Shyheels

Piscine

Raspberry

Flock

Starlet

Clara Bow

Charleston

Dervish

Thanks to you all for your help. I appreciate the fact that we are all on this journey together. and for all of you helping a rookie like me get started makes me feel really good.  time to get shopping.

 

and to "shyheels" the fetishy stuff sounds fun too!!!

Each to their own. That's the beauty of open minds and broad tastes. Fetishy stuff is not my thing at all. I am probably the most conservative guy you'll ever meet who also happens to like, as a style thing, over the knee high heeled boots. My point is that once your feet go past a certain size - and I believe I would be something like a size 14 or 15 woman's (US) - you are nearly out of options.

Castle

I wear a UK12 and I can tell you it is not so easy if you do not want fetishy style stuff

Rogue

Cheeky

Fish

Long shot

Oh, I don't know. I can't speak to catsuits - they were never my thing, or faux pas, but I can recall wearing all sorts of rather garish bell bottoms, tie-dyes, headbands, Jesus shirts and the like back in the early 70s/late 60s and all it does is bring a smile. Everything has its season. I do remember convincing a friend of mine that a function at university we were both invited to was in fact a costume affair in which we were to come dressed as something connected with our field of study. He was a biologist, studying frogs (and also very naive) and so came to a formal reception with the vice chancellor dressed as a frog. I say he came to it. - what I mean is he opened the door and took a step in, saw everybody in academic gowns and beat a hasty retreat with the reddest face I have ever seen on anyone. (He was ginger haired and blushed well), he caught my eye in departing. Not a look I'll forget in a hurry. He may regret that fashion blunder. I don't know. It still brings a smile to my face though.

Dubious

Bowdler

G-rated

I wonder. I did a lot of fencing in my younger days, as well as badminton, distance running and cycling - which I still do a great deal of - and my ankles and feet are strong enough and flexible enough for me, a rank beginner, to walk in 4" heels with no problems at all. I actually found myself wondering why it was supposed to be tricky. That flexibility test that Duannega mentioned, I can do with ease. I wonder if the case may be the opposite of what you suggest: maybe fewer people, of both sexes, doing sports. A lack of foot, ankle strength and flexibility.

I totally agree with Histiletto, and there are definitely some genetics at play. I have been comfortable wearing heels forever and the first time I stood up in a pair of 4" heels I could walk in them comfortably, and for me wearing 5" heels for a day is also not a problem. That being said 4" heels are definitely the more practical and comfortable choice for me. I think a lot of that ability has to do with the suppleness of your ankle and if you can bend your foot down so the line down from your shin is straight to your toe area, you should be able to wear 5" heels, if not you will be more comfy in 4" and lower. There are not a lot of people who can wear 5" + heels comfortably as one needs to be able to bend your foot even further down so your ankle start looking like a lump, and very few girls can do that. Generally women are more supple in their joints than men, so I think there will even be fewer men able to do that. But no matter what heel height you are comfortable in, enjoy it and don't worry about it if you are not comfy in those 5" heels, most women who wears heels every day are are also only comfy in 4" heels too…..

That's interesting. Having read your post I tried seeing how far I can bend my foot and find I can easily get the line of my foot to run straight down my shin, and even a bit farther. I know I can easily walk in 4" heels - only ones I have ever worn, being new at this. Maybe I should try a pair of 5" sometime, just to see.

Free

Rethink

Commonwealth

Munich

Appeasement