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Amanda cheers to you! I agree with you. Sometimes it's tuff to be honest, that's just my opinion. I sometimes get discouraged looking at some of the pictures of people here, and I do laugh. Sorry dudes. I also laugh at myself when I goof in my appearance. I do this when I go to shoe stores and try on different styles of womens shoes and look at myself in the mirror wearing them. But this is where people can come and get the feedback they so desperately need from people who are in their same shoes. And they need it! I have to pick out about 25 percent of this stuff that I can apply to me and the rest is non appliable. As with everything some guys can look good in pumps and pull it off and others well , just can't, even though their heart tells them this is what they need to do. We need this site and I do love it, it's just too hard to pick apart whats OK and what's not as the times and fashions change. I like a beard and mustache with my high heels.

I'd would rather be wearing them a lot more of the time, to bad the trend is not in for men. In my own past history of doing it though I found out that the more I do it the easier it is. You become programed in your own mind of doing it, and then it's easy. Rather than doing it just once a week or so making it feel more awkward. But here's the thing. I always felt the need to do some other sort of style extream to go along with the shoes I'm wearing. Examples, Like having real long hair, if I cut it short I started feeling out of place with my shoes as everything else was in typical male attaire. So then with the help of my hair, head bands, army or sport jackets, flared or tight jeans, or tight body shirts, seemed to help with the presentation of the shoes that I would wear. I have aways stayed away from makeup, tattoos, earings, neckaces, I have a body that is lean, tall, muscular and not over weight.

Here's the real deal burrbaby36, Do you wear high heels and admit it?

I agree with you. I think the rope bottoms ones do the best job and are fun and exciting.

Hi Happyfeat. Personally I only like the the #4 outfit. That's a winner in my book. I make no comment on the other shots, just not my style.

I think they are " Cool Hot" if they can be that. I would say that they could be worn by either sex as a unisex styled boots, as the heel is not a spike.

Well here goes my take, I know most of you dislike uggs. I wear the tall black Uggs and I tuck them all the time, I have never ever got a comment about doing it good or bad, and wear them in front of everybody, even tough guys I know personally. Now if I switch to my other tall Fry brown leather boots with a 2 inch heel and tuck ,I can sense people looking at them and get comments as to why do I tuck my jeans into them, and they call it flatout gay. My confidence level is very secure with the Uggs , but I do lose a little with the Fry's, Why? It's mental. I still do it though because I like too.

Not quite yet into to ballerinas, but I do love womens styled flats , still like a little heel or wedge and think the "mary jane" style is one of the coolest styles in black or brown leather for women or men. Men used to wear them back in the past too. I do have and wear out some low heeled "Mary Janes", made by Kumfs and Earth. I would go with at most a 2 1/2 inch block or wedge heel, discretely though. For me it's all about excitement and fun.

I guess I'll have to be one of the contraries and admit to actually having a pair of the Korkease "Ava" sandals, although they are natural color rather than the red ones in the picture. (picture 12 of 20) I have several other Korkease styles too. Sure they are throwbacks to the 70's but most styles are repros that have been dusted off from previous eras and hawked as new. I had the same style sandals in the 70's and I liked them as much then as I do today.

I agree wholeheartly with Docs41. I too think that this look is the best look for men to wear in a high heel shoe. Men wore these same types of wedge heels in the 70's and it was totally acceptable to mens shoe fashion. They were wore with long pants or shorts too. I had many pairs of buffalo sandals, wood wedges, and clogs in different colors, all made for men. I wore them infront of everybody and anywhere with no hang ups about doing it. I still wear this style today but less often because of society's peer pressure of whats in and whats not. If we're going to get some heels back into mens shoes designs for the masses, this is going to be the first step in getting there. I love the Kork Ease platforms and there was rumor that they were going to be made again for men, but hopes have faded. I had wrote to Kork Ease a few times over the years, and they kept replying next year we will have a mens line, but it just doen't happen. I had also hoped they would start making them in a size 12, as they stop at 11. They maybe waiting for the right time for men to do it though. I believe that this type of shoe design is very acceptable for men by women too, as I was told many times how cool my wedge platforms were by women back in the 70's. Been there, done that, experienced it! Now waiting for it to happen again.

My highest wedgeheels are 3 1/4 inchs and I would rather have them more like 2 3/4 inches tall. I need a size 12 toboot too. That's just my preference as I'm already 6 foot 4 inches tall. It's a real hard challenge finding shoes I like and when I do the heels are over 4 inches tall which happens to me all the time.

