Thigh Boots in Public

[Thighbootguy]

The concert was great but as a boot outing, it was uneventful. I wore the same out I was wearing the Leather Jacket video, black leather thigh boots with 5” stilettos, jeans, black turtleneck, and a black leather jacket.

I walked in from the parking lot, picked up my ticket in the lobby, and walked into the theater and took my seat (isle seat, second row). I chatted with a few folks and then just enjoyed the concert. Unfortunately, it ran long and I had a time commitment that made me leave before the encore, so I got to walk out of the auditorium while the crowd was cheering like mad.

William, Stilettoscot – Thanks for the comments. The song, “Let Them Talk”, is so appropriate as a theme song for heelers

[Bootking]

I had bought a pair of flat heeled Ellie (somewhat pointy) thigh leather boots years ago for a Halloween costume that I have worn twice for that sort of thing. But as it is about 23 degrees here, I thought to myself, why not wear them out too for the cold weather?

So, last night and this morning, I pulled them on over my sweats (today cold weather tights) and walked the old, old dog. And guess what, it kept me warm! And even the wife thinks it's okay (for that chore only, but well, you know....).

[Thighbootguy]

I’ve spent the last three days in class, which meant I was away from work but not travelling. In class I wore knee high boots under my jeans but this gave me the opportunity to at least go out to lunch several times and, of course, I wore my black leather thigh boots with 5” stilettos, jeans, and a black leather jacket. I went to Steak and Shake, Bob Evans and Ruby Tuesday’s, all are traditional family style eateries, and the reaction I got was the same in all of them... nothing. Of course I got a couple of glances as I walked in, but that was it.

I also went shopping in a Sam’s on the northern side of Cincinnati that I rarely go into and I did get one, “Love those boots”. I also wandered through Tri-County Mall (one of the largest in the area) and got a couple of looks but a few turned heads. I stopped in three shoe stores and the only one where the sales staff even said “Hi” was Bakers. By the way, they also had some great looking stiletto heeled boots and the all female staff were all wearing boots.

I am still wary of the reaction that I get (or lack thereof) and an still fighting complacency, but it starting to look like a guy can wear thigh boots with stiletto heels most anywhere he wants to.

Bootking - There can be a practical side to most anything. By the way, there great for shoveling snow, and sled riding, and almost anything that causes you to go out in cold weather.

[JeffB]

I am still wary of the reaction that I get (or lack thereof) and an still fighting complacency, but it starting to look like a guy can wear thigh boots with stiletto heels most anywhere he wants to.

Yeah, complacency can be a bear. I often remain on my guard on outings, idly wondering if my appearance will be suitable enough for the surroundings I happen to be in of if I'll be able to come and go with or without attracting attention. It's not easy, but nothing worrth doing ever is.

[Thighbootguy]

I went shopping today wearing jeans, a black leather jacket, black turtleneck and black leather thigh boots with 5” stilettos. Although this is Dec 24th I was not Christmas shopping. For years I have refused to participate in the ritual of saving the economy just in the nick of time at the end of each year. My first stop was my favorite thrift emporium. I was wandering around looking for nothing at all when two older black ladies started a conversation, “Oh, look at those boots”. “Yeah those are real thigh highs”. “And look at the heels”. “Yeah there bad”. “Where did you get those boots?” I had felt a little left out of the conversation but I replied, “On line.” “And there real leather.” Feeling my boots, the second lady replied, “Yes, there real leather.” They called a third lady over with “Come over here and look at these boots.” “Oh my, there nice.” This time I got in a “Thank you... and there 5” heels.” “Yeah.. there bad”. “I have a friend who got a pair of those from a store in Chicago.. they had 5 and 6 inch heels there...” The three of them walked off still talking about my boots. After that I stopped in Hanover fabrics to get a replacement zipper for a leather jacket. I wandered around a bit and found the zipper then headed for the register. As I got in line at the register a lady walked in the front door and she had on a nice pair of black leather boots with a 2” block heel. It was raining outside and she stopped to dry the soles of her boots on the walk off mat. I was standing right in front of her and I threw her a smile. She walked over to me and whispered, “I love your boots.” “Why, thank you. There a lot of fun.” “I can’t wear a heel that high... the heel on my pair is abort 2 inch.” I didn’t know they made these with a 2” heel.” “Oh mine only come up to about here” and she touchen my boots just above the knee. “Oh and over the knee length.” “I’ve had the for at least 20 years.” It then became my turn at the register so I had to cut the conversation off. When I was done I bid the lady a good day. Next I went to Wall Mart. On Christmas eve the place was packed. There were at least 20 registers open with long lines at each one. I found the item I wanted and had to get a sales clerk to open the case. This meant there was a lot of standing around and then I got into a register line. The Wall Mart crowd seems to notice a guy in thigh boots more than other folks do. No one said anything, but there were a lot more looks and expressions of disapproval than I get anywhere else. Last I went to Sam’s which surprisingly was almost empty. I took my time wandering around and was surprised when a young well dressed black lady commented, “I love your boots.” “Why thank you very much.” And she continued on her way. When I left Sam’s I threw some money into the Salvation Army’s red kettle. That always seems to surprise the bell ringer when I do that but I got a warm thank you just the same. I had a great time out and about in thigh boots.

