Shyheels

It’s just about exactly freezing in my part of the UK and I’m not exactly enjoying it! Bring on summer!!!

6 minutes ago, highbootsluv said:

I think I will start with a low heel knee high boot and hopefully progress from there. Absolutely want to be confident I can walk more than a few steps.

 

It will no problem. Trust me. I wear knee boots a lot - indeed I am writing this at a pub in Yorkshire where I am having dinner on a busy Saturday night. I am wearing grey suede OTK boots with low heels over skinny jeans and nobody has given me a second glance. Ok, they are low heels but OTK boots all the same. No issues. At all

I usually wear knee and OTK boots but usually with mid-heels - I prefer blocky mid heels to stilettos, about three inches is my favourite height. I just like the aesthetics. I also low-heeled knee and OTK boots, again because I like the styling. I wear them over my skinny jeans and never have had any issues.

I do own a couple pair of stilettos, bought when I first started daring myself to wear heels and tall boots. As I became more accustomed to wearing them, and accepting that I liked wearing heels, I realised that my natural taste was for mid-heeled boots. I have no urge to wear higher and higher heels, I don’t see it as a quantitative or competitive thing, just a freedom to wear what I like.

Curiously enough although I am a photographer I do not have any images. I much prefer being behind the camera than in front of it. And this isn’t just with wearing heels, but in general.

Sounds like you’re really copping the snow! Over here in the UK we’re getting a blast of what we call cold weather - which means about -3°C where I am (that’s about 26°F for you guys). I have to say though the British cold can be more unpleasant than the temperature figure suggests. I think it’s because there is a rawness to it that just seeps into your bones. At any rate it’s perfect weather for knee and OTK boots! I am certainly getting good use out of mine!

I like the boots you were wearing. I’m quite a fan of low- to mid-heel knee boots - a nice combination of stylishness and everyday practicality

Indeed! I never saw the original posts, but I’m totally on board with what @mlroseplant is saying here.

My heels and tall boots are not especially eye catching and I just wear them out and about. I wear my boots over my jeans and they really do blend in and  look unremarkable in the best sense of the word. I’ve no interest in being noticed or pushing an agenda, merely in wearing style of footwear that I like. 

Yes, marketing and advertising, along with social media - which is often just a variant form of marketing - drives a lot if what is wrong with today’s society.

Oh, I totally agree that "meat cleaver' is never going to be a winner as far as marketing imagery goes! I don't blame whoever is marketing these for coming up with the term "stiletto wedges", but beyond this applied term I can't see them as stilettos.  

Well clearly somebody got a lot of mileage out of them and if they haven't fractured yet, and show now visible indications of doing so, I can see no reason why you shouldn't get plenty of use out of them.

Yes in deep snow or any kind of soft surface I’d much prefer block heels or better still rugged, flat Vibram soles. In fact I have several pair of otherwise elegant knee boots with just those soles for just these occasions 

How time flies!

We joined exactly the same day! 29 Jan 2014 - coming up ten years!

And sports days aren't so goo either, especially if you're participating in the long jump.

I love the styling in those. Block heels, round toes - perfect. This is definitely the season for wearing boots!

We’re meant to be getting some snow here in the UK, maybe I can give that a try.. whatever their crampon-like qualities on snow or ice, I think I’d still prefer block heeled boots. Stilettos just seem too dressy for wearing in snow.

Sounds very nice - always nice to have a shop where you are known and welcome and receive personal attention.

1 hour ago, HappyinHeels said:

Part of the privilege of participating in this forum is getting the chance to enjoy some linguistic bliss from our United Kingdom members. A word like censorious just isn't used among ordinary people and the only place one might encounter it would be in print perhaps in an opinion piece or an online review of a particular venue. Nevertheless such words quench my thirst for more such descriptive morsels. A tip,of the hat, or the Stetson, to those who still speak the language as it was probably always intended. Remain calm and carry on. HJinH

Ah yes, I'm a writer, which is an art of sorts, and words are my palette. I love the richness of the English language. Thank you!

Congratulations on your new record! Sorry to hear you’ve been ill, blighting what seems to have been a strong start to the year. We’ve been having heavy rains here, and so my favourite suede boots have been sitting idle, except for being worn around the house - great for keeping feet warm in the home office.

Bring on spring!

Nice to meet you and welcome back!

Glad you’re back!

Just a note to wish everybody a happy and prosperous - well heeled, so to speak - 2024. Also to say how much I enjoy the exchanges and conversations here, and look forward to more in the coming year.

It really just comes down to individuals. Stereotyping small town folk or those who frequent DIY stores as as closed minded as their perceived stereotyping of heel wearing men.

Congratulations! I agree with your interpretation of high and mid heels. To break your record, ten years on, and in considerably higher heels is quite an accomplishment! Now for 2024… 

I’m not at all surprised to hear that there are far more men than one might at first think would be interested in heels. Curiosity, if nothing else, to say nothing of a restlessness for change, and to escape all the stifling conformity that is men’s lot as far as fashion is concerned.

I can’t understand how wearing heels would be more comfortable than flats with a broken toe. Gravity would keep blood in the area of the injury and increase swelling - rest, ice, compression and elevation is what woukd want for an injury like that