Shyheels

Savings

All of my boots are made in France or Italy. I went to great lengths to source non-Chinese components for my bicycle, wgile most of my clothes are mae either in Britain or Europe (often in cheaper European countries, true, but not the Far East) I'm sre I've some Chinese made stuff, but I do make a (largely successful) effort to avoid it. 

Sizing aside, I won’t go near those Chinese sites for philosophical reasons. I dislike everything they stand for 

Robbery

Bags

Wolf

Wailing 

Verstappen 

Pedal

Spin 

Phonograph

Record

Welcome to the forum! It’s a friendly and accepting place! 

I would be very leery of surgery - it’s something to avoid unless it is really necessary. I’ve a bone spur in my hip with gives me a bit of trouble. A few years ago I had an MRI done and spoke with a specialist surgeon. He said he could operate and there would be a 70% chance he could fix it completely, a 20% chance it would make no difference and a 10% chance it would be worse, possibly much worse. He refused to take that risk, although he said I’d have no trouble finding surgeons who would if I wanted to insist. I took his advice and just learned to get on with the discomfort with my hip. Obviously I don’t know what your level of impairment is, but I would simply say think very, very carefully.

I would also second the point @Jkrenzer makes. I do not understand or see the connection between wearing heels and crossdressing. I like wearing heels and tall boots, but have no interest whatever in anything else and really don’t believe that one follows the other 

Bowdlerise

Demonic 

Spell

I can also certainly understand the resistance to being compelled to wear heels - or anything else. I get it. I sympathise. I’d rebel too. What I find a bit odd is this frequent insistence by some of these same women that men do not have to adhere to these sorts of dress codes. Obviously we’re not expected to wear heels, but we are expected to wear ties and the insistence of ties is at least as as strong, and arguably more uncompromising, than the stipulation of heels for women. If you doubt this just go to The Ritz for tea or lunch or dinner. A woman can get in wearing flats - not so a man without a tie. Ties are mandatory. 

I don’t think these images have anything to do with that story. I have the idea he merely instructed the AI thing to create images based upon a few words of description. 

My guess is the answer would be yes. 

About a day...

THat's why I never do it.

Mind you, I seldom drink anyway 

I really like the styling. I'm glad it all worked out well!

There is also a very puritanical line of thought circulating these days that wearing heels is somehow surrendering to 'the parriarchy' and that heels are chains women much somehow cast off - overlooking of course the notions of choice and fashion and the history of high heels themselves. Women borrowed the style from men and made them their own. 

On 5/1/2023 at 4:26 PM, spikesmike said:

Heelers : A masculine looking boot. Is that what this site has come to. [OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE REMOVED]. Where is your pride? You talk about this membership dwindling. That we no longer hear from our female members Well hello, why would they fallow tasteless crap shoes that look like ARMY boots? I am beginning to consider leaving. The only reason I haven't dropped out thus far is because there is still one or two who still wear descent HIGH HEELS.  This is HHPlace. These are HIGH HEELS.  --->     Mike

With respect, Mike, those are fetish heels and not worn by many women and certainly not in any day-to-day setting. Yes, they are high, but style is not quantifiable; it can't be measured with a tape. By many good opinions, both women and men, the shoes you pictured here could be reckoned tasteless. As I've already noted, you'd never see anything like that  worn in an office, even one where high heels were de rigueur. Watch The Devil Wears Prada. Do you see anything like that there? No. Sex In The City? No. Your taste is your taste and that's fine - this forum is ostensibly about tolerance as well as about fashion. 

Now, there is nothing wrong or tasteless about those boots or with seeking or having a masculine look in heels. Nothing at all. Quite the opposite in my view. I think those boots are quite nice, especially paired with jeans. THat is my taste and style and obviously his - it needn't be yours.