high heels

The Bollox

Ok Ladies, I have to ask this one: do you think High Heels are worth the pain?

I have seen the horrors a pair of high heels can do to a girls foot. they look like the most uncomfortable things to wear, but they do make legs look amazing and in that way they are necessary for dresses. However, why wear them if wearing jeans? If you're going for a night out would you weigh up the pros and cons of the shoes you will wear?

I am very thankful that I am a man and therefore only have 2 pairs of shoes, one of them being runners

Ginny

Good heels shouldn't hurt that much.
I wore the 6 inchers on Sat, was on my feet all night and they were fine on Sunday.

sweet-rasmus

simple answer - wear them until the first sign of pain i rarely wear them but the result is fabulous. bf will agree 100%. kept for a beautful dress (never jeans) and i always have a thin pair of flats hiding on me.

Aspiration

Without my heels, I'm less than 5' and I work in a financial institute where the dress code is "smart/business" so I'm usually in > 4" heels.

Don't mind wearing them, but I take them off the minute I get home/get into the car. And I'm quite partial to wearing heels and jeans on a night out. Other than my heels, I wear my buffaloes

The Bollox

wtf are buffaloes?

Aspiration

Platforms made famous by the Spice Girls!

Quality

Personally I think If you buy cheap shoes, prepare to suffer.

I have bought heels in the US in the designer outlets and could wear them from Morning til Night without discomfort.

I find it hard to find comfortable wedges? Anyone else the same?

LadyE

I wear heels nearly all the time….they have to be high too, as high as I can find without me being in my toppy-toes. Because I’m a midget.

I’m wearing very comfortable wedges now…cant remember where I got them tho...think on Grafton street – one of the shops there.

G86

Its a rare occasion that you would see me in heels, kitten heels are as far as I go. I mind one night I wore a pair everyone thought I was hammered cause I couldn't walk!! I'm 5'9' anyway so I don't see the need for them....

Abi

I only wear them when I have to. Normally I will be in pretty flats. Im small but I dont actually care / mind. Will wear something with a bit of a heel if Im going out, purely for elongational purposes.

I love my comfort, but not uggy/furry booty things kind of comfortable though

omb0wyn5ehpij9

From a man's point of view.....women in high heels = lol

Reku

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEW20080605081813&Page=W&Title=Offbeat&Topic=0&
Worth thinking about.;)

Original source article: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/article1247248.ece

misslt

I'm tiny without them, wear them as much as I can!

Have a major thing for shoes anyway, the higher the better

rediguana

Heels look brilliant on women.

MIN2511

LOVE HEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Recently sprained my ankle because i was wearing one, first day in heels after a month was on friday:D

DenMan

Here ladies here are some tips. You never know when you might need them.

http://www.wikihow.com/Run-in-High-Heels

Piste

Does anyone know how to tell if heels are going to kill your feet all night BEFORE you buy them?

akamossy

I've never worn heels, i'm quite tall as it is and would feel extremely uncomfortable in heels with them making me even taller. Because of never wearing them i probably wouldn't be able to walk in them anyway :pac:

Creamy Goodness

Piste wrote: »

Does anyone know how to tell if heels are going to kill your feet all night BEFORE you buy them?

dunno if it's the same but sometimes the heels of my shoes cut my ankles.

what i do is i soften them up by moving the heel part around a lot with my thumbs. i find it's a good way to break them in without the pain.

Niamho!

you normally break them in and they're fine. but theres always a couple of pairs tha no matter how many times you wear them they always end up hurting...ARGH!!
most of mine are fine though...
feet are sore today though from two nights i na row of High shoes!

Fast_Mover

I love high heels, only wear them going out though. They rarely hurt me..alcohol consumption does the trick!!:D

Twee.

Quality wrote: »

I find it hard to find comfortable wedges? Anyone else the same?

I got an excellent pair in Aldo last summer for about €80. I can wear them all day long, they look great with wide leg jeans. Pretty much the same http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=68200535&&var=d&ckey=UK&colorid=38

I adore heels and will usually wear them. My "going out" wear consists of shorts and dresses so they're generally appropriate. I like being tall and they make me feel sexy I have three pairs that never give me any trouble, but in other cases I make like Amy Winehouse and carry a pair of ballet shoes with me. They fold up small and are less than €20 in Dance World.

Aisling(",)

Ive 5 pairs so far but i want my collection to grow.Ive a lovely pair of red satin heels that i jsut adore!always wear heels on a night out.

GirlInterrupted

akamossy wrote: »

I've never worn heels, i'm quite tall as it is and would feel extremely uncomfortable in heels with them making me even taller. Because of never wearing them i probably wouldn't be able to walk in them anyway :pac:

Only wear heels on a night out, but I'm tall too and I like the fact you can't miss me in heels. I have about six pairs of heels, and the cheap ones are definitely more likely to hurt.:)

Alicat

I'd wear small heels if I needed to be slightly dressed up during the day, but for nights out with the girls I feel better getting into a pair of high heels.

Boyfriend is the same height as me so for the past 2 years I've been wearing flats with him, (a) so he wouldn't develop some sort of complex of being 'short' and (b) I feel like a big fat giant when I'm beside him in heels sometimes

But last weekend, I wanted to wear this really pretty dress when going out for dinner with him, and said f*ck it, I'm wearing heels! The look on his face as he panned up my legs was well worth it! :pac:

I'm returning to heels!

bills

I nearly always wear heels, feel tiny without them!!
Saying that going on holidays soon & will wear flats but at home-always in heels, dont feel the same without them!! never really bought into pumps

Jemmy

Love heels, only really wear them goin out tho! Cant wear them to work...civil engineer! :pac::D

Buying myself a new pair to wear out this wknd, birthday pressie for myself!

