Shyheels

There were quite a few in York too for Ghost Week

Only a couple of pair of OTK boots surprisingly. Almost all knee boots, with 2-4” block heels. I saw a few pair of slender heels (not stiletto, but more like standard high heels) , also in knee boots. It was quite nice to see. It was half term week, and “Ghost week” in York so the town was quite full of tourists so it was not purely locals wearing heels. Judging by what I saw, I’d say heels - at least in winter boots - are far from dead

Looks nice. Love the colour! It’s what I would call mauve 

I’d call us a kind of mauve - one if my favourite colours. Nice find!

Just spent the weekend in York - no shortage of heels at all! Plenty of high-heeled knee boots, blocky heels rather than stilettos. On the cobbled and irregularly paved mediaeval streets stilettos would be a singularly bad idea. But plenty of heels, and almost all of them on knee boots.  

3 hours ago, Gige said:

Yep - have that problem of being overly wordy and long winded. If I could only get paid by the word, I would never have to work again (Think Herman Melville).

On the contrary I enjoyed the whole of your posts. Your posts always provide interesting reading and are well thought out. The site needs more posts like yours!

I like the boots. I wear skinny jeans myself with boots over them. Long trousers over the boots also look good - I would go with whatever looks best in your eyes on the day and make “visibility “ only a secondary consideration 

I agree. Fashion and style is not something that can be measured with a tape.

I used to have a pair. I wore them a lot in the 80s, not out and about, but because I used to do a hell of a lot of stretching as part of my running and found them useful for keeping the muscles warm and supple. 

Not heels, but I did see something yesterday I’d not seen in decades - a young girl wearing leg warmers. A throwback to the 80s.

in a long day travelling by train, through various cities, I saw very few heels most of them being at the end of the trip, in an arty, boho part of town where quite a few middle aged women wore chunky heeled boots.

1 hour ago, HappyinHeels said:

Mlroseplant,

Was that the son I met who had once lived in California? 
Nice to see someone else here has worn heels to a wedding. I’ve done it a number of times with pumps and boots but especially wedge sandals for the outdoor weddings.

Perhaps your son stayed close by? 
Been busy with different projects and just returned from trip to Turkey, Morocco, and Spain all places I spent a lot of time in the 1980’s. HinH

Sounds like you’re leading quite a full life!!!

Yes congratulations to your son!!!

He’s certainly no introvert!

That’s often the way - things take longer and heal slower. Taking it easy will pay benefits in the long run 

Indeed. Neither art nor fashion is served here. 

37 minutes ago, Puffer said:

In two words: 'forbidden fruit'.

Precisely! There will always be that allure, that frisson of tension about breaking ranks and going your own way, making a statement. There is absolutely no expectation that we should or will wear heels as there is with women - quite the contrary - and so the excitement stays fresh 

I think there is a figurative “high” and a literal “high” and they are not the same. From what I’ve read in the fashion magazines high heels start at 4”. But if you’re a guy wearing anything over two inches with even a hint of feminine styling you’ll be “accused” of wearing high heels. 
 

I too fail to understand how anybody can have troubles wearing three inch (usually block) heels, find them painful and intolerable to walk in after a couple of hours. I just don’t understand 

I think if I wore my 3” ankle boots with boot cut jeans they’d go unnoticed - but with skinny jeans their heels and feminine styling are quite apparent. There re does seem to be some overlapping areas, especially with block heels 

I quite agree - any rise above the standard half inch or so could rightly be called high heels  - although I also think you would need to be approaching two inches before eyebrows started to be raised (if you’re a guy) and the term “high heels”, in its feminine context, would start to be applied. By three inches you’re definitely in heels!

Good point about the style of heels - a two inch kitten heel is definitely “high heels”

A cowboy boot of similar heel height would pass muster

itd quite an interesting study in aesthetics, fashion and taboo

I can just imagine the Queen Mother coming out with that.

As a writer I am appalled by the way the English language has been hobbled by the forces of political correctness. We have arguably the world’s richest language- we should make full use of it

Yes, me too. Unnecessary clutter. But otherwise nice ankle boots!

It’s all boots and jeans for me. I’ve never tried a skirt although I can see the appeal and recognise that boots and skirts are a very nice look. Just not at all sure it would look good on me!

Yes, I really like the skinny jeans and knee boots look. And if you have OTK boots it’s the only way to go. Trying to tuck OTK boots under jeans would be really awkward and probably look stupid 

You do know that you’re replying to a thread whose last entry was nine years ago, don’t you?

It’s always skinny jeans with me. If I lived where it was really hot I might go with looser jeans or chinos and ankle boots. I wear shorts only for cycling. 

Always a fan of boot season myself - I have the early year boot season which runs from 1 Jan to 30 June Annette late year boot season which runs from 1 July to 31 December.

But colder weather certainly does bring out the pleasure in wearing knee and OTK boots