p1ng74

Sounds like you had a fun time and that the shut ins enjoyed your gifts of music to them.  Kudos to you for manning up to standing on the bus the whole time, in heels.  It is the right practice to be a gentlemen and give up our seat for a lady, and I have made it a point not to change that when wearing heels.  And at the same time, my new experience of wearing heels and skirts might have given me fuller appreciation of why we exercise these courtesies, to give women a break.  

Brucellosis

14 hours ago, Cali said:

But would we have same variety I now enjoy with women's heels? I'm a lucky US size 10.

Yes I am lucky too, and even if they made heels for men nothing will beat being able to shop on either side of the store.  But most men, even with the lucky smaller foot sizes, don’t even think about shopping in the women’s side.  I was that way for my entire life... until 2 months ago.  

On the other hand, in Western wear stores it is very common for a salesperson to walk a women over to the men’s side to get correct fitting boots if they have the larger, wider feet that fit them.  

Backwards

7 hours ago, pebblesf said:

And, no, I was not wearing my new Sam Edelman boots while working, just regular Tony Lama cowboy boots....D

You get credit for that too!  Even in Texas I don’t see a lot of guys wearing dress cowboy boots except to church.  Cowboy boots are what brought me into heels, so I think wearing boots also makes a contribution towards acceptance of men wearing heels.   

It seems the video is trying to make the point that the reason guys don’t wear heels is because people are generally not open minded enough to accept it yet.  However, based on our positive experiences wearing heels in public, I don’t think that is true.  I think the biggest barrier nowadays is accessibility.  If heels were available to men on their side of the store, a lot more people would try, buy, and wear them.  We would probably find a lot more people like me, who kind of stumbled upon the pleasures of wearing heels by accident.  

Nice, I should find a black skirt like that as I like that dressy look.  And I really like your bow tie too!

2 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

I started wearing pink t-shirts to work (construction) in 2013. I remember the time frame because it was the start of construction work being available again after the Great Recession. I didn't wear pink shirts every day, but at least one day a week. These range(d) from pastel pink to fushia. I personally think fushia ought to be acceptable as a third high-viz color, bright orange and lime-green being the officially OSHA recognized two. 

At any rate, there were a couple people at work who gave me some grief about wearing pink shirts, and one of them was pretty serious about it! I think he seriously believed there was something seriously wrong with me. Today, 5 years later, no one mentions it...EVER. 

When I was a child the hot pink shirt was my favorite.  I have always worn pink and never had any real issue with it.  But I guess if someone wanted to think there was something wrong with me there was always something more extraordinary than wearing pink to call me out on lol.  

How

4 hours ago, Cali said:

Dressing feminine is relatively easy compared to incorporating women fashion into your every day clothes and projecting masculine. Adding color is one of the first steps. Years ago I lost 65 pounds and (happily) had to replace many segments of my wardrobe. I switched several sections of my wardrobe to women's versions because they either fit better (I like tighter fitting tops) or there isn't a male version. And I have more colorful clothes as a result. I call what I do as blending, not freestyling.  Many times a women's tall medium fits better than the men's version, tighter, showing off my lack of a (round) belly

What started me was jealousy and envy. I was jealous that women are allowed to mix and match feminine and masculine fashion but men weren't. Jealous that women had items that men didn't, such as leggings, and the right to color. I'm still jealous and envious that I can't wear leggings to work. But I can and do wear high heels.  Still men can't wear polka dot tops or horizontal striped tops. I get looks when I wear a lilac top unless I pair it perfectly.

After many decades of severe ankle problems and multiple surgeries and rehabs, I discovered that I had women's shape feet and have only purchase women's shoes.  I haven't had ankle problem since.

Yes I can see the feminine association with polka dot but restrictions against horizontal stripes and certain color shirts is silly.  I guess I have been colorful for so long that I no longer think much about being the only guy in the office in lilac or a hot pink shirt.  Wearing the same white or blue as everyone else is too boring.  

