The Adventures of kneehighs...

[kneehighs]

^ All I did over this last weekend was Eat out for dinner twice. It was pretty calm and peaceful..I'll be back with updates from Copenhagen though! EDIT: actually, here is a bit of rush...I took a picture of a well known runway model...and she posed for me...who is wearing some sexy boots.

[since-i-can-rem]

EDIT: actually, here is a bit of rush...I took a picture of a well known runway model...and she posed for me...who is wearing some sexy boots.

She should eat something....

[johnieheel]

Looks good to me. Unfortunately models , for some dumb reason, have to look anorexic. Did I spell that right? lol

[iloveboots]

Great photo and the Boots are delicious! david & cathy

[JNR]

Now, KH, there has to be a story there. It's not like every top model in the fashion industry just stops on a dime and allows just any and every one to snap their picture.

[JeffB]

Kneehighs: Nice pic of that model. Nice boots too. As for her physique----JEEZ!! Somebody needs to perform a caloric intervention on that girl, take her to Mickey D's and force feed her a few Big Macs!

[micha]

Hi kneehighs, it seems to me that you have the money for jetting criss-cross the world. Don't understand me wrong, I'm not jealous on you. For me a travel through the world is an unique experience which I'm doing utmost one or two times in my life. We can forget any climate discussion if the billions of chinese or indians would one day claim to live like you ...

[Maximilian]

Beautiful redhead (I love redheads) with a very nice fashion style. Kneehighs, were you wearing any hh at the time?

[kneehighs]

Now, KH, there has to be a story there. It's not like every top model in the fashion industry just stops on a dime and allows just any and every one to snap their picture.

Ahh, but then that would be like a magician revealing his secret...

Beautiful redhead (I love redheads) with a very nice fashion style.

Kneehighs, were you wearing any hh at the time?

Not this time. The picture was taken during a Monday afternoon during normal business hours.

[kneehighs]

A few pics for you guys from the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. These pics were taken inside the Bryant Park tent between the Nicole Miller show and Venexiana show, both of which I was fortunate enough to have runway invites for. The red head is a photographer. The girl sitting down kept looking at me. I was asking other people if it was okay if I took their pics...guess she found that entertaining. Would have been more fun if I had asked her for a pic and took a close up of her shoes. The last pic was taken just for fun. She was working a WWD sales booth Sorry for the duplicate post, I couldn't figure out how to do an edit and add an additional picture from inside the edit box. Anyhow, here is a picture of designer Nicole Miller at the end of her show. For those of you who are curious, a runway show starts usually 30-45 minutes after schedule (late) and usually lasts only 7-10 minutes. It takes months of preplanning and painstaking preparation to put one together. As well, there are usually freebies given out. I was lucky to snag myself a couple of new pillows, free espresso, and artsy notepads today.

[HeelD]

Sounds like a great day. I wish I could've made it. Some of the women there are gorgeous!

[micha]

Does this unknown white dressed guy on the left pic really wear flat flip-flops? I can't believe it

[kneehighs]

Last night was an incredible evening. want-hh is in town from Buenos Aires visiting NYC for two weeks. We had dinner in the Meat Packing District, walked to Soho and enjoyed a night club there, and then walked back uptown to 26th street before parting ways. For beginning the night at 8 and ending at 4:15, it was quite an evening.

I was in typical evening attire: 4" pumps, Hugo Boss straight leg jeans, grey tunic tshirt, and Calvin Klein satin sport jacket.

When meeting for dinner at One, they arrived first and were smart to tell the Maître d' that they would be sitting at the bar waiting for my arrival. What a pleasant first impression I formed upon first meeting them. want-hh and his SO are both clean cut, well mannered, professionals that both exude characteristic Porteño warmth.

We were promptly escorted to our table where the discussion predictably centered around how want-hh introduced his interest in heels to his SO, how she responded to that information, and how Buenos Aires isn't exactly a great place for freestyling.

After sharing a delicious bottle of Monterey Pinot Noir and finishing our Tuna and Italian meals, we headed to the bar for another round of drinks. At around 12:30 we decided to head to Soho to a club called Sway, made famous by it's clientelle from Misshapes. The walk through the Meat Packing District, West Village, and Northern part of Soho allowed them to discover parts of NYC that they hadn't yet seen.

The walk was probably the most pleasant part of the evening as it allowed want-hh to really express his desire to wear heels publically, openly and in what he described as a "surreal" experience.