[Dawn HH]

Another great time out and about for you TBG. Cudos! Cheers--- Dawn HH

[Bootking]

Thighbootguy, aren't these conversations with the ladies quite amazing! You would almost think that they are drooling!

[JeffB]

TBG: All I can say is----WOW! To have gotten so many compliments, and been the topic of conversation by women, and all over your boots! I am most definitely impressed! Greatly impressed! More power to you, my friend!

[crotchboots-m]

i think this is the longest running continuous thread on the entire site.

[MEME9]

Great Outing I'm So Envious

[Thighbootguy]

Today I was away from work taking a certification exam. I went to the exam site wearing a black turtleneck, jeans, black leather knee high boots with 2”block heels (worn outside my jeans, and a black leather jacket. After an hour and a half of plowing through an exam (I passed), I headed out to my car and swapped the knee high boots for my black leather thigh boots with 5” stilettos and headed out to celebrate. Celebrate to too strong a word considering I was exhausted after the exam.

I went to a Steak and Shake for a bite to eat. No one seemed thrilled to have me there but it was a nice lunch. I wound up going to a couple of thrift stores, a couple of Payless stores where I tries on shoes, and a Burlington Coat Factory. The last stop was a St.Vincent DePaul in Newport. I found a couple of wine glasses and commented to the lady at the register that I hadn’t seen anything that would go with there (and indicated my boots). She paused and said, “Well there is a sweater over there that is trimmed with leather that is awful cute.”

“Really? Let me look.” It turned out to be a black leather top with knit sleeves in a medium. I told her, “If it was larger than a medium I’d give it a try.” Then we bid each other a happy new year.

JeffB-

I have discovered that the only thing cool about a leather jacket is the look. Mine is turning out to be a warm garmet.

[Bootking]

We had about 4 inches of snow today. When I walked the dog this evening I wore my flat heeled thigh high leather boots over my pants rather than the rubber boots (which are too heavy and clumsy). When I came in, my wife was downstairs ready to leave. I changed from the thigh highs to (men's) Aldo ankle boots (1" heel). She then asked me if I was wearing men's or women's boots (meaning the short ones under my pants). She had forgotten that I had already worn these out and thought that I was going out with women's on.

Interestingly enough, I was actually not going to change from the thigh highs but was originally going to just bring the short ones along in the car for later.

As far as wearing women's boots out, I would (and do) but not with her around as I know it would be an instant problem.

[crotchboots-m]

she sounds like my wife...there is a fine line on what i can do with my gear that will not be crossed under threat of the most dire actions.

[Dawn HH]

Thighbootguy:-) I never owned a leather jacket until I bought my 2003 Mercury Marauder and they gave me the jacket as a free gift for buying the car. It is a good jacket, not a cheap one, and I bought a leather cap to go with it. They both look cool along with my girlie boot-cut jeans and my leather 3.5" heeled boots. Quite warm and comfortable outfit for streetheeling. Cheers--- Dawn HH

[Bootking]

she sounds like my wife...there is a fine line on what i can do with my gear that will not be crossed under threat of the most dire actions.

