Thighbootguy

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Again, an Image I made years ago. The title of the image is Perilous.

Funny you should mention golf

Again I made this image years ago.

I made this image years ago

I still think its a fun idea.

My experience has been that if one zipper failed, the seconf failure is close at hand. Have the cobbler replace both zippers. While the boots are in for repart, check the heel tips to.

I have had zippers replace on boots. The cobbler generally puts in a better zipper then the original. They may have to special order a zipper that long, so it may take a little longer then normal.

Bootish; I’m not quite sure what you mean by going out “well equipped with a quite fashionable men's black outfit”. Would you please provide a little more detailed description (or maybe a picture)? The black outfit with the white boots must be stunning. The eye is drawn to contrast so people didn’t have a choice but to notice. Did you give any thought to all black? Tell us more about your outings.

I went back to the museum today and wore my black PL8890H5 boots. Three hours on a 5” heel, like I said before, be sure they are comfortable. Also, just to make it interesting, the main floor is all polished stone and ready to amplify the first false step. As I was walking in from the parking lot a woman looked me over and said, “I like your shoes, they really look nice”. I smiled, and thanked her and went on into the museum. The 5” heel made me aware how slick the floor was and I was determined not to have a misstep, so I carefully went across the main hall and up the stairs to the European gallery. Several people saw me go up the steps and than went about their business. I spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around the museum sketching and just getting the great feeling of being around the art. Wearing my boots also added to the great feeling. One of the guards really didn’t want to acknowledge I existed but he was the only exception. I ran into one of the other guards I had chatted with the day before and he was glad to see that I had come back. We chatted about the are for a while and he finally said, “I really have to ask you about your footwear, that’s not the same pair you wore yesterday”. I said it was a different pair and that I really just wore then for fun. He invited me to come back again soon. On the way home I stopped into our local shop (The Thing Shop) that carries boots and “stuff” and found they were going out of business with all their “stuff” on sale. They had a pair of Pleaser 8826 thigh boots (flat heel) in a size 13. I normally wear a 14 in a heel but the 13 flat fit nicely so I bought them for $50 (including tax). And I did wear my PL8868H4 into the shop. They are a pull on style boot and since I was hopping to try on something I thought they would be easier. The parking for the shop is on a busy street and I had to walk from the car to the shop. On the way back to the car I heard my first negative comment, “Hey look at that guy” from somewhere up the street. I didn’t miss a stride and walked to my car. All in all, this has been one of the best days I have had for a long time. Bubba… This is Cincinnati. Most of the art community and certainly the museum audience are very conservative dressers. You see a few pair of baggy jeans and combat boots but for the most part, slacks and sport shirts. Mark Twain said, “When the world comes to an end, I want to be in Cincinnati, things always happen about 10 years later there”. I’m sure I presented a unique experience for the guards.

I took a day off work and went to the Cincinnati Art Museum. I spent the afternoon walking around the galleries and trying to again become a member of the human race. I tend to get way to wrapped up in work. I was by myself and the museum wasn’t too busy but a guy walking around with a sketch pad and wearing Pleaser’s 8868H4 black thigh boots, http://www.pleaserusa.com/pleaser_product_detail.cfm?ID=222 did get a little attention. The emphasis is on little. Everyone that noticed (man most did), did a quick glance and went on their way. Most folks returned my smile. Several of the guards talked to me about the paintings and my sketching but no one said a word about my boots. Wow, great paintings and a place I can wear boots…Needless to say… I had a great time.

I used to go to the museum on at least a weekly basis but work has kept me from doing that. I plan on going back very soon (later this week if I can) and I will wear my Pleaser’s royal blue 8890H5 http://www.pleaserusa.com/pleaser_product_detail.cfm?ID=224.

My only caution about going to a museum is it is a lot of walking. Be sure you are comfortable in the shoes you wear. Other than that, the people at a museum seem to be open minded enough to accept most anything.

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I’ve been kind of busy lately and haven’t had time to post much. So it’s time to catch up. The temperature hasn’t gotten too warm yet and besides, the places I go while wearing my boots are air conditioned. I have been having a great time. I normally go shopping several time a week on my way home from work and I wear my boots into the store (Sam’s Club). I think the staff at the store expects to see me in boots. Only the new ones even bat an eye when I walk in and the rest just nod and say, “Hi”. I have started taking my time and shopping rather than just dashing in and out. It’s great fun to stroll through the store. When I started wearing my boots I was really concerned about peoples reaction and fearful of very negative reactions. Over the months I have only gotten few negative reactions. Last winter I was in Sam’s parking lot loading my car and a guy (and his wife) very sarcastically asked me if I was warm enough. I assured him I was and that was the end of it. There are also the occasional peals of laughter from young girls but whatever. Most folks either ignore me, give a quick glance and look away, or return my smile. I have noticed a lot of new folks joining the forum. Welcome. If your going to wear heels, go ahead and wear thigh boots.

