Cali

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.

Although I wear heels almost all the time, the number of interactions has been minimal. I still get a stare now and again, like at the airport last week, a woman in line at an outside baggage drop off gave me an open mouth stare while I was unloading my friend's bags at drop off. When I caught her, she quickly turned the other way. And today a women commented on my heels as I was walking into the farmers market..."wow those are some high heels."

But these are only minimal interactions. Like at my nail salon, I'm a regular and I'm expected to come in high heels, so no heel interaction.

6 weeks of in-person then back to on-line through December. Hopefully more interaction stories.

Slow time in the heel world.

This week I was exiting the post office when this woman and I approach the exit door at about the same time. I let her go first.  As we both went to our cars (we parked close to each other) I jokingly said “I was just letting you hold the door open for me, ha ha.”

“Oh, when I saw your high heels, I thought you might need help with the door.”

We chatted about heels for another minute and got into our respective cars and drove off.

BUT next week I will go back to working in-person, the first time since March 2020, so more heeling stories might happen.

There's an easier solution to leg hair. I have to tape my legs to do some winter sports, so I have been waxing my legs for a few years. Hair and K-Tape do not work together and I hate stubble. My last wax was in March and you can hardly see any hair.  A combination of the hair getting lighter in color, thinner in size, and less overall.  The woman next to me getting a pedi this pass week remarked how nice and tan my legs were.  And the pain...it gets easier and easier.

Shingles

I have friends who ran track decades ago and they are envious of my calves. Comes from growing up on the top of a hill.  I buy size 10 jeans or 31". Knee high and thigh high size 10 boots are snug (not tight) on my legs. 311's are as slim as I can go and keep blood flow to my legs.  I also like high-flex jeans in medium which are size 8 thru 10.

Vinyl

LOL.  Can't get those 710 over my calves.

1 hour ago, pebblesf said:

Yes, I did look at the 311s, but didn't try them on because I thought they were tagged as "high rise". The sales women did spend considerable time with me, they steered me back to the 512s, claiming that the lower legs were actually tighter than the 510s.  Like you say, seems like women's jeans are trending back towards flared/loose legs, which I'm not interested in.  I did like the fit of the thrifted lucky brand jeans I bought, but can't deal with the lack of useable pockets.  Why the heck do they make them that way, the levis women's pockets were the same.  Perhaps they just figure women will be carrying some sort of bag/clutch.  I did take some pictures of the 512s, but phone is messed up so will post them when I can.  I do want to try leggings, walked by the lululemon store, but remember you all saying they are pricey.  

sorry, didn't mean to derail the original discussion.  D

OK, so the information I got from someone saying I should try sizing down from 11/12s is probably unrealistic.  I got 34-32s in the levis 512s.  

311's are mid rise with small pockets. Pockets are found in high rise jeans.  Try lululemon leggings, Try Athletica legging, try  ... only way to find what fits.  Then you know what to look for at thrift stores.

Someone here turned me on to ILNP (I Love Nail Polish out of Las Vegas).  I like their holographic blues. Years ago, my Ex-wife and daughter loved the colors on my toes and borrowed my nail polish.  They have bought a lot of nail polish from ILNP since then. Yesterday she showed me her latest color from them, a champagne holographic glitter and I showed her my Ukrainian Tip nails.

Red is rarely found on my nails, most only used as part of some art work or under a metallic rub to get Rose Gold.