Exactly! She knows that I keep boots, etc. in the car but leaves it alone.

[Thighbootguy]

This is Friday which means jeans at work which makes thigh boots and jeans a natural for the trip home. I went shopping at my normal haunts and several different ones on the way home. I stopped in a different Walgreen’s than I normally use and a Goodwill I rarely venture into. Both were non events. In Walgreen’s I even had to get a manager to give me a rain check on an out of stock sale item. At most I got a few glances. Next I went to PetsMart where the folks know me well. The sales gal checked to be sure I wanted my normal stuff and headed into the stock room. There were a couple of guys in the store that, I suspect, had never seen anyone wearing thigh boots and were seriously disappointed the person wearing them was a guy. I was at least aware that they were more curious than most folks so I kept an eye open for problems. None materialized. I went to Sam’s and, again, it was a non event. Finally I went to another Goodwill, I’m a sucker for thrift stores, but didn’t find anything of interest. I did get a couple of smiles from a couple of gals that appreciated a good looking pair of boots. All in all it was about two hours of out and about. Wearing thigh boots with 5" heels reall does feel like a very natural thing to do.

[Thighbootguy]

I finally wore out a pair of flat heel thigh boots. I had glued the sole plate on several times but the leather on the foot finally fell apart. I was about to throw them away when I got the idea of taking the 5½” of leather cuff of the top of the boot and adding it to my black leather thigh boots with 5” stilettos (8899). These are my “wear all the time” boots. These boots have a lacing in the back from the knee to the top of the boot. I have previously replaced the lacing with an extra long leather lace that I tied in a large bow at the top of the boot. The additional of the 5½“ top does not meet in the back, rather it is joined by the lacing which I have extended to the top of the boot. The lacing still goes from the knee to the top of the boot. These are now truly crotch high boots, and they feel great to wear. I’ll get some pictures shortly.

[crotchboots-m]

how did you put the top part on? glue or sewing?

[Boots365]

Wearing Thigh Boots in Public

For years, I have enjoyed wearing thigh boots with stiletto heels, but only wore them in private or under jeans when in public. Then I discovered this forum and I really got me thinking along the lines of “these are my boots, why can’t I wear them?”.

Last year I bought a pair of boots with a flat heel and started wearing them in public. Most of my outings were local shopping trips, and I had a good time. The boots attracted a little attention but no problems. My longest outing was a trip where I flew from Dayton Ohio to San Francisco with a layover in Detroit. The airport security had me “remove my shoes” so they could x-ray them, but they were doing that to a lot of people. There were several folks that watched me walking in the terminals with a bemused look on their faces but there isn’t a whole lot else to do in a terminal other than watch people so I figured I was just part of the show. The flight was great and the stewardess said she liked my boots.

I was in San Francisco for a business meeting and wore more “conventional” footwear while working, but in the evenings I was out and about in my boots. It was absolutely uneventful and I had a great time. The flight back was about the same as the flight out except I had to walk from one end of the Detroit airport to the other to get my flight (I was kind of glad the boots were flat heeled).

A digression – Why did I wear “conventional” footwear while working? I was representing the company I work for, not myself. I didn’t think the boots were appropriate dress for a business meeting any more than if I had worn cutoff shorts and tee shirt. That was not the “statement” I wanted to make at the meeting.

This spring, before it got too hot, I started wearing thigh boots with 4” stiletto heels over (not under) my jeans in public. My first post, under Thigh Boots on the For the Gals : Shopping in thigh boots section describes my first outing. Without repeating it here let me just say it was s rush and I had a great time.

Over the summer it is too hot to wear boots .

The weather has started to cool off again so… On the way home from work I stopped at a Bigg’s grocery supermarket. I went in wearing a short sleeved dress shirt, blue jeans and blue leather thigh boots with a 5” stiletto heel ( http://www.howcool.com/pleasersshoes/PL-8899.htm ). This is a large “super store” with 40 long isles of “stuff”. Several people noticed what I was wearing but most people gave no reaction. I had to ask a female clerk where an item was and the store policy is for the clerk to take the shopper to the item. She was very polite and took me several isles from where she was working and made no other comment. I also think she wanted to see how fast I could walk in the heels. As I was leaving the store I did get one reaction. A young kid walked past me and I watched his reflection in the glass in the lobby as he did a full 180 trun.

