mostbeautifulgrlntheworld said:

I think we're on to something!

Discomfort from wearing flats might also have to do with particularly tight calf muscles and/or short Achilles tendons. And, unfortunately, wearing heals too much actually promotes these things. My mother-in-law has worn heels almost daily since high school, and now when she wears flats for too long she gets unbearable pain in her feet and the backs of her legs.
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veronikka said:

oh yeah there is a lady here who walks her kids to school each day in stilettos

I can't wear high heels, no good for running away when you need to

applekisses said:

my arches are so high they don't touch the ground when I walk, but I STILL can't wear stilettos

JustErin said:

That's awesome actually

My only real problem with heels is that I can't wear one much over 3" because my feet are so small. The pitch for a 4" heel on a 6-1/2 shoe is a liiiiittle steep.

INSATIABLE said:

I didn't say you couldn't be sexy. I said you couldn't be fabulous.

Lammastide said:

My grandmother could only wear heel when she was in her 80's even as her calf muscles had shortened from years of wearing them.

CarrieMpls said:

DAMN!

I love high heels but for many years I stuck to the chunkier thicker heels. I bought my first pair of stilettos 3 years a go for my 31st birthday. They were a pair of Via Spiga strappy sandals and at the time the most expensive pair of shoes I'd ever bought at $200. Sufficed to say, I ain't been right since and haven't looked back cuz I'm ALL about the stiletto heel and it has to be at LEAST a 3.5 inch heel. Oh and I used to dance back in the day and one of the reasons I quit was seeing what my friends' feet, who'd been dancing longer than me, looked like. It was really gross what those pointe shoes did to their fee.

I always had a strut in my walk anyway (when I walk in public I'm playing Prince's "It's About That Walk" in my head. ) but when I wear stilettos it's OVAH!!! And I KNOW I'm on somebody's runway. I think there's a definite mental boost that goes along with the boost in height.

I've always been partial to high heeled boots. But after Prince noticed and touched my giraffe print pony hair boots on New Year's Eve ("I like your boots, those are hot.") and then him and Sheila were checking out my red patent leather boots in March, I realized that the shoe fetish was really in it's infancy and will be getting progressively worse as I embark on a quest to outdo myself.

To make matters worse I stumbled upon the world's best shoe store at www.zappos.com NOW it's really over. . . I may be needing an intervention soon.

Here are my current favorite shoes:

3.5 inch heel


4 inch heel

SCNDLS said:

I have those in black.

Hot.

I shoe threads!

applekisses said:

I have a very high arch and heels absolutely kill me.

I'm sure it doesn't help that I'm heavy, but during my high school anorexic phase, they were still uncomfortable.

ZombieKitten said:

Maybe it just depends on how bad you want to wear them, then. I don't want to wear them that badly...there has to be a balance between cute and comfort for me.

applekisses said:

Same here.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Once you get used to wearing high heels all the time, flats feel really uncomfortable.

I've got a good balance now since I wear mostly flats at work. I feel very comfortable in both now.

JustErin said:

me too!

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I'd much rather go for a cute wedge, chunky heel or platform. Although, I do love pointy toes...they're more comfortable if they don't have an insane heel on them. I have a couple of pairs of boots like these in black...no buckle...

JustErin said:

Love them! I almost got the black but I have another pair of Stuart Weitzman stiletto boots that are similar. So I went with the red patent leather to spice things up. I LOVE his shoes. Quality made shoes can also make a huge difference in how well you tolerate high heels. Keeping in mind that expensive doesn't always mean quality made.
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High heels, long legs and a firm round butt

SCNDLS said:

He was checkin' out my feet when I was in the front row at a February aftershow. My shoes -- only in black:

I'm wearing these to the Prince concert tomorrow. The pics do not do them justice. They color is so much richer and more beautiful in person. Oh, and they sparkle!

Those shoes are awesome!

UCantHavaDaMango said:

Wow, are you going to be able to stand up for the whole concert in those, cause I doubt you will be sitting I wore flats to my last Prince concert but that was because I had to stand for more than 6 hours

UCantHavaDaMango said:

They are great.. they have a really nice range out this summer..

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UCantHavaDaMango said:

wow! really?

veronikka said:

I always wear heels to concerts, otherwise I wouldnt see anything, I am too short lol

I remember one Prince concert I took m y boots off at one point cos my feet were sore,. but I couldnt go up and dance onstage cos I had no boots on my feet

I haven't worn them in years. I heard they were originally made for men but found too uncomfortable so they fancied them up for women, so they could please men! Pleeze

Just be glad y'all weren't at the court of Versailles. Back in the day, they didn't make shoes in left/right. Both sides were built on the same last and you had to give them shape just by wearing them.

And nobody ever sat down at court. I'm surprised they could stand, at all, by the time they were middle-aged.

Genesia said:

Those are too hot!!! Kinda stripperish but classy.

I'm telling you, THAT man has serious fetish for ladies shoes. I coulda died when he touched my boot. Plus, I'm sure ya'll have seen the pics of him sitting next to Eva Longoria at the All-Star game and she's showing him her shoe and they're obviously talking about them. I love him to death but Princey can be such a queen sometimes and that's DEFINITELY a compliment.