highguy Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 Hi having difficulty heeling in public. Am desperate to go the distance in public, be spotted draw attention to ones self but cannot get the courage to do this. Have bought myself a pair of black platform ankle boots, massive 5"chunky heal and platform, very noticeable under jeans Today I even did the old trick of hiding a spare car key and locking the other in the car, was in public but ran so bloody fast didnt have the desired effect Can anyone help a failing heeler Highguy
The Mad Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 Well, running clumsily in heels would almost definitely draw a lot more attention than simply walking normally in heels. That's for sure. Still, you went outside in em, so kudos on that
Julietta Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 How can you say you are failing when you went outside? Ok you ran but you were still out there. Well done! Just take each day, and each step, as they come and you'll get there, especially when you realise people are so busy going about their own business that they haven't really got the time to notice other people's foot wear. Why don't you go along to one of the guy's meets and get some input from some professional heelwearers Keep us posted on how you do with your next outing. Julie xx Let calm be widespread May the sea glisten like greenstone And the shimmer of summer Dance across your pathway "Communication is a two way thing"
xaphod Posted May 2, 2003 Posted May 2, 2003 Highguy, I have just had a very pleasant conversation with a ex-Kenyan farmer over lunch in a pub. I dropped into the library on the way home to get some books for the weekend and have a heel board fix. There is a kids reading creche with lots of mums 15 feet away. I'm wearing these:- Yes, there have been a few glances, but nobody yet has lynched me. Xa .... highguy, have a look at your private messages
Yamyam Posted May 3, 2003 Posted May 3, 2003 Have bought myself a pair of black platform ankle boots, massive 5"chunky heal and platform, very noticeable under jeans Can anyone help a failing heeler Highguy Hi, Highguy! As Julietta said, why not come along to a meet. In the meantime, why not buy a more subtle pair of boots, and work your way up. I don't know about anyone else, but the first time I went outside, I had basic 1.5" wedges on. They still felt a million miles high, and anyone who'd checked my pulse would have found it in the low four figures, but I did it. Now I'm happily out shopping in stilettos, but it's taken me something like two years to get here. This has been extensively written on in other places. but it's still worth thinking about. Why not give it a try? Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
JeffB Posted May 4, 2003 Posted May 4, 2003 Hiya, Xaphod! Love those pumps you displayed! I'm guessing the heel (the lizard look is a mondo cool touch) is around 4 1/2 to 5 inches. In any event, those are the best looking shoes I've seen in quite a long time! I don't want to LOOK like a woman, I just want to DRESS like a woman!
Calv Posted May 4, 2003 Posted May 4, 2003 Hi, JeffB I suppose I've fallen in love with those heels .... I must have worn them outside for 4 days out of the last 5. They are 5" courts from Fuss of Germany www.hi-heels.de ( I hope I got it right for once .... one small mistake and you get a porno site .... YUK ). Calv and I stopped off at a motorway service area to get some newspapers today while I was wearing them .... I nearly caused a picture of British sartorial elegance ( socks, sandals, shorts, thin white hairy legs, t-shirt, beer gut ) to drop his can of beer ! Xa (on Calv's machine) Do your own thing. Don't be a victim of conformity. Calv
Bubba136 Posted May 4, 2003 Posted May 4, 2003 Calv wrote: I nearly caused a picture of British sartorial elegance ( socks, sandals, shorts, thin white hairy legs, t-shirt, beer gut ) to drop his can of beer ! Talk about Class! Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
mk4625 Posted May 4, 2003 Posted May 4, 2003 I nearly caused a picture of British sartorial elegance ( socks, sandals, shorts, thin white hairy legs, t-shirt, beer gut ) to drop his can of beer ! Xa (on Calv's machine) What sort of reactions do you get from the "bovver boys"? Where did I hear of the term? The guy in the cubicle next to me is from Manchester. One day I came to work in a pair of Skechers oxfords and he noted the passing similarity to Dr Martens adding "You must be an unfulfilled bovver boy". Michael
Yamyam Posted May 6, 2003 Posted May 6, 2003 What sort of reactions do you get from the "bovver boys"? Well, far be it for me to answer for someone else, but I've never had a twitch off a 'bovver boy' or anyone similar! I think they're too busy thinking I'm some kind of soft Southerner to worry about my footwear Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
mk4625 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 When you refer to the "south" of England, is that just London and its environs (Kent, Surrey, Herts, etc). Or does it include literally everything in the lower half of the country? In the US for example, "The South" refers only to the states of the former Confederacy. Well, far be it for me to answer for someone else, but I've never had a twitch off a 'bovver boy' or anyone similar! I think they're too busy thinking I'm some kind of soft Southerner to worry about my footwear Michael
xaphod Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 Never had any trouble from 'bovver boys'. ..... OK there have been the usual gormless remarks which I have usually laughed off, or taken the piss in return. Now, don't think that I believe that I'm not going to get a good thumping at sometime, but just by being careful, like not being in the wrong part of town at the wrong time, and not winding up the bovver boys when there are more than 3 of them (the odds they seem to prefer), I can minimise the chances. Xa
Bubba136 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 What are "Bovver boys" ? Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
jagman Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 What are "Bovver boys" ? If I'm not mistaken, a degredation of 'bother' as in 'do ya wont sum bovver' Skin head fashion from the 80's which included serious pair of Doc Martins and a hate of Spandau Ballet. So what's all the fuss about?
mk4625 Posted May 8, 2003 Posted May 8, 2003 If I'm not mistaken, a degredation of 'bother' as in 'do ya wont sum bovver' The same as, "are ya lookin' fer a beef?" Michael
Yamyam Posted May 8, 2003 Posted May 8, 2003 When you refer to the "south" of England, is that just London and its environs (Kent, Surrey, Herts, etc). Or does it include literally everything in the lower half of the country? In the US for example, "The South" refers only to the states of the former Confederacy. Well, I live in the Midlands, which as the name suggests is cunningly concealed in the middle of the country. So anything south of me is 'south' and anything north of me is 'north'. Having said that, I was born in London and spent my life until about 27 in the south, but I've become an adopted local up here. So me going on about the South should be taken as a gentle tease of myself. Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
texasbumpkin Posted May 8, 2003 Posted May 8, 2003 I have been out with my boyfriend who likes to wear heels, and these old women were staring at him. All I had to say was were they jealous that he could wear them and they could not!!!! So just remember that if it is a women that is looking at your feet, they are just jealous that they can not wear them!!
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