So far I’m having a great time and that’s the goal.

I’ll post more adventures later.

Courage yes. The wildest public boot walking that I've ever seen was at Halloween,when a young lady dressed as a dominatrix lead a young man wearing very high heeled knee boots ( at least 5 " heels ) into Red Lobster by a chain attached to a neck collar. You could hear a pin drop in restaurant. Boots were fully visable and young man wasn't made up or anything ,other than looking like her slave . They ate dinner and we left before they finished. I realize this sounds like a something maded up,but really is true. Costumes were not the cheap plastic Halloween type,but the real deal.

[Dawn HH]

TBG:-) Looking forward to seeing the pics of your newly reconstructed boots. Cheers--- Dawn HH

[Thighbootguy]

This post is on the topic of “Lunacy strikes again.” I had my crotch boots (thigh boots with 5" tops added) with me today and I was planning on wearing them after work over my slacks but the more I thought about the look the less I liked it. In the mean time I took a break from work and browsed the local Goodwill and as chance would have it skirts and blouses were on sale for 99¢. Since I have never liked the look of boots disappearing up under a skirt, and I was planning on wearing crotch boots, I looked for and found a short denim skirt and a white polyester blouse that I thought would look good with my black leather jacket. So after work I changed from slacks and turtleneck to the skirt and blouse and pulled on my crotch boots. I got out of my car to put on my jacket and check my reflection. Since I hadn’t planned on doing this, I wasn’t wearing hose but there was so little of my leg showing I decided to continue. The first thing I noticed is at 35F, it was breezy. The second thing was that the back lacing on my boots was going to have to be adjusted to keep them up. I got back into the car and drove to my favorite comfort zone, Sam’s. I stopped for gas and there was no one around and I checked my reflection again and started to became a little more comfortable with the look. To be clear, the skirt and boots felt great to wear, but I wasn’t completely comfortable with the look. I parked and walked into Sam’s. There wasn’t much of a crowd and I recognized a few of the clerks. I did notice a few more looks than I normally get but not that much out of the ordinary. When I got to the register line, I took the opportunity to bull my boots back up to full height so the top of the boots came to the hem of the skirt (I repeat, short skirt). I noticed a few looks while I was doing that. I don’t think I have had the register clerk before but I asked her if the outfit was too much and she actually laughed and said, “If you like it...” The exit door was staffed by a clerk I knew and her comment was that the boots were too tall because you couldn’t see my leg. So far my conclusion is that I shouldn’t wear boots this tall with a skirt, rather I should wear them over jeans. I tried that when I got home and I do like the look. The problem with boots this tall is in the knee. If I sit down and bend my knee, the boots have to pull down to allow my knee to bend and I have to pull them up again when I stand up. There are some very high boots where the back of the thigh is left open to avoid this problem. I’m starting to think that the extra 5” of height is not worth the effort. I did stitch the tops on the boots so taking them off is not a big deal. I’ll give things a little more of a try before I decide. Lunatic or not it was a fun outing.

[Bootking]

I am very curious as to what great adventure will be next??????

[Dawn HH]

TBG:-) Even though you considered your last outing a good one, maybe a check in the mirror at home before going out with your new purchases might have been a better bet instead a spur of the moment trial run. Just a suggestion, but I do enjoy reading of your heely adventures. What is next? Cheers--- Dawn HH

[Thighbootguy]

I decided to give the short skirt (13”) one more go. Tonight I did wear black hose, the denim shirt, black turtleneck, black leather jacket but I cuffed the top of my boots so the 5” extension was only 2 ½” which seemed to make things a little more reasonable. Like I said, I don’t care for the top of boots disappearing under a skirt so this left about a 2” gap.

I went to Sam’s and had the same register clerk as last night.

“Oh, back again?”

