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I had a 40 hour nightmare of cancel flights, switching airports, delayed flights, and airport sleeping in my Sydney to LAX and then home in fall 2023. Wore my 4 inch booties for almost all of the time.

Another fine day of heels at work. 6 knee highs boots with 3.5 to 4 inch block heels. And two others in stilettos. 

20 minutes ago, Gige said:

...two firsts for me – traveling in heels and being “out and about” in heels...

I have been flying domestically and internationally in heels for over a decade. The only extra issue is I need to take my heels off to go through the metal detector. The zipper sets off the machine every time. Knee high boots draw attention every time. But I have yet to travel in a skirt. Maybe one day (soon).

Yes, your eyesight is correct, it was a HE. That' part of what makes this a little different. It was a male manager and it was a male in the couple that made the remarks.

I had an interesting shoe wise day. I had 1.5 hours free in the afternoon today so I went to a large mall near work. First stop was the large Women's Macy's with a very large shoe department, saw nothing of real interest. Then over to an Aldo, nothing; then to the Steve Madden store.  While I was looking over what they had, the manager told me he "could only last 3 hours at most in heels like yours." We chatted for a few minutes and I moved on.

I looked at Norstrom's shoes, again nothing of interest. 

Walking back thru the mall, a young couple walk up to me and the guy said "i really like you heels." (I bet one day soon he will try a pair on.)

Last stop was at Forever 21, I was looking for a small chain for a Halloween costume, but they didn't have it either. Exiting the store a young girl was filling out a job application, looked up and said "I just had to stop you and tell you how much I love your heels."

Today I had a pair of Flexx straight leg jeans with over calf boots. So only a bit of the heel showed.

It has been months since I had this much interest in my foot wear, especially in less than an hour and a half.

I called them mauve before seeing others responce.

6 hours ago, Puffer said:

I'm bound to ask whether a 'high level meeting' implies a reasonable showing of heels, as noted by you.   What were you wearing? - I'm guessing 4"+.

"high level meeting"  means executives from different groups coming together to discussion MONEY, hundreds of millions.

I went "short", 4.25 with a 0.27 platform (inch) faux suede boots with a thin (not stiletto) heel.

6 hours ago, Puffer said:

I was genuinely surprised to see so many 'dogs wearing heels' pics on the web; paws for thought indeed. 🤔  I could not resist adding this one, where the dog is the shoe itself!:

What did I tell you?  I was surprise myself. That's why I suggested to Google the phrase and see for yourselve.

You really have to love dogs to wear that 'doggie heel' above.

Even more proof that Cali World is very different.

I was at a high level meeting with about 20 + people today, 11 women.

Two 4-inch stilettos

Three 3-inch block heels

One 4-inch wedge

Three 2-inch block heels

One kitten stiletto

One running shoe

Then, while leaving the long meeting, I saw two more women in 2.5 - 3 inch heels.

20 hours ago, Puffer said:

I have yet to see a dog wearing heels that high. 

I saw this and I know your way with words. But this was an easy 'challenge', so I Googled "dogs in high heels".

Up came hundreds of videos, tiktok, youtube, ... of dogs walking in high heels. Stores selling high heels for dogs.

So now here's your opportunity to see dogs wearing heels.

Have fun with your Google search.

The title of this is Cali World. That's because where I live very different. For example I keep seeing some heels. On Tuesday, two women came to my lecture with 3 inch heels. And this morning a woman was walking her dog with 2.5-3 inch heels.

I wrote a long essay in responce yesterday, and can't find what happened to it.

I have a half dozen 4 inch heeled knee highs. Love wearing them especailly during the colder months. They're not cheap heels either. Haven't worn them under my pants since 2018. I like to show them off now, so in the fall/winter/spring I wear them over my sikinny jeans or cords. In the summer, I like the "mess-with-your-mind" look of stiletto knee highs and short shorts with a short sleeve dress shirt (sometimes a Hawiian shirt).

The only thing to watch out for in this look is to be carefull not to get your heels caught up is the cuff of your pants as you walk; the trip after that is not fun.

This afternoon I was standing outside my house trying to determine where the sewer line might exit the property when my neighbor returned. Her 8 year old daughter jumps out and askes, "No heels?"

"No, dirting out a sewer line." 

And her mother added "not a place for nice heels."

Is new or old, I don't know because it I am unwilling to get very sick to test. I have an idea what it was, overload of MSG/surfides, but it has never been this bad.

12 hours ago, Gige said:

So, I thought an update may be necessary. Probably not though....

