Shyheels

I spent another long day travelling on inter-city trains and saw an encouraging number of boots with chunky 3” heels - not high by the standards if some in here, but a height and style I like very much. I also saw for the first time in a long while someone out and about in four inch heels - knee boots with tall thin block heels. One seldom sees heels that high out and about. I suppose four inch, fashion height, is more likely to be used for dressy or formal occasions than long days on your feet, in trails and railroad stations, where chunky three inch heels would have unbeatable appeal

Today it would be - as he took a selfie for his personal Instagram account (four zillion followers) - “that’s one small step for ME, one giant leap for humankind …”

Who knows? That could be the next radical thing

I know the feeling about taking a laptop when you travel. In my line of work I nearly always have to but when I have the option I will always leave it home. It’s so liberating and simplifies the whole travel/airport scene, Have a lovely trip . I don’t envy you the long flight although being in Vietnam will be nice! Have fun!

Neil Armstrong was an intelligent and very cool headed man. I'm inclined to think he said "a man" and that the transmission was unclear. It's distinctly how I remember hearing it as a child, when I was watching breathlessly on our Zenith black-and-white TV. And as a space-obsessed ten year -old, shortly to turn eleven, I was hardly watching and listening with an ear for grammar!

I believe he did say “for a man” - there was something about this in a documentary a couple of years ago. The transmission isn’t really clear though

I use the same logic - and it’s incontrovertible. My boots are my boots. They belong to me. I am a man. Ergo: they’re a man’s boot.

I think you’re wise. You’d never trust the heel not to snap again and the unfettered enjoyment of wearing them would be irretrievably compromised. You’d be salvaging them simply because it was technically possible to do so - maybe. Not the best reason. Good to move on. As to the pics, a nice look. As always a textbook example of making heels for men presentable

Hard to give up on something you really liked. By the sounds of things you got some good mileage out of them.

It’s always good to keep looking around for possibilities. Maybe something even better is waiting around the corner

That’s a really weird break. And rotten luck.

Nothing. Other than the sizing on occasion. I buy the colours I like. It just offends me that there is this sweeping assumption that as a man my aesthetic is so limited.

Yesterday when I was at the supermarket I was surprised to see a pleasant mild-mannered looking woman in her sixties wearing tight leather trousers and patent black ankle boots with what looked to be three inch chunky heels. There was nothing about her that suggested mutton trying to pass as lamb, or really anything overt about it. It appeared simply to be her natural style, worn with a tasteful but nondescript coat, her grey hair bunched in a loose bun. And because it was so obviously her natural style, she carried it off with ease and assurance. It was nice to see

Yes, very often it is. My big peeve about it all is the range of interesting shades and colours that are offered to women, especially in outdoor gear, while my tastes, as a man, are assumed to be stunted, limited to black, dark blue, pine green or brick red.

Having become used to warm ankles and calves since I’ve taken to wear knee and OTK boots, I hardly ever wear anything else

I really like those! Just my style! I especially like the fit around the calves and ankles. A great find!

I really like those - just my style and shearling lined would be a big plus. We don’t get the super cold temperatures you do, but it’s raw and damp and those look perfect - and stylish

That’s really nice. Always nice to have positive reinforcement and to be so openly band casually accepted.

Yes, but had you worn heels you can bet you’d have had to go up that ladder!

Glad to hear it went well!

I like those boots a lot!

It’s evening now in France - how did the interview go?

I’ve heard of them too and seen images of some of their boots. I really liked them. It’s a bit that quality craftsmen often can’t get the trade necessary to keep their businesses viable. People see the price tags then kid themselves into believing that a cheaper thing that superficially resembles the beautifully made one will be just as good

If they don’t, I doubt it would be because of your footwear. Those boots look very presentable.

I like the elegance and lines of five-inch (12cm) stilettos but higher than that and, to me, they lose something; start looking scrunched, t0oo much about the heel itself rather than the overall visual effect the heel can produce on the rest of the boot. For me - aesthetically speaking - four to five inches is the sweet spot.