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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?

This is a typical converse error. Non-binary individuals might want to dress a certain way, i.e. in heels, but dressing a certain does NOT imply a person is non-binary.

My podiatrist (after laughing at my arches) wants me in 2.5 inches or higher heels to absorb the arch. She knows I wear 4 inchers all the time and is okay with it.

Saw some this week, but the heel was not high enough for me.

🤣🤣🤣  Only $650? Get two.

I have a few heels that cost north of $250 and I expect to get 20 years or more of service from them. Many of the under $50 heels only last a few years.

Start with ankle lifts.

On 12/31/2022 at 5:30 PM, Shyheels said:

Happy New Year to all!

May it be filled with great things,

Mine’s certainly off to a stylish start with a pair of lovely brown knee boots with slender 3” block heels. Thick soft deerskin leather.

Any grand plans/resolutions for 2023?

I would have thought one of your goals for 2023 would be WHITE GO GO boots.

It's hard.  Pre-pandemic, I would be in heels from 8 to 16 hours a day, 4 to 7 days a week. However, working from home, its hard to keep my heels on.  If I wear my Steve Madden mules I tend to kick then off when I sit in my office and then walk around barefoot.  I haven't been getting the daily minimum time in high heels I need for my hip.  For this reason I will sometimes wear my knee highs around my house because I don't (can't easily) take them off. 

4 inch platforms are a little too much for me (unless I want to clean the top of my refrigerator), but I have plenty in the 2 inch range and a few higher. We all have different taste/styles and we are lucky that there is the variety for us out there.

And now to get most of the members here upset, I don't wear pumps.  😂

On another note, my new J LO OTK boots don't fit, so back they go. 🤨  And the search continues.

1 hour ago, Puffer said:

Is this considered sufficiently 'normal' (ignoring optional hat and sunglasses)?   The pic has been seen here before and is (or was) an advert for 'Omano' boots, from Spain.   Although posed, it seems to me to show a relaxed man wearing everyday clothing with plain-looking boots that just happen to have a (very) high but well-proportioned heel.   A look - indeed, a lifestyle - which I suggest most of us would be happy to emulate.

  

That's normal.

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This is not a look that will help pave the path for more men to wear heels. The dainty purse looks out of place and balloon pants ... come on.

This is about as good as a photo of a guy playing a round of golf in stilettoes and a midriff.

What needs to be out there are photos of "normal" men in "normal" attire doing "normal" things in a "normal" way AND in heels.

1 hour ago, SF said:

I have not had any luck at DSW the past few years in finding larger sizes.  At least at the stores.  Most everything there stops at size 10.  I like trying on the shoes in person.   Merry Christmas all.....    sf

I'm waiting for the after Christmas sales. 😀

6 hours ago, kneehighs said:

Link to Christian Louboutin "Yoz the Lips" 70mm high heel boot for men.  Only $1895, lol.

I need to go and buy these for only $1895 before they are sold out. (NOT)

3 hours ago, Shyheels said:

Where gender fluid fashion isn’t aimed at the Alphabet folks, it is all too often drearily neutral, studiously avoiding anything that could pin it to either side of the fence. It tends to be neither fish nor fowl, but rather uniform and uninteresting.

The opportunities for the Alphabet folk are there, undoubtedly. And that’s great - for them. But the marketers and fashion writers need to be aware of the broader market and make a point of telling regular guys that these new gender fluid fashions are for them too. That means presenting them in ways that will seem accessible. Nearly all the fashion articles one reads in mainstream media wax lyrical about the new openness and tolerance for the LGBTQ+ folks without ever mentioning the vast bulk of men who are paralysed by tradition and unlikely to budge without some clever salesmanship. And that is utterly lacking.

 

If you want it to be come more mainstream, then you have to be part of the movement.  You need to have the courage to be a leader in the change; early adapter?  You can't sit on the sideline and wait.

I have purchased many non-conforming items (other than heels) and have been surprised by the men that have asked me where I got the item because they want one too.

3 hours ago, Shyheels said:

I’m really tempted - it would be very satisfying. I’d love to find something that was nicely made, of buttery soft leather, with the chic look and style that evoked what it was I liked about go-go boots c.1970.

A couple times I’ve looked around to see what was available but all I could find were costume boots, cheap and plasticky. Alas…

When you find them let us know. I wouldn't mine a pair myself😀

@Shyheels, Go get those white Go-Go boots.  You only live once, enjoy it, especially in those white boots.