New pair of boots starts me serious street heeling.

[Shafted]

Last night at the theatre we were showing "Puss In Boots". I have to admit I had a chuckle when Kitty Softpaws had stolen Puss' boots. Holding them up she said, "Isn't that an awful lot of heel for a guy?". The audience might have gotten a small chuckle as well, knowing me. It does make me wonder as she was very accepting of Puss despite his taste in footwear.

[Kittyinboots]

Last night at the theatre we were showing "Puss In Boots". I have to admit I had a chuckle when Kitty Softpaws had stolen Puss' boots. Holding them up she said, "Isn't that an awful lot of heel for a guy?". The audience might have gotten a small chuckle as well, knowing me.

It does make me wonder as she was very accepting of Puss despite his taste in footwear.

Last Saturday we saw Puss In Boots in our usual movie theater. I would recommend it to our boot loving members. So Kittyinboots was in boots while watching Puss In Boots!

[Shafted]

New photo shoot at the theatre in my gallery. First pair of kneehigh boots with the boot shafts custom tailered to my calf by my local cobbler/shoe repairer.

[Shafted]

New photo shoot at the theatre in my gallery. First pair of kneehigh boots with the boot shafts custom tailered to my calf by my local cobbler/shoe repairer.

Took this latest outfit out around town today. First I checked into my local cobbler as he is in the process of tailoring my Highest Heel Collection Dragon boots (have got plans for another outfit with these boots).

Next it was off to the bank to get some cash. The usual no big deal.

Headed off to KFC for lunch. Lots of people, lots of looks, lots of fun. I caught many people craning their necks for a look at my footwear. These aren't even my high ones.

[JeffB]

New photo shoot at the theatre in my gallery. First pair of kneehigh boots with the boot shafts custom tailered to my calf by my local cobbler/shoe repairer.

Wow! Those were some simply awesome boots! Clor me SERIOUSLY impressed! Bravo!

[ilikekicks]

I need to send you a stogie! I was looking at your gallery and I think walking around with a stogie would look cool!

[Shafted]

I need to send you a stogie! I was looking at your gallery and I think walking around with a stogie would look cool!

Make it a Backwoods the finest inexpensive cigar there is. Real cured leaf wrappers. Heavenly taste. Yea, I'm a cigar lover.

[Shafted]

Today I went out to do some shopping. I wore my Levis EX-GF jeans with my Kimel List boots and the No Boundaries lion head jersey. My first stop was Lacasse Shoe Repair to check on the progress of another boot alteration. They weren't ready just yet and he told me they would be ready that afternoon. It was them off to McDonalds for a mushroom swiss angus burger, chicken McNuggets and a medium fries. Got a scowl from a group of horribly dressed, horribly overweight nasty looking women. Hmm, do detect jealousy. Strange, but I actually enjoyed that moment. Then it was off to Dollar Tree to pick up a box of dishwasher detergent. While I was there I noticed a rack of scarves. Grabbed one up for a buck. A nice practical accessory that you can be sure will be making an appearance in my gallery. I got a few interesting double takes. I hope they liked what they saw. Then I went next door to Label Shopper. I was looking for a nice warm oversize sweater but really didn't see anything that fit the bill. I did pick up a couple of belts. I checked out the ladies shoe section and did try on an awesome pair of over the calf purple boots. I a 9 I figured I at least try them on. While I was able to get into them, they were a little bit too snug for my liking in a boot so I had to pass. What a shame as they were only $20. Got a few looks there as well. After that I headed off to Hannaford's to pick up some grocery staples. 20 lbs. of unenriched, unbleached, unbromated bread flour, a bag of brown rice and a pound of coffee. A few looks there as well. I think that I have established a style for myself that catches peoples eyes but at the same time is not obtrusive. I'm willing to bet that if you mention men wearing high heels to someone I'm probably not the image they imagined.

[Thighbootguy]

I'm willing to bet that if you mention men wearing high heels to someone I'm probably not the image they imagined.

Really???

Levis EX-GF jeans with my Kimel List boots and the No Boundaries lion head jersey is almost exactly what I had in mind.

