Bravo and Kudos to the Boys

[Prima]

In all honesty, even though high stiletto heeled boots were made for women, I believe the men are owning it!!!

I got my 1st pairs of REAL stiletto boots thanks to HHPlace back in the early 2000s. With a fresh reliable DSL hookup to the interwebs, a credit card in hand, and AltaVista on my screen, HHPlace was the first link listed in my search which led me to Leatherworks where I purchased my 5.25 inch babies.  Then there was La Piazza, but I digress 😊

OK, so my "high stiletto heeled boots hero" of all time is this guy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re5sHX0Trfg  (I thought it was a woman for the loooongest time, but I was wrong)

Now when I search for videos on extremely high heeled single-sole stiletto boots, I see men rocking and having fun with these heels more naturally than the women.  As a matter of fact, it appears that most (not all, including myself) of the women are forced to wear these by their employer/lover/abductor when you compare facial expressions and body language.  It is also clearly evident here @ HHPlace given the male/female membership ratio. Hey, I thought us women had a higher tolerance for pain than men 🙃.

So CHEERS to the boys!!!...  My bet would be on them if there were ever an open-gender marathon in high stiletto heels competition.  Sorry my fellow ladies 😁

'Envious regards,

 

Prima

 

Edited July 4 by Prima

[Shyheels]

I certainly like stiletto boots - I noticed your style preferences in another if your posts. Like you, I dislike platforms, for the same reason as you, and I’m not fond of pointy toes either.

i do like stiletto ankle boots although my preference with ankle boots is chunky heels. I think the long stiletto heels is better balanced visually with a long shaft.

i don’t go for the super high heels. For me the look is too “crunched”. For me, the perfect height, aesthetically, is 12cm or just under five inches. I have a pair of 12 stiletto knee boots and love them, although I find them difficult to walk in (I’ve not practiced nearly enough - my calf muscles just seem to cramp up in 12cm heels. I have 10cm (four inch) stilettos knee boots which I also love, and can walk easily in and enjoy.

i like heels for the aesthetics and 10-12cm is my perfect range for stilettos, although I have several pair if chunky heeled ankle, knee and OTK boots which I wear a great deal!

[higherheels]

I also find it very interesting that there are many men here on hhplace.

In my area I barely see any men wearing high heels, but at the same time I feel like there are also less women wearing them.

In the pictures of the "high heel race" post there were also apparently more/only men.

Maybe there's a shift going on and once there will be more men wearing heels than women, who knows.

For me high heels lookswise are still a feminine thing and I like men more in any other type of shoes than heels. But taste is different, and if it's the men who appreciate heels more than the women, I'm totally fine with that!

Somehow it really seems that women may not like high heels that much anymore. Over the last few years, if anybody found out that I'm wearing my high heels regularly, women mostly said that it would be too uncomfortable for them.

[Shyheels]

Yes there are many men here on HHP - or I should say mostly men, as there are not many people in general active on HHP, but rather a small and good-natured group who share a fondness for heels. Our individual tastes vary, but we recognise that we are unusual in our liking of wearing high heels.  Speaking broadly, it would be fair to say our fondness for heels is based on aesthetics and  a certain envy for the fashion freedoms enjoyed by women, who can pretty much wear what they like, free of censure. Men are expected to keep their style choices within very narrow bounds. 

As you say, you seldom see men wearing heels. Personally I've never encountered another man in stilettos.

 As for my own tastes in heels I personally prefer chunky heeled boots, with 8 to 10cm heels, although I own a couple pair of stilettos - I'd always wanted to try stilettos and having tried them ind them a fun challenge, but I don't wear them out and about like I do my chunky heeled boots. The styling is still feminine, although less so than stilettos, but when worn in combination with something neutral like jeans and a jumper seems more 'edgy' to my eyes than outright feminine.  It plays to my inner bohemian I guess.

Heel wearing among women does seem to be at a low ebb at present, but fashion is cyclical and I imagine it will pick up again. I suspect men in heels will continue to be a rarity for quite some time, despite the occasional appearance of heels in men's fashion shows. They are usually pretty ugly styles and presented outlandishly and not something many men - including myself - would ever take up.

But variety is the spice of life

[higherheels]

I never thought of it that way, because I never knew any men who'd like to wear heels.

That's sad that you (men) who want this have to deal with such boundaries. And most the women who'd have the opportunities don't use them. But yeah, I'm sure this will turn at some point.

[Shyheels]

It is quite frustrating.

as I say, I’ve never encountered another man wearing stilettos - I’ve seen one or two in chunky heeled ankle boots - but I do wonder how many are out there who would like to try wearing heels or are curious about them. I’m sure there are a lot, but the vast majority would never dare to express an interest, let alone buy a pair of heels to try. I know it took me a long time to get up the courage to buy some heels, even though I’d wanted to try for years.