I first became interested in heels about 1970 when I was in college, unisex clogs and sandals became very popular for men and women. It was in the hippy era that then turned into disco. I noticed a lot of other guys wearing them and shoe stores were selling them to men everywhere. I first bought a pair of dark blue suede cork wedge clogs about 2 3/4 inches high, made for men but really looked just like womens. They were so cool, I just wished they had had a sling back strap on them with a buckle. I then also started wearing the wedge heel platform buffalo sandals in natural leather, blue, dark red, and brown that they were selling to men. I also found and bought, made for men T- strap platform sandals, wood platform sandals, and highheel black shoes, all made for men. Since that era in mens shoes has unfortunately disappeared I have been forced to shop in the womens shoe departments or online.

You must wear them well with confidence, that is the whole key to it. Glad you enjoyed your day, seems that I need to do the same soon with some higher heels. Last week I went shopping at a electronic's store and wore T-strap womens sandals to buy a TV. They were a lite blue suede with cutouts over the toes, a heel about an inch and a quarter high. Made by Monro American, and no one said a thing or looked at them odd.

I really like those Ariat clogs , great choice for any weather and awesome looks. Thanks onyourtoes. I have to check those out. You could wear them in pubic with no problems.

Yes I wear wedge heel platforms a lot and love them beacuse they are very comfortable and easy to walk in. I really like the platform wedge sandals styles and clogs, as I think they are easy to wear and look good on you in public as well.

To comment to onyourtoes. I see you like Korkease sandals too. Right on! I wore them in the 70's and have a new pair now. I have written to Korkease several times in the last few yerars and they have responded to me saying they are coming out with a mens line soon, but the years keep on passing by and nothing comes out. They come out with only boots, shoes and sandals for women up to a size 11. I have a pair of their size 11 Ava's . I wear a mens 11 but they fit and I still love them as they are so light. I wear them out too. I did get a heel blister when they were new, but they have streched somewhat now. I would love to get them in a mens size 11 as they are a super comfortable sandal to wear. They need to start making them for men again, even in a limited production or make a womens size 12.

Yea the first time is really cool. Congrats on just going for it. The adrenalin can make you feel pretty high and it is a rush. For me it's always been a rush, I started wearing high heels back in 1973 in front of my friends and family, did recieve a lot of comments too. Some good and some bad. But then they were in style back then for guys. You could even go look in GQ magazine or Life magazine at the time and see them being advertized there.

Well I'm at six feet four inches without shoes tall, and when I have on my highest heels I'm six feet eight inches. These I have not yet worn in the eyes off the public. I will wear my three inch heels out though. One inch seem to be a mental barrier for me.

Hi everybody. I'm so glad to be here finally. I'm single, love women, live in the midwest of the USA. I have been reading this fourm for years but never joined in do to my wife's negitive comments about coresponding with other men about wearing high heeled shoes. She knew I visited this site, and I showed her a few things on it from time to time. She let me wear my heels in public with her with no problems, as long as they weren't to extreme. She loved shoe shopping and collecting them as well. Well we're divorced now and this is actually my second divorce I've had to go through. The shoe thing was not the cause of my divorces. My first wife didn't know I liked womens shoes at all and made me see a shrink after she found out by catching me wearing some. She got over it though. I have always enjoyed a unisex styled shoe. When I was in college in the early mid 70's I was wearing wooden clogs and highheeled wedge cork sandals that were popular with men and women, boy did I love that time in my life. When they went out of style in the late 70's I was really bummed, but the thought of enjoying them never went away. I am tall, 6 foot 4 inches, so when I wear a heel I'm 6 foot seven and I really stand out well in a crowd. Which is good if your in a crowd and you like to look around. I will go shopping and to restraunts, bars wearing them. I'm not at all into womens pumps or slim, stiletto, spike, heels, but love the platform wedge styles sandals and clogs the most as they seem to me to be more acceptable by society in general and they give me the enjoyment of wearing them. A 3 and a quarter inch heel is about the highest I like going out in public with as that is in my comfort zone. I usually don't do it in my home town though as I don't need the criticism to get around. Although sometimes I feel brave and do it anyways and have been lucky getting away with it unscathed. My girlfriend that I have now knows already my love of shoes and is totaly as cool as cool about it, I am lucky again here. On an ending note, I also like the low or flat womens shoes, as I have a collection of them too.