[Shafted]

I understand your response TBG especially with the no no smiley. I also understand that you wear other items from the ladies side of the store. That however is not the direction that I wish to go. Please remember however that my personal style is a guy well dressed except with heels. Here's the outfit.

http://www.hhplace.org/album.php?albumid=706&pictureid=7552

[Shafted]

Another gallery update. I wore this ensemble tonight at work.

[ilikekicks]

I need to ask.. ' Photo by Vanessa '. Is she your co-worker? I know Darian takes pictures for me as I dont have one of those ' I do it all ' types of cameras ( yet.. someday though ). Like the outfit to. Kinda Bold but.. I've been known to toss on a pair of skinny-type or tight fitting jeans once in a while

[Shafted]

Yeah she's a coworker and good friend. Thanks for the comment on the outfit.

[stilettopete]

I love the look. Natural yet quite striking. You got it just right. Don't think I have the build/height for that look. Bootcut or flared jeans Tshirt and leather jacket. Rock look with heels sort of thing. ps.. Just wanna say it was this thread that got me street heeling. I'm very grateful to you for your story. An inspiration. Cheers

[Shafted]

I love the look. Natural yet quite striking. You got it just right.

Don't think I have the build/height for that look.

Bootcut or flared jeans Tshirt and leather jacket. Rock look with heels sort of thing.

ps.. Just wanna say it was this thread that got me street heeling. I'm very grateful to you for your story. An inspiration.

Cheers

If it helps and as a point of reference, I'm 5'10" (without heels) 155lbs.

[Shafted]

Well have a new outfit to present (see my gallery updates). After the movie tonight, one of our elderly customers told me I have young legs. I thanked her and told her I always thought of them as my best asset.

[Shafted]

Got back from a morning matinee and the theatre and running errands for both my and my parents. I was wearing my Dragon boots, Nike Witness tee and Levis EX-GF jeans. The fun happened at the post office where I was picking up stamps and tax forms. A young woman was ahead of me on line and was receiving a large quantity of packages (more than she could carry on one trip). As she took the first trip I was waited on. Met the woman at the door on the way out. As we passed each other: Her: I love your boots. Me: Thanks!

[Shafted]

A couple of great compliments came my way tonight. I was wearing a Leg Avenue long sleeve black fishnet shirt under my black theatre work tee for a bit of extra warmth, florenscent green hair band that matches the color of the print on my theatre tee, my staple Levis EX-GF skinny jeans, Reddish brown American Outfitter double row eyelet belt and to finish it off my Ellie 511-LOCK lace up granny boots with double padlocking ankle cuffs with 5 in stiletto heels in fake black patent. Many of these element can be seen in my gallery if you need a refresher. The first compliment I got was from customers who apparently haven't been here for quite some time. They commented that they like my theatre work tee with the Pittsfield Community Theatre printed on it and my name. They couldn't see the boots I was in the box office, but I'm sure they saw them later. The way I wear stilettos how could they miss. They could however easily have seen the fishnet I was wearing in the box office however. wink wink The second compliment came from and older woman with her husband (I assume). At the theatre when a customer enters from the foyer into the lobby the box office door is usually open so people can usually see the full length of me once they come in. The short conversation continued as follows: Her: Oh! Those boots are gorgeous! Me: Thank you. I don't wear them much but I decided to wear them tonight because they still have the original tread on them which would be good for this mess after this recent snowstorm. Her: Good thinking. She wanted to talk about them some more but I was very busy selling tickets. Bummer. I have been able to develop a unique personal style where I can even wear some pretty fetishy looking heels with my outfits and people seem to like it. I'm freely willing and even encouraging others here on the forums to outright copy my style if you so choose. My personal style is to wear mainly mens clothes with maybe one or two small feminine items with of course the heels. Tops with bold graphics seem to be my balancing element with heels and I'm very willing to take advantage if this. This mix is really working for me. My goal was to create an edgy masculine look that any guy with a relatively slim physique could pull off. If you think that I have created a look that can work for you be all means copy me.