I have been giving much thought to this topic and have fielded and read a few words of well spoken advice. Thus, I have arrived at the conclusion that heel height is not always that important. I have come to believe, in fact, that what is important is not so much what  is worn but how it is worn. I would argue that one can appear equally as elegant in flats as a pair of 5"/12cm heels. Take today's outfit for example. I was wearing a maroon turtleneck, khaki dress pants, and brown Miz Mooz (brand) 3.5" heeled oxfords.

 

I had to laugh when I read this. On Tuesday, I wore a maroon turtle neck (Express women's), grey Flexx straight leg jeans (also Express) a large hoodie (it was cold) and my standard Steve Madden wedges.

It's been some time since I wrote in this thread.  Mostly since I have been having problem finding new heels. The sneaker/croc generation has taken over.

I was at a meeting on Tuesday and there was 4-5 women with heels over 2 inches, one at 4 inches.

Then yesterday I ended up in the ER, allergic reaction to a Costco sample. The woman who drew my blood told she wished she could wear heels but back surgeries made it possible. And the nurse assign to me was suprise when she handed me my wedges. Said, "can you walk in these, I could never." So I put on the wedges, walked to the restroom. When I got back I asked her, "Well, can I walk in heels?"

I too have several pairs. I used them in my waders for river salmon fishing. 

Also wearing certain shoes makes womens feet change and the lack of muscle tone does not allow 'her' to stand too long in heels. If you don't use it, you lose it.

Skinny jean/pants will never be out of date with knee high boots, unless you want to hide the boots

October is our hot season. It is in the 90's here today on the beach. So, if I went to work today, it might be shorts and knee highs. But it's errands day, so I wore shorts and Steve Madden mules.

I now have 7 knee high boots: faux suede, suede, and leather; block heels and stilettos.

But why wait till fall, knee highs and shorts is a great summer look too.

Jumping off a form bought back (painful) memories. In the 70's I jumped off a loading dock onto a grass area. However, a water pipe had broken and I jumped into a mud pit. I hurt my ankle.  Black and blue from my toes to my waist, but this before MRIs or CAT scans and all they told me was I sprained it. Men's shoes would have me turning my ankle 5 to 6+ times a week, YES A WEEK. I would have to sit down, message it and I would be able to get up and go in a minute or so. 25+ years latter, when they looked into that ankle, they found I had torn my tendon off a bone in my foot. It got reattached in that foot's first reconstruction.Later, that foot had a leaky tendon, and had to have the leak sealed. Then that foot had another reconstruction when scar tissue from the first operation interferred with my blood flow. During that operation they also rerouted another tendon. After that operation I found women's shoes and have had no further issues. Except when I was walking in running shoes and pavement broke off and I totaled my peronral tendon.

Now for the other foot. In the mid 80's I hyperextended the achilles tendon playing tennis. Had to wear a 'balleria' cast, a cast with a 3 inch stooped built into the heel. Couldn't wait to get that cast off. Then in the nineties, I stepped into a gopher hole just before leaving on a family vacation. When I returned, I had both ankles looked at. They wanted to work on both ankles, but I choose this one first. I had broken a bone inside my ankle sack. They also tighten my tendons too.  Then I stubbed my toe, I meaning really stub it. I wouldn't get straight and would just stick straight up. In that operation they reroute tendons and took out a hammer toe joint, then inserted 6 inch rods/pins through the toes. Weeks later when they pulled those pins out I screamed at the highest pitch ever.

@mlroseplant try soaking your foot in Epsom Salt and see what happens.

I still love my suede knee high Jessica Simpson stilettos with a 1.5 inch platform.

I agree that platform wedges are harder to walk in because of the pebble/twig scenario.  BUT I still wear them. 

Because of the boards I am on, I have seen at least 10 women in 3-4 inch heels in the last week. Boots, stilettos, block heels, etc.

57 minutes ago, Gige said:

In order to make this a truly superfluous exercise, allow me to ask the question of what if the shoe/boot has a platform? So, if a 4"/7.5cm shoe/boot, for example, has a 1.5"/3cm platform, does that make it a "mid heel?" What if the heel height and platform are equal, making essentially a "flat?" I really do not think it matters much as at the end of the day, each person wears what is comfortable. 

That's why several of us talk about rise (heel - platform) instead of just heel hieght.  My sweet spot is 3.75 in to 4.5 in rise, but it has become increasing hard to find heels in this range. So I now have some 3.5 inch heels.

For me it was about 5 year old Gladiator Sandals where the sides pulled out.

Its the glue used to hold the shoes together. The glue get brittle with age and turns into a powder. I have had about 6 pairs that had the same failure at about the same age of the shoe.