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Nice images, as ever. I love those River Island court shoes, and many of the others you posted.

I have a pair of closed toe, 4 inch heel, UK size 7, court shoes by Update, and those are uncomfortable as well.

Just tested it, and it works OK. You need java enabled in your browser. Suggest a day and time (and the time zone) that people ought to tune in. Perhaps Sunday afternoon/evening 21:00 UTC (makes it late afternoon in the US, and still before midnight in Europe.

As we have two parallel threads on the same subject, I'll suggest that we all continue in http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=1585&highlight= as that has more posts than this one.

Your "attic" is bigger than this house and the one next door, combined.

IBM 400MHz laptop, 128MB, 6GB, Windows 98SE, Mozilla 1.2.1.

You can see that shoe chair "modelled" at http://www.sensualsara.com/

That is the site that I mentioned above; only just stumbled over it again.

Maybe some of the newer members on HH board, ones who possibly haven't seen that link before, will nonetheless find it useful. It's a nice site, and has a lot of very nice images.

... when you come here several times per day.

Same description also applies to Scotland most of the time, from what I hear.

Went out clubbing last Saturday, and saw several girls wearing the J-Lo boots. One had them in brilliant in white, with very thin laces.

I also saw her a few hours earlier on the train. She got hers in New Look, and sat close by travelling on the train. She was really pleased with her boots, and showed them to us. What do you do when a 16-year old asks your opinion as to whether her boots look too much like ice-skating boots, or not? Of course, I said they were unusual, that I had never seen anything like that before, and asked where she got them, and so on. If only she knew what I know. Hee hee.

The other two pairs in the club were pink and camel coloured. The local New Look only had them in camel with coloured laces, and 4 inch brown heels, when i looked today.

I have seen higher ones on the street, but I still don't know where they were bought. I would expect United Footware to have something similar, but I haven't looked in there for nearly 6 weeks now.

Nice and high! Superb. Like the ankle strap sandals the best.

Which press? US or UK?

Do you have to subscribe to see that video?

>> Is it me but is this one WAY off topic? <<

I didn't even understand the post. I guess it got dropped into completely the wrong forum and completely wrong message board, by someone with far too many windows open.

Nearly done that a few times myself.

Hmm, I saw recently that someone got a loong time in jail for having a hidden camera in a holdall, and taking pictures up womens skirts in supermarkets and such places. To an outsider, photographing peoples shoes without their knowledge isn't too far removed from that. A jury would find the explanation of just photographing the shoes, a minor detail, and may just assume that you were actually trying to do the former. I'd say that doing this stuff is taking quite a risk. It could go horribly wrong.

For leather, I'll guess you need The Little Shoe Box or Leatherworks, with prices to match.

I have met the girls from Hayway, they are really friendly, and yeah as you say it is a nice little family-run business. They make a lot of stuff, mostly PVC, and a lot of it aimed at the TV/CD market, etc, but there is some stuff there that will appeal to most people here.

No, I think they really are more comfortable. They have a different shape, and are made of different (usually softer) materials, are often more lightweight, and have a different thickness of sole. They cover the foot in different places, and the fastenings are in a different place.

They exist only as stored numbers inside a computer chip, and as photons emitted from your computer monitor.

Transformation (Euston, London) is the most pushy and arrogant business that I have ever visited. Nope, I didn't part with any money. They must get a lot of shy and dithery customers, but that is no excuse for the staff attitute, which was utterly abysmal.

Leatherworks is a fairly easy walk from Highbury & Islington tube station, but in the opposite direction to The Little Shoe Box, which is very close to that station. You should also check out the fashion shops and agencies in the main road running (I think) West from the station.

While searching for something else (the name of a retailer that I had forgotten the name of) on Google, I came across this list of shoe and boot maufacturers and retailers: http://www.mistresssaskia.com/fsbflinks.html I hope it is useful to someone.

Is that anything like the towel that Xaphod Beeblebrox had in the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy?

The Little Shoe Box, Leatherworks, Hayway, Divine and so on (just mentioning a few UK companies), and many more world-wide, seem to have viable businesses just selling stiletto heels to men. Maybe they ought to try getting some of their stuff into high street outlets.

Hmm, I realise that United Footware have some stuff similar to this; but it is still marketed as ladies, even if some (lots?) of it is bought by the gents for themselves.

I know that my feet are UK size 6.5 or Eur size 39.5. I do find that most things that fit well, do not stray very far from being marked in those sizes.

However, I was once caught out by buying Size 7 marked shoes, in the UK, without first trying them on, and then found that they did not fit at all. It was then realised that they had the US size marked on them, so were only a UK size 5.5 or so. Maybe this is what is happening to you if the size marking seems to be way out?

>> Emma Peel was the best secret agent ever. The Brimstone Club was the best episode ever. <<

Before the days of video recorders, I remember an episode of The Avengers where Joanna Lumley was escaping from the bad guys in 5 inch heel sandals. She had to climb up or over something and they did a real close up shot of her shoes and lower legs. Phhwooaarrrr!