[Shafted]

Well here I am home from a rather interesting day out. Finished catching up on the forums and posting a new outfit in my gallery. Okay the interesting part of todays outing happened while I was picking up dinner on the fly at the Beverage Mart in Skowhegan before heading off to work at the theatre (keep in mind that they are are also a liquer store. I went in and had to wait for some guy for what seemed like an eternity as he was deciding on what sandwich he wanted, so I decided to pick up some of the other things I needed while he was having a moment. When I went back to pick up my sandwitch and low fat chocolate milk I heard a wolf whistle behind me. My hair was down at the time. Pretty sure it was a guy that I saw moments before. But I thought I'd be kind and spare him embarrassment and keep him back to, to me as at that moment I really couldn't think of anything to say (that's rare).

[Steve63130]

Shafted, Sometimes "it's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!" (A quote attributed to several different people.) Steve

[ilikekicks]

.. I heard a wolf whistle behind me. My hair was down at the time. Pretty sure it was a guy that I saw moments before. But I thought I'd be kind and spare him embarrassment and keep him back to, to me as at that moment I really couldn't think of anything to say (that's rare).

Been there all to many times. Best solution, say nothing and just go on doing what I was doing and give them no attention at all.

There was an occasion where I did turn around looking to say something in return as I was just tired of ' cat calls '.. So I turned around ready to just ' get it on ' and I noticed something!

The guy had great abs and when I looked up at him.. I had a new realization that maybe saying something wouldnt have been in *my* best interests.

Join the club you sexy thing!

[Shafted]

It's really been so long since the last wolf whistle I received, which was a LONG time ago before I grew my hair out. He really caught me unprepared. Looking back I should have bought the guy a beer. Yeah, that's how disarming I am. Reward the man for that whistle.

[Shafted]

Had to go out this morning to do a bit of grocery shopping. Out of coffee creamer and milk. Oh, the humanity! So I packed up my laptop and headed to McDonald's for breakfast. After ordering my breakfast with 1 large and 1 medium coffee. I settled down to do a little WiFi HHPlace browsing, next to a glass partition that separated my table from another. A bit later I noticed a guy sitting down at the table on the other side of the partition. I happen to notice him staring intently at the screen (with great interest, I might add) of my laptop while I was browsing. From his vantage point he could not have seen my heels. Nothing spectacular, but interesting.

[Shafted]

Thursday nights at the movie begin the changeover process to a new movie, so tonight was marquis night. It meant I was going to be up on the ladder changing letters to the new movie. So I swapped out my 5" stiletto Dragon boots. For a badly grass stained pair of sneakers/trainers. When my co-worker saw me he said, "That I didn't look right in them." It kind of made me go "huh" to myself. To be fair though they definitely didn't go with my skinny jeans. While breaking down the film tonight I pondered that soon I will no longer be able to work with 35mm movie film, and I'm going to miss it. It kills me to see what the movie going public is fed nowadays. They actually bought the lie that digital is better. The truth is it's cheaper, at least for the movie industry. It has been decided by the movie industry as of 2013 no more 35mm prints will be struck by technicolor or deluxe. And the public is forced to watch an overglorified TV set instead. Locked to a fixed pixel count that is only twice the resolution of HDTV rather than a random pattern of film grains. If your a movie goer and you care about the quality of the image displayed, relative to size the HDTV will blow digital cinema away for sharpness, just another case of digital done wrong. Has technology just become one big gimmick for us without providing any real value. I watch people all around me every day tapping on their digital devices. Many of them seem to can't even be bothered with manners, some to the extent where I can't even see them as constructive members of society. Oh,well then, end of an era. It has happened. We have become a digital world with all analog once again religated to the purist. Nothing of our analog past remains but trinkets. I just had to write something different I guess. I did get a high heel bit in there though.

[ilikekicks]

Oh,well then, end of an era. It has happened. We have become a digital world with all analog once again religated to the purist. Nothing of our analog past remains but trinkets.

Such is happening with the whole A/V scene.

Everything being recorded now doesnt go to analog tape like it used to. It goes to a hard-drive or some other storage medium. What some people fail to realize is that the hard-drive in their computer is still an analog device ( magnetic platters ) Its similar as magnetic tape but spins on a platter. .

Purists, yeppers! Ive tried many ' digital ' amps and simulators over the years, but always find myself going back to vacuum tube/rectifier amplification. Theres just some things/sounds that cannot be digitally replicated.