Great adventure!! I saw your outfit in the other post (http://65.160.96.70/hhplace/images/1085860672.jpg) and it looks great. With more practice you will be able to enjoy the walks without the discomfort. You might also try a 4” heel for a while.

Consider trying the same thing in leather thigh boots. I think it would look great (but my bias is showing). Who knows, your girlfriend may even like a pair. The thigh boots may actually attract less attention than the courts with your the exposed leg (the eye is attracted by contrast).

Again, Great adventure.

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Well summer has started and the temperature is getting into the 80s F (30s C) . I work in am office in air conditioning and I don’t deal well with warm weather. Needless to say, it’s starting to get too warm to wear my thigh boots. In an earlier post someone suggested wearing thigh boots with shorts. I tried that once and didn’t really like the image. Looks like I’m going to have to wear something else for a while.

One place I may still be able to wear them is on the drive to work. I leave early so it is still cool. The drive is about 45 minutes. I put my boots on before breakfast, putter around in the kitchen, then go out to the car. I also make sure I have my work shoes in my case (old Land’s End cloth case). I dump my case into the back seat and drive to work.

Last week, when I stopped at the gas station, I had to move my case into the front seat to look up something. And, yes I pump gass wearing my boots. When I got to work, I reached for my work shoes and they were not in my case.

Minor panic.

I figured they had fallen out of my case when I moved it but they were not on the floor anywhere.

Higher level of panic.

I thought about walking in with my boots… not an option

I have another pair of shoes in my office so I thought about walking in without shoes… maybe

I thought about going back home and getting to work an hour and a half late… maybe

I’m so used to wearing my boots outside my pant legs it didn’t occur to me to pull my pant legs out of the boots. They would have covered the boots and the heels… duh

I was about ready to head back home but I couldn’t believe I had not put my shoes in my case. I distinctly remember doing it. I finally moved my case off the front seat and there were my shoes. I had put them there when I got into the car so it would be easier to change at work.

What a great way to start a morning.

FYI I have started a topic Thighbootery on the “Your favourite shoe pictures” page.

http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewtopic.php?t=3149

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Years ago I had a web site on GeoCity named Thighbootery. One theme was to combine thigh boot images with English word play, especially puns, another was seeing how thigh boots would improve an image. The site has log since been shut down but I still have the images and I thought I might be fun to post some of them here.

I'll keep adding images if there is any interest.

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I was out grocery shopping again last night. I was wearing jeans, a turtle neck shirt, a long jacket style sweater and a pair of black Ellie-8899 thigh boots with a 5” stiletto heel.

http://www.howcool.com/elliessummer2003/EL-8899.htm

I was shopping rather than a quick dash in to get something and I had some time so I just wandered up and down the isles. I went to two stores and just took my time. I think this trip was more about wearing my boots than going shopping.

Some folks were in their own world and really didn’t see my boots. Many noticed my boots but most just ignored them. These boots are very high and the heel makes them look even higher. The heel puts my height to 6’5” and in one persons opinion (mine), they really look good. I was really enjoying my outing when I started wondering, why am I doing this? Why is this so much fun?

The last time I was at the Thing Shop in Newport I asked about wearing my boots in public. They replied, “Well there going to attract a lot of attention, is that what you want”?

I don’t normally like to attract a lot of attention to myself but wearing thigh boots with stiletto heels doesn’t seem to jive with that statement. I am really looking around inside to come up with an answer to the “why” questions. I have always liked wearing boots but wearing them in public is relative recent. As has been mentioned before, people are a lot more tolerant of others now than in previous years and I suspect that toleration is allowing me to go out in public with my boots (nobody has ever bothered me). But I’m still back to why…

Any thoughts would be welcome.

My part of the World has started getting some snow for the first time this year. I thought it would be great fun to try and go out in the snow with a pair of thigh boots with 5” heel. I quickly learned that traversing ice was to be avoided but snow was kind of fun. I had no concern for getting cold or walking in snow deep enough to freeze my feet if I had regular shoes on. While I was out it started snowing much harder. My pony tail was solid ice and I started to notice the top of my leg getting cold. The boots I was wearing have a little flair at the top and it had started to fill with snow. I took that as a hint to go back inside and thaw out my pony tail. Ah the perils of wearing thigh boots on the outside of your pant legs.

What do I want to wear? Exactly what I do wear. Leather thigh boots with 4”-5” heels.

Great first outing! And who said business trips couldn’t be fun? So what to do next? Consider wearing your boots outside your trousers. It may take a little more nerve (the first time) but it completely takes away the fear of “what if somebody notices”. There is no longer the concept of being shy. All you have to do is project, “this is what I’m wearing, have a good day”, smile a lot and be pleasant. It requires a different attitude (confidence) by the wearer and this is projected to the viewer. You don’t have to start with the spike heels, but pretty soon you will realize that most people ignore you. After that, you can go for the spikes. In my mind, wearing exposed boots (thigh boots in my case) presents a very different image than wearing high heel shoes. It works for me. Have a great time in your boots.

