Cali

Sleep-on-it

@mlroseplant you are very brave to count. I'm too afraid to count. 

we are the champions

Tram

GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So does Steven Madden.

Split Pea

4 hours ago, at9 said:

UK dress size 10 is equivalent to US dress size 6. This table confirms my belief: https://www.asknumbers.com/ClothingWomensConversion.aspx

Good because I wear US women's size 10 and I would hate to think a 5'2" woman would too..

There have been two women I let slip away that I wish I had taken. But you shouldn't cry after spilled milk.

I need to find that place and get my PhD in Knee High Boots.

Ivories 

Dentures

For some reason those pants @Pierre1961 shout French.

I would go with less balloon pants. I'm loving my skinny jeans.

St. Andrews

Just look out for clobber stones.  I encounter some in Edinburgh in 2019.

Steer

Inner Elvis

Print

2 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

Aha! And now we know, as Paul Harvey used to say, the rest of the story. I never knew there was any rest of the story. I just figured some people are luckier than others, and can just walk in heels easily right away. I am not such a person. Oh, I could walk just fine in short order, if by "walk" you mean simply "not fall down." I can also water ski and ice skate without falling down, but I'm not necessarily very pleasant to look at while "not falling down," if you get my meaning.

After years of 4 sets of incline ankle lifts per ankle per day, your ankles are strong and your balance is great.  (This is the same exercise Korean Air stewardess use to wear heels while flying.)

I had found the shoes at DSW and tried on my shorter -wider foot there.  I put them on during a (catch-up) break from lecturing. Stood up, found my balance in under a minute and 10 minutes later I was walking around and not think about the heels. After two hours, I got on my cart, got in my car and drove home. After over week not being able to stand or walk without tippy toeing around, it was fantantic to walk.

Olympics

I like to add one thing to this conversation. Money.

Don't go crazy until you find your size.  Be sure that you can return it if it does fit right. Life's too short for shoe that don't fit. Some here buy pre-loved, some buy inexpensive shoes, some buy expensive name brands, the only thing that really matters is fit.

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Yes, I went to 4 inch heels and was able to walk in them immediately.

BUT -- there are circumstances that contributed to this:

• I had been wearing 1.5 - 2.5 inch heels for about a year and I had a 2.5 inch heel from late 70's to early 90's.
• I had been through three ankle reconstructions, so I had been doing years of physical therapy on my ankles and walking on my toes, toe lifts, balance, etc.
• I just had a major leg injury where I couldn't walk unless I was on my toes, I couldn't even stand.  I had to raise both heels by 4 inches to heal.

I knew my size, so I purchased some 4 inch heels from the discount rack at nearby DSW during a break. I tried them on in a middle of a lecture. Got up and within a minute I was lecturing without thinking about the heels. I could walk for the first time in over a week.

There is even difference between stilettos. there are all sorts of variations. It matters what the heel is made out of (flex) and position on the shoe and the angle it comes out at. In other threads talk about how the show is designed, long-toed/short-toed; how step the rise is an if it is supportive or not.  We each have different foot shapes, I know mine is different from most, large toe box, high arch, thin heel.  I wear mostly size 10, but I need size 11 in some brands (Jessica Simpson and Nine West). So you have to experiment with sizes and brands at the beginning. 

And repeat after me

"I will not purge."

Lemon

Slutty

I think it's the homing device buried deep inside those hollow heels