Shyheels

Sounds like another good reason to avoid McDonalds!

I think you can find trouble anywhere, and no matter what style of footwear you are wearing. But for the most part people go around in their own bubbles and they’re fairly harmless anyway

Yes I love my suede boots but wearing them in England can be quite chancy and problematic!

I work in the other direction. It has to be pretty warm for me to forgo boots. 

I'm not fond of pointed toes myself, but I do like the lines of those ankle boots. They're very nice. 

I like my garlic. I don’t think I’ll ever need fear vampires!

I'm a bit the same way, something I attribute to many years of running or cycling. The circulation in my legs is very good. I seldom feel the cold in my legs, although since I've taken to wearing tall boots the extra warmth around my ankles is noticed and appreciated. 

So true. I hate that stereotype 

Yes! Happy Birthday!

Yes, nice boots! 

Yes! Good idea

Truly  ghastly.

Yes, well done. And I look forward to your "bloggy thing"!

About whom was the discussion of dementia directed?

I still am a photographer! And yes I did have a lot of cool experiences. I think that in the end, unless you’ve been a truly dreadful person, most people regret more the things they didn’t do rather than the things they did.

the only overseas trip my father ever made was to go to war (WWII). Ditto my grandfather (WWI)

I’ve been very lucky.

Hold in your mind the poem Warning by Jenny Joseph and go for it! Or I shall if I can find a pair I like (and can afford, in terms of real leather!)

Love these! I much prefer chunkier heels and these look great.

They look nice. I like the chunkier heel

I wouldn’t mind faux leather. But all I ever seem to come across is leggings, which don’t appeal to me. I’d love to get a pair of nice real- or faux-leather jeans. I think they’d go well with my chunky heeled ankle boots. I love the look.

I love the idea of leather trousers - I don’t own any though 

I’d agree with you on the probability front. In fact I’d call life a crap shoot. Faster and more furious than poker.

I'm fully in agreement with Epictetus.

And if course there are different ways of reckoning wealth. I have very few assets and little money but I have also had quite a remarkable life in terms of travel and unusual experiences. I’ve seen a hell of a lot of the world and have a rich stock of memories. Sure, you can’t eat memories but I’ve not missed many meals and since the final result for all of us is the same, I’d just as soon have the memories over the money.

Yes, wearing stiletto boots is fairly committed. You wouldn’t just casually change in and out of them as you might with pumps. 

That certainly happened a lot in Zoom meetings during the pandemic - bank presidents and CEO dressed at least smart casual from the desktop on up, and sweats or pyjamas, or in a few celebrated incidents, nothing at all.

I think in the main it’s just the natural variety in human tastes. Some people like the colour orange, or spicy food, or prefer jazz to classical music. Some like the jaunty styling of high heels. Declaring heels to be feminine is an arbitrary construct and not even historical consistent, any more than pink being a girls colour and blue being for boys.

I like certain styles of heels, but by no means all. And prefer boots to shoes. That’s just me. These are all idiosyncratic and personal tastes, unique to me as yours are to you.

To be sure there will be people with more pronounced feminine leaning and those people will be directed by society’s stereotypes to styles that are perceived to be feminine.  

Yes, female presenters on TV here in Britain are very often in high heels. Whether they actually wear them, as in leave the house in them and come home at night still in heels, is something else again. Who knows? It may be that they wear trainers most of the time and view heels as simply part of their expected on-air persona.

Female guests on these shows may or may not wear heels, depending on their expected level of glamour. A feminist author being interviewed is very unlikely to be wearing heels, but one if the C-list celebrities doing Strictly Come Dancing wouldn’t be in anything else - usually in the 4-5 inch range. Since they are seated on the set, or maybe walk half a dozen passes when they’re being introduced, it’s hard to tell whether they can actually walk in them.

Occasionally there are celebrities, such as JK Rowling who genuinely live in heels.

trousers are perfectly conducive to wearing heels - either skinny, straight or bootcut depending on the look being sought or the type of heel being worn.