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Even though I have hose and stockings I never wear them, just don't see them worn anymore.  My legs are tan and my hairs have thinned out and turn blonde-ish.

Today work shoes.  Below is after 8 hours walking. If you look carefully you will see that these shoes have a problem.  More about that on Cali World.

Since it is now too hot for jeans, I have returned to my more normal look, Shorts with Heels. Or as I call it the "No Hiding Look."  There no second guessing by anyone.  Today's is shorts with Charles (by Charles David) gladiators.  Heels are a few years old but I haven't worn them since pre-pandemic. Nobody noticed them....lol

Ukrainian tipped...blue with yellow French tips, yellow with blue French tips.

Maybe one day you will evolve to shorts with stilettos or knee high or both.  There's no hiding with shorts and heels.

Gas

Burrito

Too short for me, but glad to see in the market place.

SF I'll be in SoCal for a few days in September....look for me.  🙃

Wrinkle

Don, I don't take pictures at work. I am trying to normalize my heels at work (been successful for 7 years so far) and taking pictures might change that. I known at work for having outrageous heels. As a result I will take pictures at home before I leave in the morning. 

That day we had an emergency with over 20 police and sheriff officers responding.  Having been on an Emergency Response Team I had to step up play an active role.  Just in 4 inch stilettoes.

Congratulations @flavio!!!!!!  The biggest impediment is usually ourselves.  The first few times are always the hardest. Then they become mundane. I been wear heels to work since 2011.  Originally they were shorties, 2-3 inch types. worn with pants that hide them.  Even at 2 inches people noticed I was a little taller. I have been wearing heels with around 4+ inch rise between platform and heel since 2015, but still think twice about some things.

For example, I had been working from home since March 2020 and I will be on-site for only 6 weeks in June and July before going back to on-line. On Tuesday I wore my Jessica Simpson's blue suede stiletto booties to work, see Jeans and Heels thread for a picture, but debated if I should wear them into a large mall to return some pants. I even brought another pair of heels to wear.  But after some reflective thought I wore them into the mall, did my return and walked back to my car and left to avoid traffic. I was happy I didn't give into my fears.

Blemish 

More luck than any planning. I had my old Steve Madden wedges mules in my car just in case the stilettos I wore on Tuesday became painful (which they didn't) and forgot to take them out of my car.

I can't believe this is happening. I bought these sandals just as the pandemic hit so I have not had a change to wear these out.  So this morning I put them on, took the picture for the Jeans and Heels thread and went off to work. When I got to work I notice one of my heels was loose and I looked down and I could see it was broke.....ARRRRGH  first time and broken. So I took them off when I got to my desk.  Lucky for me I had another pair of heels in my car.

Since I can't return them, I going to try to fix them ... maybe use gorilla glue. Any suggestions?

To answer @mlroseplant question statement, we have had a cold front the past week with temps in the low 60's in the morning and mid 70's in the afternoon.  Should warm up later this week and I will be back to shorts. But today I wore my black Express high rise in High FlexX and these Steve Madden sandals.  First time I have wore these sandals, BUT look at CaliWorld to see what happened.

Hi All,

I'm starting this thread so that we can leave the legging thread to leggings only.  I also wear leggings.

So here's what it about, how do you pair you heels with you jeans.  Do you hide your heels, do you show them off.  Skinny, straight, flair, etc.  

Jeans:  make and maybe size; shoes: brand and name.

And a picture.

Lately I have been on a stiletto kick, haven't been going into work, so rarely wear my stilettos.  Wore my Jessica Simpson knee boots last week and today another Jessica Simpson stiletto booties, Riene,

jeans are Express high FlexX skinny in high rise  medium.  FlexX covers several sizes with outrageous stretch. 

I these JS Riene's in other colors too.  I have the JS Rachie

Then I got the JS Raxen picture below (remember I love my stilettos!) but they just don't fit. Three similar styles, I have the other two in the Red, Blue (Navy), and Black.

I normally wear a size 10, but in Jessica Simpsons I need a size 11.

Spindle 

It's almost always boot season in my world. Yesterday was a cooler day with temps under 80 F, so I decided it was time to wear my Jessica Simpson knee high stilettos to work.

Cooler day with temps in the 70's. So I thought it would be a good day to wear my Jessica Simpson Rollin suede stiletto knee highs in to work. I'm only scheduled to work on-site about 25 days this year.  Love these boots, so very easy to walk in and comfortable, wore for over 9 hours. Got a few "awesome"' from both women and men. To me the biggest surprise was that I wasn't the only one in 4 inch knee highs; just the only one in stilettos.😄

And now for another mishap ...

I think this sums up what happened ...

These shoes had been wobbly all day. I had put them on at 7:30 in the morning but at around 3 pm I was walking when all of a sudden the next step I was wearing a flat on one foot. 

Live Edge

I wear (short) shorts all summer long. Just like with skirts, there's no hiding your heels. Expect to get many more comments like this:

7 hours ago, hiddenheels said:

As I'm checking out the shoes, this lady stops and tells me that I walk perfectly in the heels, and how she used to wear them but not anymore. I was a little surprised, so am not sure what I responded (but it was pleasant).

Respond with sympathy that she can't wear heels like she wants to or use to.  

Next time you are at the mall shopping in a skirt and heels, stop in a shoe store and go shopping. The sales staff will recognize (by your heels) that you are a real customer and not just a looky look, so you will get great service. 

Shoes aren't damage, just my pride. I know it happens, just wish it was not to me.

3 hours ago, SF said:

Quick, obtain the surveillance video of the “incident” and destroy it!

Can't, too many cameras, will just have to wait for it to show up on YouTube.😄

BTW this was not the content I was hoping to add.

Well it finally happened after almost a decade in high heels.

Yesterday, I was walking across the parking lot and my back heel must of come down on a painted stripe and my foot slipped out and over I went.  Very minor scratch on a knee but a big hit to my dignity.

1 hour ago, Jkrenzer said:

You are  luck at that. You have oddly small nails, that has to help.

I've had work done. Both big toes have had ingrown nail surgery. I also had a hammertoe bone removal in the second smallest toe and tendon release/realignment in the adjacent baby toe with 8 inch pins inserted.

Socks with sandals? Please no.  I only wear socks with closed toe shoes shoes, which was about once in the last two months. At 67 its sandals with pads. I'm lucky, my toe nails are in get (typo should be "great") shape.