Shyheels

Me too. For me it would have to be white - that’s what I so vividly remember! It was the girls hair that was red. Wonder what ever became of her?

For me it was never so much the bell but the overall feminine styling. I never fancied cowboy boots, or cowgirl boots either for that matter. For me it started with go-go boots, which really don’t have much of a heel at all, and then sorta evolved. The heels became a part of it, since many feminine boot styles also have heels. In terms of personal style and preference I like block heeled boots. They feel more “me”. I’m ambivalent about stilettos. I love the lines - especially 120mm stilettos - but I’m not sure they are really me. And I’m not sure if that’s residual self consciousness or a sense that they don’t - quite - fit my style. i own two pair of Italian Heels stiletto knee boots - same style (Tina), one with 10cm heels the other with 12cm. I like them both very much and would never get rid of them. But I feel much more at ease in 7-9cm block heeled boots (ankle, knee and OTK)

Congratulations! I have fond recollections of the moment that I decided at long last to buy myself some high heeled boots - in the event, a pair of very nice (expensive) black suede OTK boots with four inch slender (not quite stiletto) heels. I decided to treat it as a bucket list thing and although expensive as boots go, vastly cheaper than the exotic travels that usually feature on bucket lists. That initial purchase has led to my buying several more pair, although nothing like your numbers. I love wearing them though and regret the years I needlessly went without

Nice job. I don’t think five photos is too many nor do I think they are too small. The look and concept is conveyed. You look great, very presentable. I would like to do some shots but it’s tricky on the towpath …!

The French have plenty of style whether they are wearing heels or not! Id never heard of Noe of Antwerp. That looks like a very nice pair of boots! I love block heeled boots especially with rounded/almond toes.

Sounds like an interesting person! I like her sense of style

You and me both!

Nice!!!

Glad all is well at your end! Very quiet too at mine. Just moving along the canal

Still very few along the towpath, although I’m in a town now - about 15,000 population - so perhaps …

A perceived small market

True - an actual measured 4” heel in a size 5 would be considerably steeper than an actual measured 4” heel is a size 12, but then you’d be buying and talking about completely different style of shoes, with differed billed heel heights. The variations in heel heights according to size can be surprising. I was surprised to see that according to the chart on the Italian Heels website my 120mm stilettos (official billed height) were actually 147mm in my size. That’s a full inch variation. But it keeps the styling and proportions consistent with the 120mm in size 38 on which the design is based

Shoe size doesn’t make any difference in terms of the angle of your foot - at least not with the better makes of shoes and boots. When they market a model of shoe as having, say, 4” heels, that will be the base line height for a base line size, say, a size 6. As the sizes go up or down the physical height of the heel will vary so that the lines and proportions are identical right across the range of heights. A size 7 would have a 4.2” heel and a size 8 maybe 4.4” but they would still be sold as 4” heels as that is the standard for that particular line. A size 5 might have a 3.8” heel but would be sold as a 4” heel. It’s all about consistency and keeping the same proportions. Italian heels even has a chart on their website giving the exact heel heights for 100mm and 120mm heels each shoe size. I have a pair of their 120mm stiletto boots. In my size the heels are actually 147mm to keep the correct proportions. I think in their case the heel heights are based in a size 38 as standard. Other makers do the same. So having a bigger size does not change anything. Neither does having a smaller size. They keep all the proportions and angles the same

For me 3” to 3.5” is very “unnoticeable”, especially in chunky heeled boots

I don’t usually have that problem. I’m snappy on the comeback - it seems to be a family trait - but it’s not always a great thing.

My intuitive comeback line to a crack like “Only in America” would be -“Isn’t it wonderful.”

I guess, to be blunt, my thinking is: who cares? This guy, whoever he is, has his opinions and the poor manners to make what sounds like gratuitous and disparaging remarks. He's not worth your time.

I too find that when wearing my chunky heeled boots I can completely forget I am in heels. Not so much with stilettos since I do not wear them so much, but with 3-4” block heeled boots I wear them without thinking. I'm nearly always in knee boots of some sort - either heeled or not heeled - and it has become my regular look in the eyes of my fellow boaters. The other day I was walking along the road, off to town to buy supplies, and unusually for me was wearing my hiking boots. One if my boating neighbours, who owns a van, stopped to give me a lift and said he almost didn’t recognise me without my tall boots.

Yup. I’m just shy of 67. The optometrist mentioned that I was a rarity. I could still get by without them - and generally do. But for small print in printed books (not Kindle) they do make reading easier. If I didn’t have to do a lot of reading for my work I would not need them at all. It feels weird to wear them and I seldom do i too though glaucoma was an eye pressure disease. I know it can be serious. Glad yours sounds straightforward

Very rarely. And sunglasses are styled differently than reading glasses. I cannot remember the last time I wore sunglasses

Messing around with lasers and eyes gives me the willies. I am very glad that mine are in basically good health, just a bit blurry for close work like reading. I had a hell of a time picking out frames as I simply did not like seeing myself in glasses. It just looked so odd, so not like me - much stranger, in fact, than the first time I saw myself in stilettos!

I hope all goes well. I just paid a long overdue visit to the optometrist myself - having always had razor sharp 20/10 vision I’ve been in denial for years that it just wasn’t so anymore. Finally I had to take the plunge and now I have reading glasses. Thankfully the eyes in general were in good nick.

Nice that you and your wife and enjoy your heels together! Were you on holiday in Texas? I see your profile says you’re from Norway.

I wear skinny jeans because I like to wear my knee and OTK boots a lot and if you’re wearing boots over jeans, skinny is best. On the other hand on occasions I have to wear my hiking/mountaineering boots and with skinny jeans they make my feet look enormous

Lambeth Bridge in London has pineapple decorations on top of its pillars, a 17th century celebration of this exotic fruit which English horticulturalists had managed to grow in a greenhouse in Lambeth