[FreshinHeels]

wow The man dresses well and is also an filosofer, well done

[Thighbootguy]

Thursday nights at the movie begin the changeover process to a new movie, so tonight was marquis night. It meant I was going to be up on the ladder changing letters to the new movie. So I swapped out my 5" stiletto Dragon boots. For a badly grass stained pair of sneakers/trainers.

When my co-worker saw me he said, "That I didn't look right in them." It kind of made me go "huh" to myself. To be fair though they definitely didn't go with my skinny jeans.

A most interesting and insightful comment from your co-worker.

It kills me to see what the movie going public is fed nowadays. They actually bought the lie that digital is better. The truth is it's cheaper, at least for the movie industry. It has been decided by the movie industry as of 2013 no more 35mm prints will be struck by technicolor or deluxe. And the public is forced to watch an overglorified TV set instead. Locked to a fixed pixel count that is only twice the resolution of HDTV rather than a random pattern of film grains. If your a movie goer and you care about the quality of the image displayed, relative to size the HDTV will blow digital cinema away for sharpness, just another case of digital done wrong. Has technology just become one big gimmick for us without providing any real value. I watch people all around me every day tapping on their digital devices. Many of them seem to can't even be bothered with manners, some to the extent where I can't even see them as constructive members of society.

It's probably worse than you think. I suspect that folks that have watch a movie on an Iphone think they have "seen the movie". There is nothing like a well done theater presentation of a movie.

I do understand the loss of quality in the digital image. I have been using film since KodaChrome was ASA 12 and I remember getting a new lense for a 35mm camera and being able to see the difference in the image when it was projected 6' x 6'. You could use the bottom of a coke bottle for a lense for IPhone size images and no one would notice.

I know from experience there is a vast difference in seeing a painting in person and seeing a printed version of a photograph of the same painting.

On the other hand one persons quality is another persons useless expence. I'm Ok with heels from Payless and the goodwill (probably because I don't know any better though.)

My new guitar is an acoustic wonder especially with new strings. I can pick that sound out from other instruments and it was worth every penny I invested. To other folks its a wooden box with strings that makes noise.

Oh well, some times we just have to put up with progress (even when it goes in the wrong direction).

TBG

[Shafted]

When I was researching digital cinema I found out that the highest quality digital releases are coming from 35mm masters and the industry itself admits this is step down process (reduction in resolution). In essence if you are watching digital cinema you are watching a much lower resolution image than 35mm. Proof of this has been shown in digital transfers by E-FILM. In viewing a digital cinema test pattern on the leader the film was easily able to resolve ALL detail in the digital image with many pixel (grains) to spare.

[JeffB]

While breaking down the film tonight I pondered that soon I will no longer be able to work with 35mm movie film, and I'm going to miss it. It kills me to see what the movie going public is fed nowadays. They actually bought the lie that digital is better. The truth is it's cheaper, at least for the movie industry. It has been decided by the movie industry as of 2013 no more 35mm prints will be struck by technicolor or deluxe. And the public is forced to watch an overglorified TV set instead. Locked to a fixed pixel count that is only twice the resolution of HDTV rather than a random pattern of film grains. If your a movie goer and you care about the quality of the image displayed, relative to size the HDTV will blow digital cinema away for sharpness, just another case of digital done wrong.

I have absolutely no idea what all that meant. I just go to the movies for cheap thrills and pricey popcorn.

[Rei]

It kills me to see what the movie going public is fed nowadays. They actually bought the lie that digital is better. The truth is it's cheaper, at least for the movie industry. It has been decided by the movie industry as of 2013 no more 35mm prints will be struck by technicolor or deluxe. And the public is forced to watch an overglorified TV set instead. Locked to a fixed pixel count that is only twice the resolution of HDTV rather than a random pattern of film grains. If your a movie goer and you care about the quality of the image displayed, relative to size the HDTV will blow digital cinema away for sharpness, just another case of digital done wrong.

I don't really understand the grain thing as I've never dealt with film before, but I do understand the digital side. 1080p looks just fine on my 23" monitor here, but that's nowhere near the size of a theater screen. That sounds like it would be a noticeable decrease in quality if it's only going to be twice the resolution. I might as well just wait for it to come out on dvd and watch it on my computer once I get a better headset.