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Try fictionmania.com as well.

Several years ago, in a sale, I tried on a pair of Charles Jourdan sandals with a 4 inch stiletto heel, a very thin leather strap up the back of the foot, and the ankle held with a very fine ankle chain attached to the strap (like the current ankle cuff designs, but the cuff just being a very fine chain). Very nice, but too expensive at the time. Ho Hum.

Spotted getting off a train today, after commuting from work, a lady around 40, short and slim, wearing smart business dress, and black nylons, and very ususual shoes.

They were black court style, with a very long pointed toe, nearly 5 inch quite slim heels, but the difference was that the whole top of the foot was covered in very fine criss-cross lacing, and (I think) one or two turns around the ankle. I have seen a similar style to this before, but this was so much more well done.

She caught me looking, but didn't say anything!

Umm; this is a board about high heels?

Very Nice. Not too high. I'll bet these are comfortable for hours and hours. Unusual underside; never seen that before. I wonder how hard wearing the pattern is. Seems a shame to ever wear them outside.

You'll have to wear something raised, even if only a little bit. You can't turn up 4 inches shorter than when you last met her now can you??

>> Women in heels with, um, big guns. <<

Most men like: Women in heels with, um, big 'uns.

>> My wife does not like anything other than paper thin heels, even for herself <<

Is that paper thin comment meaning the heel height or the width?

A large amount of UK schoolgirls aged about 13 to 16 already wear 4 or 5 inch block heel loafers, or ankle boots, with roughly a 1 inch platform, every day to school. You don't see any wearing stiletto heels, but a few years ago, a few did so.

OK. Thanks, I like the thin wedge heel for some reason. I have seen a few people wearing those recently; strangely, one day I saw two different people with these, only about half a minute apart in the street. I can now see the other wedge heel (bottom right); at first glance it looked like a flap of material laying across the other shoes, and I couldn't see where the foot part of the boot would be. Now I see it as a huge, platform, wedge sandal. D'oh! Reminds me of the game with a picture of a common object photographed from an unusual angle, and you have to guess what it is...

>> This lady is well-armed. <<

Armed?? Those boots are on the legs not the arms!

Glad you managed to fix the image and the link. Corsets totally alter the way you stand and move, and when worn with heels, which also alter the way you stand and move, can be almost mind-blowing.

Nice collection. Hope you keep posting a few images here from time to time. Some really classic designs in there. I'm curious about the wedge-heel courts (pumps) in the centre of the picture; and, is that some sort of boot in the lower right?

I remember seeing something on a history site, that said that in the 1950s (or was it decades earlier?) that many shoe shops had an X-ray machine installed so that you could see how well your new shoes were going to fit. This was all in the days before it was realised how harmful the exposure to X-rays really was.

I definately feel 'different' in heels. Can't explain the feeling, or the "why". As for the people who make comments, I would guess that many of them are secretly wanting to try them, but are afraid to ask. By asking you if they hurt, I'm wondering if they are hoping you'll say, "No, why don't you try them?". Perhaps you should have a spare pair of heels kept handy in a drawer for just such an occasion, so you don't have to share the ones you are wearing. You could lend a pair to someone for an hour or two rather than just a quick try on. Maybe you would have some converts. But how would you cope by not being the only high-heeled Godess in the office? Umm, well still a Godess, but not the only one in heels? As for the man; well, you'll just have to work on that a bit more. Maybe he has a heel fetish, but isn't going to do anything to blow his cover with lots of other people around. Next time there is a sponsored charity event, you'll have to suggest that you'll sponsor him to wear heels. As it's all for charity, how can anyone refuse? Maybe you could find out if you leave some of your high heeled shoes in a drawer, with it left open of course, while you are away at lunch, and see if the shoes get moved around while you are out. Hee hee.

I'm 5' 8" - 5' 9" ish, and wear a UK size 6.5, Eur size 39.5, so I have no real trouble finding things in any stores. Just got a pair of square toe, 4.75 inch block/blade heel, slingback sandals from Shoefayre and tried them on in the shop. No problem.

Transformation (Euston, London) has to be one of the most pushy places that I have ever been to: "Are you buying today?", "How would you like to pay for that?", "I'll order one in your size". Aaaarrgghhh. Yeah, I wasn't that impressed with their advice or their stuff either.

TLSB used to be an untidy shop stacked out with masses of extreme shoes, with dozens in the window, and on shelves on every wall, and a vast workshop out the back.

In the last year the shop has had a major refit, with a completely new modern shopfront, new windows and doors, new flooring, and new lighting. Gone are the masses of shoes, with just a few things on display now, including a pair of ballet-toe boots in the window, just so you still know you have found the right place. The door just has a TLSB logo, not the name in full.

They still have the huge workshops out the back, and do most of their stuff made-to-measure. Well worth a visit, being less than 5 minutes walk from Highbury & Islington tube station, on the main street (though that might depend on what you are wearing of course).

If you go there, then if there is no-one in the shop, just ring the bell. There is usually someone out the back somewhere that can let you in.

Their web site has never sold on line, and just gave contact information. It is at: http://www.thelittleshoebox.com/

There seems to be a brief online product overview (not really a catalogue) accessible from: http://www.thelittleshoebox.com/frameset.htm now.

Further up the road, are other well-known shops such as Ectomorph, Zeitgeist, House of Harlot, Murray & Vern, Inner Sanctum, Show Girls and Fetters; though several of these share one premises. About 15 minutes walk away is the other shoe shop at Leatherworks as well.

If you go to London, be sure to pick up a copy of the London Fetish Map which gives a map, addresses, and contact information for the vast majority of London's alternative retailers (of footware and clothing), as well as many clubs and bars. The first issue was last autumn, and another is due out about now. Seems to be free, and available from many retailers.

Heh, All nice! You have a super collection. Please add the brand names so that anyone who is interested in any of those can keep an eye open!

Nice boots. I love the lace up knee boots. Would love a pair myself.

The local United Footware now have a pile of boots like the mens Timberland work/hiking boots, but with a stiletto heel. Whatever next?

I've worn fishnet stockings over sheer nylons before, and it looks and feels real nice. Can get a bit too warm though.

A lot of stuff shuts on Good Friday; usually about as much as is shut on Christmas day.

The US Metric Association is doing good work and has an informative web site.

Don't do drugs, kiddies. Drugs are bad. Okaaay?

Wow! The only way to go higher would be to swap over to ballet or toe boots.

I would like to see those modelled, and maybe have a go myself (UK size 6.5, Eur size 39.5).

Do they have a UK retail outlet?