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whats your heighest pair of heels? as i have a pair of scream heels, domina 6 inch, a couple of pairs of platform heels and my 5.5 inch from office that i will be wearing outside soon.

Had a pair of custom made lace up thigh boots with 5" platforms and 11 " stiletto heels at one time and sold them on eBay. They were several years old and patent leather (real patent leather ) was showing it's age.

Wearing Thigh Boots in Public

For years, I have enjoyed wearing thigh boots with stiletto heels, but only wore them in private or under jeans when in public. Then I discovered this forum and I really got me thinking along the lines of “these are my boots, why can’t I wear them?”.

Last year I bought a pair of boots with a flat heel and started wearing them in public. Most of my outings were local shopping trips, and I had a good time. The boots attracted a little attention but no problems. My longest outing was a trip where I flew from Dayton Ohio to San Francisco with a layover in Detroit. The airport security had me “remove my shoes” so they could x-ray them, but they were doing that to a lot of people. There were several folks that watched me walking in the terminals with a bemused look on their faces but there isn’t a whole lot else to do in a terminal other than watch people so I figured I was just part of the show. The flight was great and the stewardess said she liked my boots.

I was in San Francisco for a business meeting and wore more “conventional” footwear while working, but in the evenings I was out and about in my boots. It was absolutely uneventful and I had a great time. The flight back was about the same as the flight out except I had to walk from one end of the Detroit airport to the other to get my flight (I was kind of glad the boots were flat heeled).

A digression – Why did I wear “conventional” footwear while working? I was representing the company I work for, not myself. I didn’t think the boots were appropriate dress for a business meeting any more than if I had worn cutoff shorts and tee shirt. That was not the “statement” I wanted to make at the meeting.

This spring, before it got too hot, I started wearing thigh boots with 4” stiletto heels over (not under) my jeans in public. My first post, under Thigh Boots on the For the Gals : Shopping in thigh boots section describes my first outing. Without repeating it here let me just say it was s rush and I had a great time.

Over the summer it is too hot to wear boots .

The weather has started to cool off again so… On the way home from work I stopped at a Bigg’s grocery supermarket. I went in wearing a short sleeved dress shirt, blue jeans and blue leather thigh boots with a 5” stiletto heel ( http://www.howcool.com/pleasersshoes/PL-8899.htm ). This is a large “super store” with 40 long isles of “stuff”. Several people noticed what I was wearing but most people gave no reaction. I had to ask a female clerk where an item was and the store policy is for the clerk to take the shopper to the item. She was very polite and took me several isles from where she was working and made no other comment. I also think she wanted to see how fast I could walk in the heels. As I was leaving the store I did get one reaction. A young kid walked past me and I watched his reflection in the glass in the lobby as he did a full 180 trun.

So far I’m having a great time and that’s the goal.

I’ll post more adventures later.

Courage yes. The wildest public boot walking that I've ever seen was at Halloween,when a young lady dressed as a dominatrix lead a young man wearing very high heeled knee boots ( at least 5 " heels ) into Red Lobster by a chain attached to a neck collar. You could hear a pin drop in restaurant. Boots were fully visable and young man wasn't made up or anything ,other than looking like her slave . They ate dinner and we left before they finished. I realize this sounds like a something maded up,but really is true. Costumes were not the cheap plastic Halloween type,but the real deal.

Hey

Here's my top 10 choices for high heel movies.

My favoritea are " Kinky Boots " and " Devil wears Prada "

Anyone got any advice on this, please? Just bought a pair from Faith that need stretching a bit - I can get them on and get the zip up, but considering they're supposed to be a size 9, they're very tight!

Should I stuff them with newspaper, or just wear them in gradually?

Any suggestions gratefully received.

SM

Ian at Jean Gaborit suggested I place a deflated soccer ball in the boot and then gently pressurize ball. Obviuosly size and type of boot would have to be taken into consideration. Haven't tried method but it sounds like it would work.

Just thought I'd inform people of this....I placed an order with www.jean-gaborit.com for some custom made boots in July. They sent the wrong boots last month. It was some cheaper non-custom made boot in a much larger size. I notified them and they were going to send the correct boots, but I have not seen them to this day. I have been emailing them, and they are not responding back to my emails. I am sorry to say that I do not recommend doing business with these people.

Just to let you know that I had left you a reply before regarding same problem. However, Ian did correct everything,and I have received boots and am very pleased with Jean Gaborit. I 'll certainly will buy again from them. Mine were shippied to wrong address or mishandled by postal service, but after 2 months boots showed up at Jean Gaborit. Ian contacted me and resent them.Also learned Jean Gaborit had some retirements and a death ,which had to be worked through.They now have a full compliment of workers,so everything should be running smoothly again.

I would suggest you contact Ian again,and mention " Chrome Boots "asked you to.

Thank you.

Just thought I'd inform people of this....I placed an order with www.jean-gaborit.com for some custom made boots in July. They sent the wrong boots last month. It was some cheaper non-custom made boot in a much larger size. I notified them and they were going to send the correct boots, but I have not seen them to this day. I have been emailing them, and they are not responding back to my emails. I am sorry to say that I do not recommend doing business with these people.

Hi,

I've had same problem with Jean Gaborit. I've been waiting since last March on a pair made with expensive chrome leather that was special ordered. Ian has always been good to work with until about 3 months ago. Apparently, a some workers left the company causing production problems. Jean Gaborit is a small company according to Ian. He promised to send boots out months ago, and nothing ever happened , nor will he answer my emails. Same situation you've experienced. Hope I'm wrong, but I'm beginning to think company has folded, is about to, or Ian is in process of leaving. It would be a shame as Ian knows boots and Jean Gaborit made great boots.