Slim; I got them on e-bay from Kissprof Girl for $51 including shipping. It was a good transaction. I stopped in the Thing Shop wearing my 8890s and was disappointed at the current selection of boots. It was just after Christmas and the stock may have been low. I asked the folks at the shop where they thought I could go and where I shouldn’t go wearing my boots. They suggested staying out of the lower income neighborhoods. The also seemed surprised at where I was going “out and about”. But they also admitted they were in “Their own little world”. The shop is still worth a visit. Call for their hours.

Back in September JimC asked:

“I'm wondering how you manage to tuck your pants all the way down the boots if they are not zip up boots”?

I said you could tuck the pant leg into the top of you sock to hold it down. This works if you are wearing ankle length sox, bit it is a pain. Since I have been wearing my boots a lot more, I have had the same problem of keeping my pant leg in my pull on boots.

The solution is a study in the coefficient of friction (COF). You must have a higher COF between your leg and the pant leg then between the boot lining and the pant leg.

If you wear knee high socks that have a rough texture (and the lining of the boot is smooth) the pant leg will stick to the sock fabric (higher COF) and the pant leg stays in the boot. Without something textured covering your leg, the pant leg will stick to the boot lining (which will have the higher COF) and the pant leg will work its way out of the boot.

Wearing hose with a slight texture is generally enough to stick to the pant leg and keep the pant leg in the boot, but very sheer hose will allow the pant let to stick to the boot lining and work its way up.

Another solution is blue jeans that are tight at the ankle. These jeans can’t ride up your leg. When I go out wearing jeans and pull on thigh boots, this is the style of jeans I wear and the pant leg stays in the boot and the boot stays up (the boot lining sticks to the jeans).

If I an out with regular slacks (Dockers), I have tried to make sure I am wearing knee sox or hose. The pant leg stays in the boot but the boot tends to slide down (the boot lining slides on the pant fabric). At least I can pull the boot back up and the pant leg stays down.

The concept of proper prior planning applies here.

Not only did I have to learn how to walk in high heeled thigh boots, I also had to learn how to wear them.

It’s worth the effort.

I just bought another pair of Ellie 8899s. This pair is black, my other pair is royal blue, and I haven’t worn the blue pair very much. When I got the new pair, they were in individual sealed plastic bags in the box. When I opened the bags, the odor was very strong and bad. I think it was the shoe dye and the sealed bags kept it from dissipating. I had to keep the boots outside for two weeks for the odor to go away. Once I could wear them (the odor was that bad) I went shopping at Sam’s Club. The outing was without incident but these boots raised more attention then the Pleaser 8890s I normally wear. So what is the difference in these two styles. Both are black leather, but the 8890s are cow leather and the 8899s are pig leather so the 8890s are a higher quality boot. The 8890s are pull on with a 4” heel but the 8899s have an ankle zipper and a 5” heel. The tight ankle and the extra inch on the heel make a big difference. In a previous post I said, “I am not about wearing heels, but I am about wearing thigh boots that happen to have a heels”. That works with the 8890s with the 4” heel. The 8899s are a different story. These boots have a narrow shape the focuses attention on the 5” heel. These are high heel boots rather than boots with a heel. It took me a little while to get past this difference. The way the 8899s are designed makes them easier to walk in the 8890s, even though the heel is an inch higher. I can take a full length stride in the 8899s and I can’t do that in the 8890s. This is going to be a fun pair of boots.

I had to work late tonight so I decided to stop for dinner on the way home. I went to a Bob Evans ( brightly lit, family style ) restaurant. I was seated at a table in the middle of the restaurant and enjoyed a plesant meal and chatted with a nice server. I was wearing my black Pleaser 8890s with a 4” stiletto heel , blue jeans, and black turtleneck shirt. The was no sitting in a dark booth on the edge of the restaurant tonight. These boots really are great looking boots when worn with jeans. I have been wearing these boots and my Pleaser 8868s a lot lately. It is cool enough to wear them comfortably and I have developed enough confidence to go almost anywhere in them. Part of the confidence comes from practice walking in a 4” heel. I really manage quite well now. The other part of the confidence come from my developing attitude about wearing my boots without regard to what others think about them (or me). As long as I don’t project that I am doing something out of the ordinary, or in your face, most people don’t seem to care. As I have noted before, I am not about wearing heels, but I am about wearing thigh boots that happen to have a heels. I think there is a difference in my approach to wearing heels than I have read in posts by others, but after thinking about it, I don’t think there are two posters with the same approach.

I really do wear my stiletto heel thigh boots out and about. No platforms but 4” and 5” stilettos. Ridiculous is like beauty, in the eye of the beholder. I like my look, I don’t feel ridiculous, and nobody seems to care much anyway.