Transfer

13 hours ago, mlroseplant said:

How many people notice? I guess that depends upon whom you ask. My wife is convinced that everybody notices, and that they all stop what they're doing for a second or two and stare in malignant disbelief. I, on the other hand, think only a few people notice, and few react. The truth is probably somewhere in between. This is a useless statistic, but I'm going to put it out there anyway--I think about 10% of casual observers notice from any sort of distance, but of those, 90% do not have any sort of visible reaction.

In addition, I think it's becoming less and less of a big deal to wear heels out in public. I have noticed less and less reaction as the years go by, and when I do get a reaction that is big enough for me to even discern, it's been positive.

However, I don't pretend that people don't talk about me later on, after my encounters with them. My son, who works part-time at Wal-Mart while he's going to school, told me about a month ago that one of his coworkers came into the stock room and told him, "There is a man in the store who is wearing high heels!" My son evidently asked the coworker, "This man.  .  . was he with a little Asian kid?" "Well.  .  . yeah, as a matter of fact. How did you know?" "That's my dad." My son didn't really say how negative the comment was, but the way he told it, it was more surprise than anything.

Right, surprise is not a bad thing.  A little harmless surprise adds color to our day.  If we just see people wearing the same things every day then life might get boring and there would be nothing to talk about.  

3 hours ago, MackyHeels said:

JeffB you said best. What i conclude reading many posts in this forum and from experience whenever a male is fully open, honest, wearing entire feminine outfit. He is better accepted compared to one choosing outfit that is half masculine and feminine. Conclude people get confused or find it odd to look upon someone that doesn't complete an outfit for his or her gender coming off as androgynous style.  

But women mix and match feminine and masculine fashion all the time, and there doesn’t seem to be any confusion.  Women have been slowly moving away from dresses, skirts, and heels, and are wearing suits, pants, and oxfords, and there are many that look good doing so while looking feminine.  Women seem to be good at expanding the boundaries of feminine fashion.  Is this something that men could pull off?  Could we wear kilts and higher heels and push the scope of men’s fashion past the current scope to gain acceptance of these elements as part of a masculine outfit and look?  Personally, this experimentation with new boundaries of a masculine outfit is what I am more interested in, rather than how to dress feminine.  

Parallel

Sounds like you had a fun time, but too bad you didn’t find conclusion to your main mission.  Keep looking and I hope you find one!

While

3 minutes ago, HappyinHeels said:

Steve,

This is a useful article for many. I appreciate the fact the author made the effort to use the word people or person instead of using women or woman. There are precious few articles about high heels which do that.  Thanks for posting it HinH

Haha that didn't even register with me as being extraordinary.  After all, those anatomical facts about feet apply to men as much as they do to women.  Though as we can see, women do have easier access to a more variety of styles matching their foot types.  On the men's side of the store, almost all the shoes look the same.  

I think it will be tough to find a podiatrist that will recommend wearing high heels.  But I do like that the article is pointing to certain styles that work better with certain feet, rather than just saying heels are always bad for you, and you should wear ugly shoes that are “healthier” for your feet.  

My arches are starting to fall and I’ve been doing foot exercises to try to manage it.  I generally feel like switching between different shoes and heel heights from day to day also helps, as it promotes more strength and flexibility, and less laziness in the foot and ankle.  I do not have the medical knowledge to prove that I am doing the right thing but my feet definitely feel better, and the occasional cramps I used to get in my feet in the morning have disappeared.  

Allen Boots posted this great line on FB, regarding boots of course:

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Violin

32 minutes ago, Steve63130 said:

Yes, but those tradeoffs for wearing heels are minimal compared to the rewards!

Good job!

Steve

And I don’t think it has to be a trade off.  When I first started doing a lot of walking in 4” heels, I found that slowing down actually allowed me to observe and appreciate the things around me more, and kick the habit of walking as fast as possible, all the time, which can be annoying to others at times.  Besides, over time you will probably develop a technique to walk faster in heels for times when you need to be in a hurry.  

Forte

Wow, I'd like to work towards a collection kind of like this:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/gs_onsale/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Wow, Paul Bond continues to outdo themselves.  This is amazing:

Gershwin