wore heels too?

Yes, and there are ways of putting these things honestly without using loaded or derogatory language. Happily all of use here seem to be quite adept and diplomatic at expressing an opinion.

And there are so many of them out there!

I agree. I’ve no doubt at all you would do an excellent one, but the satisfaction of making it, and the gratitude of the relatively few who would make use of it, would not be worth the backlash. We just don’t live in that kind of world. I did a personal photography project a few years back that received a lot of press. And while the comments sections were overwhelmingly favourable, some of the negative ones were truly mind-boggling in their nuttiness and eagerness for confrontation. And that for a photo project that was totally benign and uncontroversial

I take a similar view. If I can’t say something positive I say nothing at all. Everyone’s tastes are different and the fact that we all wear heels, of whatever style, a.ready puts all of us well out of the bell curve. Obviously if a member announces in a post that they’re planning to wear their pink patent thigh high stilettos on their golfing holiday in Dubai one would be doing them no favours by staying silent