Neither of us ever received any comments and a few pictures were taken, most of which are on want-hh's camera.

Another friendship was born as a result of this forum and the courage to step out and meet another freestyler. Both want-hh and his girlfriend are excellent representations of our community and friends I am proud to now know.

[johnieheel]

That is one cool story! Wouldn't it be nice if the rest of the world had a shoe desire like we do? We could all spend our money on shoes instead of bombs. K, I'm dreaming again.

[kneehighs]

Here are two pictures from Saturday night:

wanthh and myself

want hh's SO and myself

[johnieheel]

Great pics and I'm sure a really great time. Hopefully some day my wife and I will have a chance to team up with other healers for a good time. We are going to make it to the London heel meet some year for sure!

[kneehighs]

johnieheel Thanks for the compliment.

want hh, his girlfriend and I went out again last weekend. Now that he is back in Buenos Aires, he has had time to review his pictures he took of our outings. Here are a couple of pictures he took of me.

In the first picture, you can see that I was wearing skinny pants from Inc. and 4" Nine West pumps. You can see the two girls to the left of me in the picture were also wearing pumps. Naturally I opened with, "Something is wrong with this picture (and simultaneously pointed down at my shoes)...my shoes are pointier than yours...(and held my shoe near the girl wearing the black pumps)"

Her response was simple , "Want to switch?"

I left the conversation at that and walked back to want hh and his SO. In the second picture, you can see I am enjoying a conversation with two professionals. One worked for Conde Nast, the parent company to Vogue. They broke the ice with me and both said my heels were "fierce".

Nothing happened further than that. But it does demonstrate that heels are mere background experience for the third party observer and really no big deal.

[JeffB]

kneehighs: Impressive, most impressive. But then, that's common for you as you always look great. That was a cool outfit you sported, and the experience you shared made for good reading indeed. More power to you, my friend!

[Bubba136]

Thanks, kneehighs. I agree with JeffB. Very impressive. It's always a pleasure to read of your adventures. I am wondering, though, if you ever hear from or see any of the women again?

[johnieheel]

I really need to get out more. I can't let you have all the fun Kneehighs! LOL BTW, you look great!

[kneehighs]

Thanks, kneehighs. I agree with JeffB. Very impressive. It's always a pleasure to read of your adventures. I am wondering, though, if you ever hear from or see any of the women again?

Of course! A few of them are chronicled in this thread. But I don't define success or failure in terms of getting a second date or securing a new long term commitment, for at this moment in my life, that is not my priority. I am just having a good time!

johnieheel Thanks for the compliment

[Bubba136]

Kneehighs Posted:

But I don't define success or failure in terms of getting a second date or securing a new long term commitment, for at this moment in my life, that is not my priority.

Thanks for your reply. It wasn't my purpose to learn if you established any "long term" relationships. I was just curious to see if any of the contacts were sincere, based on your personality and male attributes, or based entirely on the fact that you aroused their interest because you were wearing heels.

Actually, it's one thing to respond positively to a guy wearing heels while in a crowded social setting but entirely different to maintain the positive attitude beyond the initial meeting (after the guy moves on or the club closes, so to speak).

[kneehighs]

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Actually, it's one thing to respond positively to a guy wearing heels while in a crowded social setting but entirely different to maintain the positive attitude beyond the initial meeting (after the guy moves on or the club closes, so to speak).

Agreed. And the answer is yes, 2 or 3 cases of which I've written about here and more which I haven't written about. Not to toot my own horn, but my charisma in conversation through which I connect to them pretty much sustains their interest regardless of the context (bar, first date, second date).

[kneehighs]

Today Pam and I met for dinner at Cafe Orlin in the East Village. The first time we met admirer5577 here, all three of us fell in love with our beautiful blonde server, the food, and the neighborhood. We had a chat over a glass of wine, an arugula salad with shaved Parmesan cheese, and a burger.

After we left Cafe Orlin, we headed to the Wine Bar on East 4th and 2d Avenue. This is where Pam got brave. There were two girls sitting at the wine bar facing the window whom Pam approached under the guise that he was doing some research for a Latin Fashion magazine about women's reactions to men in heels. (EDIT: so not necessary ) Then he pointed out my stiletto pumps and wanted to see what their reactions were.

It was 50/50. One girl did not like it. The other girl was open to it. I phrased one question like this, "If you were to meet a guy for a first date and just meet him for dinner, you know like we do here in the city, where you just sit down and get to know each other...and if you were to sit and talk to him for 3 or 4 hours over dinner and then walk somewhere else and THEN discover that he was wearing heels, what would your reaction be?" She responded that she would find it exciting.

