Jinx

We're going to see similar event here in Finland within one month. 80 meters sprint in heels, for women only. Contest is hosted by one of our TV channels, Nelonen. Some rules from their 'highheel run' website: 6cm (~2.4") heel is lowest heel approved, no ankle straps allowed. Lace-up shoes, ankle or higher shaft boots not allowed. Participants are not allowed to tie or tape shoe to feet any way. Grand prize for winner is 4000 EUR, dedicated for shopping only. I'm so gonna be there cheering, from qualifications till the finals

Hi, Jinx. Because of where the tattoo is located on my body I don't think it would be wise to show it.

Ok, no problem.

tsl, any chance to see pic of your tattoo? I have quite many pictures on my skin already and been thinking about adding highheels to my collection

Nina - I like you and your messages here. Where were you when I was single and handsome? But...... I never was handsome.

Well said, copy that

And your post summed up the situation in Finland quite well. Ofcourse there are openminded people around like us, but as sad it is the majority of Finns think and act like you explaned.

Back at late 80's I got my first pair of calf high black suede boots with 3" heel. I think I have that pair still around somewhere.

Damn, I even found a pic of the shoes from my archives.

My wife wears bigger shoe size than I do. Her shoes are size 41 and mine are 40.

I red it quickly, and first question came to my mind "they compared just one man and one woman?". What analysis can be made over comparing 2 individuals? Was the man used to walk in high heels? Was the woman used to walk in high heels? IMO, to make a conclusion like article mentioned, one should compare hundreds, even thousand males/females walking in highheels before this kind of 'researche' should be made public... or atleast to be taken seriously anyway

Location: Finland

Welcome to the forums! 4th Finnish male HH wearer if I count corretly

Shafted is right, those big collections take time to build up... For example I have been collecting shoes now about 10 years.

Those purple boots are fantastic. What do you usually wear with them?

They go well with dark and pale blue jeans. Newer worn at street though... too extreme color and style for my street heeling

Do you wear heels everyday and to work?

No I don't. I would love to, but my position at work prevents me to do so.

Mind you if I had a pair of purple knee length boots like what I see on Jinx's display there, I don't think I would hide them at all!! Those are really amazing! Do you have any more pics of those ones Jinx or can give out any information on them?

Do you mean these boots?

If my memory serves me well, brand is Attitude and I bought those from DinSko some years ago.

Why hide shoes in closet...

Bedroom

Hallway

And then there are some pairs floating around the house, and some ugliest are in closets

Taccofan, what a great way to celebrate new years eve! Thumbs up for your GF being so supportive and yet another thumb up for you for a great adventure

Dawn HH, thanks for comment and yes, it takes up less space this way Shafted, Good question. For the boots that are leather or other 'strong' materials I don't see this as a problem... but for the stretch ones... hmm, have to monitor those closely. Thanks for the feedback.

Final setup with hangers

I think JLo's is what those kind on ankle boots are called in common. You'll find variety of styles and colors if you search around the internet.

Those specific shoes are from DinSko, nordic-wide (Finland, Sweden, etc.) shoeshop chain. Their website is located at http://www.dinsko.com/ but unfortenetly those boots are 2 or 3 years old, so you won't find them from DinSko anymore.

There's a pair on the third shelf (from the bottom), in the middle. THe ones that resemble steel-toe work boots but have a heel. Where did you find those, that pair is responsible for me realizing my high heel fetish. I have been trying to think of what they would be called and haven't been able to come up with anything but now, I've found them.

Do you mean this pair?

I'm not quite sure, but I think they are calles JLo's.

New shoehangers arrived yesterday Now we have a proper way to store our longer boots. First 14 pairs found their way to our hallway, just to test the new hangers; that won't be final setup... this is just a test there are hangers for 54 pairs of boots, but we have kneehighs or longer only 35 pairs or so... damn, need to do more shopping

you are saying our collection. I am currious whichs shoes is from whom?

From that rack it is about 35 pairs for me, and rest belongs to my wife. Most of the kneehigh boots are mine, most of the ankleboots and pumps are property of my wife.

Never thought placing shoes any other way like that... but I defenetly will try out mskim61's idea.

Just finished building up new shoerack for our shoes, located in our bedroom

The rack holds just few below 100 pairs... so about 2/3 of our collection is now in nice order

Ok, for all of you pointy toebox fans, I bought new ankle boots today

I spent lunch hour at shopping mall (for Bert reference, at itäkeskus) going through some shoe shops. At 3rd shop I found these, and I coudn't resit my self

Sales lady was bit suprised when I said I'm looking the boots for my self, but after quick 'oh' she was again like nothing unusual happened. Before telling her that I'm buing shoes to my self, I asked if this model runs true to size, as it looked kinda smallish. She asked another sales lady abuot the size, and they both said it should be ok... "well" I said, "there is only one way to find it out, I must try these on to find out if the size is ok". and then came the 'oh' and I was right, the size was small... ofcourse I tried next size on too and it was ok. While both boots were on my feet, I got call from my friend... we chatted for about 5 minutes or so and I wandered around the shop, wearing 'soon to be mine' boots

After I paid the shoes, sales lady gave me big warm smile and whished good day and commented "It is nice that you found such a nice pair of boots that fitted well"

Funny experiment and some minor heeling

thanks again for the comments all of you :-) Bert, I found those boots at K-Kenkä, Malmi. I wear size 40 and it is quite easy for me to find women shoes that fit perfectly, as my feet is not only small size, but also very narrow. Actually, it is harder for me to find men shoes that are ok to my feet than finding women shoes that feel like they were personally made for me

Thanks for your comments.

Personally I don't like too rouded toe box eather, but for some reason those boots were love at first sight. I was just unable to leave them to store

Your comments for outting, I do it with block heeled shoes, for some reason thin heel makes me too nervous... Here are some examples of shoes I do go out with:

Hi all, no posts from me for long time... I'm still around, reading your stories and experiences. I've bought numerous pairs of shoes, mostly with block heel. Not too much outdoor experimets for me but some... I though you'd like to see my latest boots...

Here is my last buy, I visited smallish shoe store at lunch hour and found these nice leather boots. Heel heigth is 9cm. I tried them on at the store, they fit like glove. Let the pictures tell more.

I haven't got guts to go out with these yet, but some day... some day