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Variation of yesterday on-site theatre, this time leggings and boots on my way to a mani-pedi.

More on work and BOOTS.  Enjoyimg Boots 4 February this year. Nine West

@hiddenheels,

You need to experiment with skinny jeans and pumps.  Not all skinny jeans are the same.  First you have rise, super high, high, mid, low.  Then there is lenght; I have different lenght skinny jeans, above the ankle and at the ankle are just two of them, 24" 27.5" 28", 29", etc.  If your boot is tight at the ankles, then you want a shorter jean, less material around the ankle. It also depends on where the shoe ends and the jeans begins and how much space between the two you want.

So it depends on the look you want, the theatre.  I'm a little bit bold and have almost everything BUT pumps. 

Judging by the number of men who give me positive compliments when I wear tall boots, I think more men want to wear them but don't because of societal pressure.

How about the guy that wears knee high stilettos in the summer with short shorts?

What is bold somewhere might be normal in other places.  And what someone thinks is bold might be old hat to others.

Walking in pumps in a mall and walking in pumps at work are very different.  One place is with strangers, the other is with people that know you and see you everyday.  I shopped in a large and busy shopping mall in wedges (4 inch) and compression/performance leggings the other day. I felt tht was bold.  And I got many second, third, fourth looks.

For now, walking in 4 inch heels is bold.

1 hour ago, Shyheels said:

Do you mean complaints or compliments?

Nice looking boots - I should hope it was coompkimeents 

Thanks, typo. Compliments.

I have these in black as well. Couldn't pull the trigger on the red ones.

Maybe I should have a work and Boots thread ... 😄

Have only worn boots to work this month.  I'm running out of different boots. Must buy more ... lol

Worn these last week to work got two compliments, one from a woman, one from a man.

These are my easy to wear Ompo Owney, only a 3.75 inch net (9.6 cm).  Man made material. I got these blue one to channel  my inner Elvis.

Had to stop by a very large shopping mall Friday around 5 pm.  I had compression legging and and my OLD wedges-mules.

Maybe it was because many people where shopping for Valentine's Day or on dates, but I saw many women in 3 + inch heels.  A good sign.

11 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

3) I know I'll catch a lot of flak for this, and that's fine, but I have never understood this "moving up to boots" business. It seems to me that boots are the easy ones to wear as a guy. It's the pumps and sandals, the more delicate footwear, that is a step up in boldness. Of course, some people actually like boots. Some people are very enthusiastic about boots. I happen to not be one of those people.

Here's an opinion from a guy who wears them all, from delicate sandals to knee high boots, long pants to short shorts.  Wear tall boots with block heels under your pants is very easy, no harder than booties with block heels.  I think this is starting to become mor acceptable. But once you wear boots on the outside, it starts to change.  And when you wear 4 (net) inch knee high stlettos outside your jeans or with short shorts it gets bolder.  Add in some leggins ...

Is it as bold as stilleto pumps, I have no experiences there.  Pumps hate my feet.  But ankle lenght jeans and this boot (at work) is bold.

Or this knee high

Sometimes the chain will have a website that will tell which stores in a certain region has that shoe in your size in stock. Saves driving around.  I've been wearing skinny jeans for years now since I like to wear my knee high boots on the outside.

@pebblesf I suppose it would a little difficult to be a Flight Attentend from home. 

I've done freelance work and have written books from my home office for decades.  You have due dates that keep you going.  I like to go in though because I know I will have my heels on for at least 6 hours. And I get to wear more styles.

54 minutes ago, Jkrenzer said:

Pandemic is over, killed those who couldn't survive now it's basically a cold. Get back to office and socialize. I've had covid as many times as the vacation, 3.

It's really time to move on.

I really like my 5 foot commute compare to a 40-45 minute drive over a curve mountain freeway in the EARLY morning.  I haven't had covid (to my knowledge) and I have major surgery coming up in April, so I want (need) to stay that way.  This spring I need to be on-site 2 days a week and 2 days off-site.

Thanks @Shyheels. Real suede.  They have a platform, so it's only a net 4 inch rise, but very comfortable. Bonus is they fit my calves.  I have other JS booties with the same basic profile and they are all very easy to walk in.

Too bad I only found these too late to get another color.

I've only been on-site for less than 40 days since the start of the pandemic.  Today was one of those days.  I will be back on site less than 30 days till June.