EDIT: she also asked how the heels made me feel, adding that wearing heels made her feel sexy.

Hmm, shame they had previous plans to visit with other girl friends for dinner as the one who was excited about men in heels mentioned a few times that she was single.

From there Pam and I made our way to the Starbucks close to Saint Marks Place. Naturally Pam had to strike up a conversation with the barista about her thoughts of men in heels. Turns out she is an aspiring designer and totally open to the idea. She said it all depends on how BROAD men want to make their fashion choices.

From there we crossed the street and went to the Starbucks close to 6 train stop. We sat down near a group of 4 girls and Pam yet again wanted to play his, "we are doing research for a fashion magazine" when suddenly one girl at the head of the table happened to glance down at the ground a catch a good look of my stiletto pumps. Within a second she was covering her mouth with her hand and sneaking some kind of conversation with her friends in...making sidelong glances our way. With a few more minutes, the 4 girls got up to leave. But before they left they all went to the bathroom, stayed in line for about 1 minute (long enough to get a good view of my stiletto pumps), then finally left the Starbucks for good. Both Pam and I concluded that these girls were likely 18-21, college aged, and probably from different parts of the country besides NYC.

Overall, it was a great night and just a shadow of the things to come while we party the night away in London in Feb. You can find a picture of my outfit: black Nine West 4" stiletto pumps, Hugo Boss distressed jeans, red Zara jacket layered over a black GAP hoodie, and grey scarf tied into an interesting knot.

[admirer5577]

When reading your post, I soooo want to go back to NYC. Take good care of the city for me, will you? (Especially the blond waitress ) I promise I'll be back some day.

[Zero]

We sat down near a group of 4 girls and Pam yet again wanted to play his, "we are doing research for a fashion magazine" when suddenly one girl at the head of the table happened to glance down at the ground a catch a good look of my stiletto pumps. Within a second she was covering her mouth with her hand and sneaking some kind of conversation with her friends in...making sidelong glances our way. With a few more minutes, the 4 girls got up to leave. But before they left they all went to the bathroom, stayed in line for about 1 minute (long enough to get a good view of my stiletto pumps).

From what I gather, or I prefer saying what I can guess is that situations like these can cause an uncomfortable feeling. That also depends on how well your own mood is during the day. But what I did gather from your essay was that you proudly shown your footwear, despite the type of folk that surrounds your stay. I can't quite understand the selection of the girls' opinions and how they'd feel when spotting a rare sight like us. In moments like this, I would dyingly wish they had 'balls' to walk up to us and impulsively start a conversation about our heels.

I constantly see it happen. When traveling by train, or just walking on the sidewalks. I get spotted and it are the youngsters (girls most likely) that start whispering to eachother about my footwear. Rather than collecting the nerve to start a chat with me, they just go like "Oh look at that!!".

But I have compensating moments too. There are people with guts. One guy just stated out "RESPECT!!" One single word for one pleasant compliment.

I just don't know if cultural opinions are ripe for globalization. The only key it needs is the canceling of silence between the people. Trains used to be very noise, if not by the sound of the running engine, the least it would come from the people within.

Aside all that, I just know that we can't give up doing what we like most. Coming this far, and entering new ages every season, gives me enough courage to show the world something new. Keep it up, I tell ya!

[Guest]

you know, thats all its really about I think: RESPECT! they do NOT seem to know HOW to show RESPECT to others if they are dressed "differently" then themselves, & yes when they DO show it (via compliments) it shows their GUTS (read integerity)to "break away" from them crowd to DO so! @ least thats MY take on it.

[kneehighs]

It's been quite a while since I've updated this thread, but fear not, a trip to London is coming soon. Here are a couple of shots I took today at Fashion Week. The first is candid. The second woman actually posed for me.

[Bubba136]

nice pics. The very attractive woman that posed for you is wearing a nice pair of classic black pumps. Her dress, however, looks like she is a little ample around the waist ("preggy"?)or she's wearing an old fashioned hoop skirt.......(you know, like those skirts that the women wore in "Gone with the wind")

[kneehighs]

Good eye Bubba. She's wearing a hoop skirt and hoop coat. I could have put a better picture where she was looking directly at the lens of my DSLR and smiling, but for the purposes here, the latter pic is good enough.