“Yeah I forgot some stuff last night.”

“Aren’t you cold?”

“No, its warmer tonight (45F) and no where near as windy, and I’m wearing these (indicated the hose).”

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“Does’ this look Ok?”

“Yeah, It looks fine.”, and this was from a girl that chuckled at me last night. I think she was over the “first time” shock and was willing to consider that maybe I really liked dressing this way.

We bid each other a good evening.

Next I headed to the close by Goodwill and a female clerk I had chatted with before was on duty. She gave me a smile as I walked in. I found a pair of ankle boots with a long squared off toe and a 2 ½” block heel. I had to use a fitting room to try them on because sitting in that skirt exposed a little too much. There were a couple of guys in the store that had there eyes hanging out on stems but I paid them no attention. When I checked out the comments were about the skirt rather than the boots.

What have I learned...

• The skirt rather than the taller boots was what caused the extra attention.
• If your going to show your leg, wear hose.
• Dawn HH’s advice is good as always
• Trying something new is fun.

[morpho]

...... There were a couple of guys in the store that had there eyes hanging out on stems but I paid them no attention. When I checked out the comments were about the skirt rather than the boots.

Hahahahahaha " eyes hanging out on stems " made me laugh a lot, i have no idea how or what I would do in that circumstances, my fear is not for me to be traumatized but to not tolerate and have to respond agresively to those guys, which most likely will be ended up making full out at my self, any way, i admire your self control and way to reason the experiences, ...i was wondering that maybe wouldnt been a bad idea to sitdown to try those shoes and dont care about screening willie nelson to those folks, hahahahaha, that would be a nicest story and probably would make a statement in their little lifes, hahahaha probably the image may be recorded forever inside their brain and they will get those nightmares of a nyloned shark chasing them, running in heels, lol

[JeffB]

What have I learned...

• The skirt rather than the taller boots was what caused the extra attention.

Well, damn! ANYBODY of either gender, wearing a 13 inch skirt would attract plenty of attention! HA! That's just so obvious!

[Thighbootguy]

JeffB –

Your absolutely right. I didn’t realize how short it was until I was writing that post and measured it. I’m not sure how much I’ll be wearing it out and about now. However, the material is a stretch denim and it is the most comfortable thing imaginable to wear. It’s almost like wearing nothing at all.

I thought the interesting thing about these posts was going to be the taller boots rather than the short skirt or I would have posted it in the General Fashion Boots and Skirts in Public thread. I’ll continue skirt postings there.

I’m hoping to go to a classical concert tonight and I’ll be wearing my tall boots if it pans out.

[Dawn HH]

Morpho:-) I had quite a good laugh at that statement myself. TEE! HEE! Cheers--- Dawn HH

[Thighbootguy]

The concert tonight was great. Covingtion Ky’s art community is making a real effort at reviving a turn of the century theater and using it for a concert series. This is not an old movie house, rather a real stage theater. The concert was a string quartet and there were about 120 in the audience. Not bad for a local classical concert.

I got to the theater wearing a black leather jacket, black turtleneck, jeans and black leather extra tall thigh boots with 5” stilettos. I didn’t know anyone at the concert but when I walked in the folks managing the concert (volunteers I suspect) greeted me like a long lost patron. I walked in through the art gallery and back to the box office and bought my ticket (second row isle seat) and the usher took me to my seat. No one seemed to think I was out of the ordinary, at least that was how everyone appeared.

At the intermission I went out to the art gallery with the rest of the patrons and wandered around. There were lots of different kinds of folks there. Judging from their appearance there were folks from the art community, the gay and lesbian community, and the music community, and then there was this guy in high heeled thigh boots that seemed to fit right in.

After intermission the second half of the concert was great. I had to leave immediately after the concert and didn’t get to stay and meet the artist.

I really had a great time and I really did feel like I was just another eccentric in the crowd. I had a great time.

[Bubba136]

I’m hoping to go to a classical concert tonight and I’ll be wearing my tall boots if it pans out.

If you are going to attend many classical music concerts you're going to need a "little black dress" for such occasions. After all, a guy can't just wear "any old thing" to such elegant events.