Can you remember your first pair of heels ?

[Skirted-UK]

Can you remember your first pair of heels? Mine was back in the early sixties, they were a pair of stiletto heel sandals with a 3" heel ( I thought they were really high at the time.) I had to put a piece of black leather in the front straps to make them wide enough for me. After that I bought a pair of 4" heel black sandals and modified them the same way, but it took me some time to master them. The heels were slim but flared out to a 1" wide base with a plastic tip, they also had a 1/2" platform. The plastic heel tips soon wore out and I had to make some steel ones to replace them. I cut the new heel tips out of 3 1/16" steel plate, they took a long time to grind into shape and make, but the noise they made was sensational. The next pair of heels I bought was a fetish pair of 6" heel black patent pumps, which I bought by mail order. But they were too high for me and I stuck to 4" heels after that.

[CraigR]

The first pair I bought was when I was abut 16. I ordered them though the Montgomery -Wards Catalog and picked them up at the local store. They were navy blue pumps with about a 2" block style heel. It was all I could find in my size.

[Katrina]

My first pair were a pair of black suede pumps. I bought them in person when I was 18. Even tried them on in the store. I was sooooo scared and embarassed when I bought them.

[crotchboots-m]

i started with a pair of moms boots,and never looked back from there...well,not a lot anyways

[Dr. Shoe]

I tried on a pair of my mum's boots at the age of 5 and would sneak in to wear them whenever I could, usually when mum was in the garden hanging out the washing as I could watch her from the bedroom window and take them off when I saw her coming in. This continued until my early teens until I outgrew her shoes, she takes a UK7 which is quite big for a woman so I was lucky, however I could still get into her gorgeous high heel sandals until my 20s. My first pair was a pair of mens' cowboy boots with a very daring 3" tapering cuban heel. I wore them everywhere.

[johnieheel]

I remember oh so well! My Mom gave me a pair of red court shoes to play with when I was 3 or 4. I remember clicking all around the house on our wood floor in them and later playing out side in them. I love my Mom for that. LOL

[thedesigner]

first proper heels were about 1972, black platform laceups with wood heels from ken market, then 4" burgundy platform boots from wardour st, i think, then onwards and upwards from there. 6" platform boots from kings road, a regular wear out in mid 70s well you could see the bands better too...

[flavio]

Gold sandals 3" heels in 2001 were my own first. I have tried mom's heels when I was a child, back in 80s.

[Thighmax]

The first pair of boots I wore was when I was about 2 years old. I even had a picture taken with them on. After that I wore my mother's boots and heels until they didn't fit. The first pair of heels I bought were a pair of red patent thigh high boots made of PVC or a similar material.

[Danielinheels]

look to the left. they are from frederick's, 5" heel, size 13. won on ebay. more comfortable than they look.

[Alexis Hill]

The first shoes I tried on were a pair of red heels of my mothers when I was around seven. The first heels I bought were a pair of 2" black heels from payless at sixteen when I separated from my mother in the mall to buy her a birthday present.

[Rockpup]

My first pair were also from payless, probably 3" pumps. Picked em up shortly after I turned 16 and could drive to stores on my own

[Alexis Hill]

My first pair were also from payless, probably 3" pumps. Picked em up shortly after I turned 16 and could drive to stores on my own

Well that beats me on two counts: height and ability to get them.

[rxrenesis]

My 1st pair were the original Korkies wedge sandals in the mid 70's. rx

[Guy N. Heels]

Golly, you folks sure know how to keep the rusty old, creaky memory gears grinding. I remember finding a pair of my mother's heels in a closet somewhere when I was about 10. They were red peeptoe slings with about 3" heels. I do remember that it took some practice before I could even stand-up in them. Since my mother had already abandoned them, I simply appropriated them for myself. On other occasions, she would share her shoes with me, but that's another story. As for the first pair of heels I actually owned, I simply can't be sure. I've bought so many and thrown-out so many heels over the last 50 years that memory simply fails. My first guess would be a pair of 3" black patent stilettoes, but that is simply a stab in the dark. I know that there have been times when I've wished I had the money I've invested in heels, only to throw them out - but that, too, is another story.

[pumpedup]

I was 19 at the time. After first getting to know pumps by invading my sister's closet, I wanted my own pair. I went to a shoe store near my school. I forgot the brand name, but they were generic, probably made in China. Still, i loved them. They were only a 3" heel. I purposely took a backpack to school, just so after school i could go buy the pumps. I got them home, and put them on my feet. It felt really nice! Since then, i have bought probably 50 to 100 pair. Most of them have been famous maker pumps, like Nine West, Allure, Chinese Laundry, Jessica Simpson, and Anne Klein.

[shyguy]

I first wore a pair of red shoes which belonged to my cousin as a kind of dare when I was around 11 or 12, they weren't high by the standards here at about 2 inches, but for a boy to wear they were. First pair I bought were around 3" white stilettos but they were a size too small, and although I could get them on, never really enjoyed them. Dumped them in the box, they were still like brand new.

[chris100575]

My mum had an old pair of black leather knee boots with heels that were probably about three inches that she used to let me wear when I was little. She threw them away after a couple of years, but I kept on sneaking into her room and borrowing her shoes and boots until I outgrew them. My aunt however wears a size 7, so I continued wearing hers. My first pair of my own were some cheap and nasty black patent courts with four inch heels that I bought for about £15 "for my girlfriend" when I was about 17. Considering how long I've been wearing heels, it's no wonder I've never managed to quit! Chris

[onyourtoes]

Red pumps with metal tipped 3 1/2 inch spike heels. $3.97 (probably leather!), brand name Charmers. 1962.

Story here (I think I've posted this link a couple times before, tell me when you're sick of it)

[malinheels]

it was in the early 70s apair of white platform sandals in the bargain bin out front of the shoe shop they were $ 9.99 used to wear them in the very early morning before my newspaper round:thumbsup:

[Guy N. Heels]

it was in the early 70s apair of white platform sandals in the bargain bin out front of the shoe shop they were $ 9.99 used to wear them in the very early morning before my newspaper round:thumbsup:

Welcome to the forum, Malinheels.

[taliheels]

my first pair were at 13 they were my sisters black strappy sandals with a 4inch heel, loved the fact that i could wear them with ankle strap or "open "mule style