Lunch meeting heels. These Jessica Simson boots are so comfortable.

That's a snake skin pattern.

Sorry @spikesmike, there is a point that you have too many shoes.  When you need to get a much larger walk-in closet just for your heels.

I'm don't know how many I have, buts it north of 80. And few (8) are un-opened new replacement heels still in their box.  I have some mainly for winter and a few  for summer.I have 6 knee high boots and I have been looking for more (why).  Pre-pandemic I wore a different pair to work everyday. People would drop by just to see my heels. I have been working from home since the pandemic and don't wear many different ones.

 I have a few pairs I need to get rid of, they don't fit right or not in good shape to wear to work.

I have many duplicates (different colors) of heels bought about the same time.  If I like the shoes, I will sometimes buy a second pair in a different color before they are gone. I haven't check them all, but those I have check have been the same height.   

6 hours ago, Shyheels said:

My trouble is not just the length but the narrowness - in that regard women's lasts are much better width for me. They just don't come long enough.  And often men's shoes are simply too wide. I could never wear Puma trainers, for example, because no matte what the size, they were  far too wide.  

Although I have mostly size 10 some 11 (US women's) feet, I have strange pear shape feet. Large thick toe box, skinny heel.  For too many decades I suffered through men's shoes, 9.5 EEE.  I could get my toe box in but then have over 1 cm gap on each side of the heel.  This lead to multiple ankle problems, injuries, and surgeries. This issue stopped when I "discovered" women's shoes fit my feet.

I went from hating shoe shopping and having few shoes to enjoying shoe shopping and having over 80 heels.

Or maybe he needs to get something from the attic.  Attics are really cold in Iowa.🤨

I went to a DSW (aka Designer Sneakers Warehouse) for the first time in 6 months yesterday.  This store use to have 20% sneakers, 6 months ago it was 50% and now 75%. Sad, really sad.

I searched the discount racks - saw nothing I wanted. I did find a pair of Vince Camuto clogs that I liked. But my heel stuck out a little and a women trying of some club shoes told me to go out a half size.  But that was their highest size. So I decided to look online to see if they had large sizes. They were not on the DSW website. So I searched the Vincecamuto website and found they came in up to size 12. And they were $30 cheaper!  But the heel differential was low, under 3.5 inch (8.9 cm) so I passed.

I wear my boots on the outside of my pants all the time. The last time I wore my Jessica Simpson stilettoes shoe shopping, the shoe manager told me she had the same pair, but had to give them away when her feet grow during pregancy. Mine are not "modest"  heels, most 4 inch + whatever platforms.  I get the eye roll, more often from older adult women. The eye roll is where they see your boots, roll their eyes up and see you're male, then roll their eyes down to look at the boots again. By that time I am past them Kids sometimes will point it out to their parents. Rarely a comment.

My boots are real or faux leather or suede. I would guess the responce might be different if I wore a fetish or shiny plastic looking boots. Or boots covered in sequins.

It took sometime to start wearing them on the outside. But my boots weren't cheap, so why hide them. I trying to expand my boots into other colors and styles, like the western boots in ICE from Freebird.

My running (track) friends have always envied my calves. When I tore my calf, it swelled to a circumference over 24 inches (61 cm). It was winter and all I could get on over the calf was extra large sweatpants or shorts. Currently, they are 16.5 to 17 inches (~41 cm).

Update: It should be fine for my calves.

12 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

Funny banter about the color. Before I scrolled through all of that, I suspected that the color was supposed to be sort of pre-distressed. However, I can see another problem completely unrelated to color. Since I know you like to try things on in person, this isn't really a problem, you will know right away. The boots are fairly slim fitting on the model. Your calves are rather bigger than your average female model's. Is this going to be an issue?

I would love to try these on but the closes store is a 2+ hour flight away.  They look slim to me too, especially the toe, so I was going up a size to a 11 (they come in a size 12 as well).  Free shipping and RETURNS. But I'll look at the calf circumference again.

I comes in 3 colors, but they are not solid colors. The edgy cowgirl look?

2 hours ago, Shyheels said:

They definitely need a thorough clean 

The color is called "Ice".

1 hour ago, pebblesf said:

LOVE them!  Great color, and rugged heels.  Hope you get them for sure.  Would love to try them on sometime

The trouble is they are expensive, even on sale,  But they go up to a size 12. And they have stores in towns you visit.

Thinking about getting these. Any comments?