Wearing Classic Pumps Outside or to Work

[roniheels]

Hey, look around. I think the winter season is over. (It is where I live, anyway. ) Finding a job that would allow you to wear heels while at work surely would depend upon what you are qualified to do. I don't believe it would be wise to appear in a hiring line at a construction site wearing 5" stiletto heels. if you have a marketable profession, wouldn't it be better to find a job in an office, wouldn''t it?

I am in a marketable profession and I still (at least as of yet) have not worn my 5" stiletto high heels into work yet. The company is way too conservative to not say something to me if I did show up wearing those.

[Bubba136]

So, do what I do when I visit clients at their home offices. I still wear woman's shoes but I choose a pair that are not quite as "identifiable" as woman's wear. Brown or black penny loafer style pumps with 2½" or 3" heels. I dress nicely wearing a sports jacket and a pair of nice Docker pants and go about my business, even going to lunch with a lot of them. Not to worry, even though you aren't wearing the shoes you would like to wear, you are still wearing heels in public. Take a page from ShockQueen's play book and put on a pair that you believe will be accepted by your co-workers.

[Histiletto]

Thanks guys! I've yet to even visit San Francisco, out a lone, find a job there. I'm sure their would be something I could find though. I hear that I would fit right in wearing heels right off the plane, or is this just a rumor? The reason I said next winter is that I am on a lease which doesn't end until February and there are some other factors that put any kind of relocating before then a bit awkward. Do you think if I heeled into a women's shoe shop for a job, I would be accepted like many of the fictional and some factual writings concerning heelers from this forum? Wouldn't that be a hoot to get a job be able to share the heeling experiences with the women I would meet!

[roniheels]

So, do what I do when I visit clients at their home offices. I still wear woman's shoes but I choose a pair that are not quite as "identifiable" as woman's wear. Brown or black penny loafer style pumps with 2½" or 3" heels. I dress nicely wearing a sports jacket and a pair of nice Docker pants and go about my business, even going to lunch with a lot of them. Not to worry, even though you aren't wearing the shoes you would like to wear, you are still wearing heels in public. Take a page from ShockQueen's play book and put on a pair that you believe will be accepted by your co-workers.

That is a good idea. There are many women's loafers with 2.5 to 3" heels that if unless you look real closely, you can't tell if thier male or female shoes.

[Bubba136]

Do you think if I heeled into a women's shoe shop for a job, I would be accepted like many of the fictional and some factual writings concerning heelers from this forum? Wouldn't that be a hoot to get a job be able to share the heeling experiences with the women I would meet!

Some where, buried deep in the archives, is a story by a member (or former member) of this forum -- Emery, I believe -- that describes his experiences working in a woman's shoe store while wearing high heels. Besides being quite entertaining, it's enlightening. I sure hope someone here can search and find it for all to read. I think it's called something like the Shoe Chronicles, or something similar.

[Bubba136]

Thanks, KH! I knew someone would come up with the correct title and location. (I thought Tom (NL) would have posted it before anyone else, though. ) Emery, I believe I've seen his posts over at the fashion spot. Perhaps he's still active there.