smilin_guy

Where, and how often do you wear heels in public? Do you wear them to school, work, or just around the house? And, how do others react to you when wearing high heels?

The only place I have not worn my heels out to is my current workplace, and that's mostly out of respect for office decorum. I have worn most of my collection out to class, shopping, running errands, out to clubs or bars, etc. During the summer I usually live in my sneakers but now that the cooler weather is coming the boots and pumps will come out more:silly:

From my experience, I have received some strange looks and snarky comments but I have also received a lot of compliments also, from men and women. Honestly, I don't think I'm in a position to offer advice, but I guess I can say that my perspective is to think beyond the shoe when thinking an outfit through and to be prepared for anything.

What are your thoughts, and what advice would you offer?

Thanks for your input!

Heels, my Stuart Weitzman boots were $695.00 USD Shoes, I have a pair of Zegna cap toe oxfords that were about $750.00 USD a few years ago.

Thanks for the welcome! There's not really all that much to me...right now I'm a graduate student studying computer science and I work as a systems developer, primarily in Java but I also do some PHP programming as freelance work. If there's anyone on the site who knows their programming I'd very much like to bounce ideas, especially as I'm still developing my PHP skills. My interest in heels goes back to my early 20's, but I have only started publicly wearing them for about 2 years. I don't want to get too deep into my thoughts yet, but while footwear is a key component in putting an outfit together, I believe that it is only one piece to the ensemble; that is to say that I wouldn't wear heels just to wear them and that I put thought into the rest of what I am going to wear. Ideally I'd like to call myself a fashion-forward thinker but I think that there are a lot of people, men and women, far ahead of me in that area:smile: I was a little hesitant to join the board as I have seen streaks of posts from time to time that leaned toward a strict sexual, fetish kind of thing...not that there is anything wrong with that, it's just that my interest focuses outside that domain. After some more digging it looks like the HHPlace community as a whole works hard to curb that. With that said, I look forward to interacting with the group and making new friends!

I counted 7 pairs: 1) Frye Harness 15r, (chocolate vintage is their color description), I wear these most often. Top of boot hits mid-calf 2) Banana Republic, black leather, almond toe, 3" stiletto heel, top of boot hits slightly below the knee 3) Nine West 'Icedout', brown leather, square toe, 4" triangular blade heel tapers into the arch, top of boot hits bottom of kneecap 4) Boutique 9 'Charissa', grey leather, 4" block heel, cups kneecap 5) Stuart Weitzman 'Hiho' (hilarious name for this boot), black suede, 5" stiletto heel w/ 1" platform, top of boot hits mid-thigh 6) Frye 'Harlow Stitch Cuff', black leather, 4.5" thick stiletto heel, .75" platform. Top of boot hits middle of kneecap. This is my most recent purchase, wore them out tucked into jeans on Saturday night. 7) Black leather thigh high boots from the Little Shoe Box, 6" stiletto heel w/ .75" platform. I have had them for a while but never actually worn these out for fear that I might hurt myself I have been saving to add a pair of Christian Louboutin boots to the collection, hopefully I can do that by the end of the year.

hello to all, I have lurked around on the site for a while and I think it's really cool that a forum like this is around for heel lovers from many different locations. I look forward to sharing my experiences with the group and contributing to the discussions. Thanks!