Check them out either:

http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=69335079&&var=d&ckey=US&colorid=96

or

(in red!)
http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=67343251&var=d&ckey=US&

ChewChew

Any other wimminz with me on this one, but a nice comfortable pair of heels has a way of making you feel sexier???

I love a nice heel. I'm short as it is. (5ft1) so I need the heels, but I cant do really high ones cause I'd just fall off em. But I do have some super sexy 3 inchers and only wear them going out. I like my flat dolly shoes for work.

LadyE

ChewChew wrote: »

Any other wimminz with me on this one, but a nice comfortable pair of heels has a way of making you feel sexier???

I love a nice heel. I'm short as it is. (5ft1) so I need the heels, but I cant do really high ones cause I'd just fall off em. But I do have some super sexy 3 inchers and only wear them going out. I like my flat dolly shoes for work.

I totally agree - the lengthen your legs and make them look slimmer and just make you feel better.

I always feel like a fat frump when I wear flat shoes (other than runners)

LadyE

Jemmy wrote: »

Love heels, only really wear them goin out tho! Cant wear them to work...civil engineer! :pac::D

Buying myself a new pair to wear out this wknd, birthday pressie for myself!

Check them out either:

http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=69335079&&var=d&ckey=US&colorid=96

or

(in red!)
http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=67343251&var=d&ckey=US&

Fricken love them!

Aspiration

The things about heels for me though is I can't wear a shoe unless they're Mary-Jane or there's a strap of some kind. I'm a size 3 and even at that I find I slip out of all shoes unless i'm literally strapped in!

ChewChew

LadyE wrote: »

I totally agree - the lengthen your legs and make them look slimmer and just make you feel better.

I always feel like a fat frump when I wear flat shoes (other than runners)

+1

this is sooooo true. a sexy shoe = a sexy leg

Aspiration wrote: »

The things about heels for me though is I can't wear a shoe unless they're Mary-Jane or there's a strap of some kind. I'm a size 3 and even at that I find I slip out of all shoes unless i'm literally strapped in!

I know what you mean chick. I much prefere a strap, and I'm a size 5 so I can only imagine how you feel. awwws. lol. But deffo a thumbs up for the strap.

Quality

Jemmy wrote: »

Love heels, only really wear them goin out tho! Cant wear them to work...civil engineer! :pac::D

Buying myself a new pair to wear out this wknd, birthday pressie for myself!

Check them out either:

http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=69335079&&var=d&ckey=US&colorid=96

or

(in red!)
http://www.aldoshoes.com/eng/storeSection/redirect.cfm?sectionID=b2c/style/productDetails.cfm&itemID=67343251&var=d&ckey=US&

They are both fab, I would end up with both of them.

However would probably get more wear out of the red!!!

Pythia

I don't have great feet and high heels hurt me pretty badly, add to that I can't really walk in them so I avoid them. I do like wedges though, I have a nice pair from Marks.

GinnyJo

GinnyJo wrote: »

Good heels shouldn't hurt that much.
I wore the 6 inchers on Sat, was on my feet all night and they were fine on Sunday.

Where did you get comfortable 6 inchers?

I love heels, I'm a bitch when I'm uncomfortable though. So nobody loves me in them.

Susannahmia

I hate wearing or shopping for heels as I find it almost impossible to get a comfortable pair. I'm only 5"2 so they are a must when going out. I find it really hard to find a pair to fit though, I'm a size 4 1/2 so size four are far too small and five far too big. Nightmare!:(

mollybird

oh i do love my shoes but what happens if you can't afford to buy expensive shoes:( i know i really can't do the really high heels. but nothing better than after a great night out walking home in your bare feet holding your shoes. ive done it so often round the streets of dublin my poor guy still gets nervous for some reason. and the one time i did walk to my night link with my shoes on someone stood on my food and i ended up with a sprained foot:mad:

Sometimes Dunnes has the most comfortable heels ever.
They aren't high but they are brilliant.

bluedolphin

I hate heels ever since some girl stood on my foot and fractured my metatarsel. They're evil, I swear, EVIL!

Never been much of a heel-wearer; will wear them with dresses and for fancy occasions, but on a regular night out I likes me flats! Comfort > appearance any day! My motto is that by midnight no one's going to notice anyway except for me and I may as well be in comfort.

Nightwish

I wore platforms every day in school. With me, it was the higher the heel, the better. I was forever in trouble for wearing them. Now I know why...my ankles are in bits and I'm only 24. I wear flats every day now, but on nights out I wear my heels. I recently bought a fabulous pair of sexy platform style heels in Schuh which I've been wearing a lot but are horrendously uncomfortable.

fonpokno

i LOVE heels but my favourite pair cripple me. they're so pretty and silver and shiny and beautiful but they were cheap so much pain ensues. i've been wearing flats loads lately but i'll go for heels if i'm wearing some sort of fabulous dress that deserves fabulous shoes and fabulous legs!

Seonad

I don't like wearing heels-they make me feel way too tall:(

Laurs_civic

iam 6foot so i dont ever wear heels.

Ginny

Moonbaby wrote: »

Where did you get comfortable 6 inchers?

I love heels, I'm a bitch when I'm uncomfortable though. So nobody loves me in them.

I have the pair in my Avatar from River island, €110 euro but lovely!!!
Got the onther ones in office, the huge peep toe satin ones, I think they're only 5 inches though.
http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office_(w)/real_high_plat._sandal/37/4120/13001/1
If i think they might be a bit sore I'll bring those compeed plasters, the ones that look like skin.
Or I'll stick a tiny pair of flats in my handbag for walking home in.

As for cheap shoes, I get a lot in New Look, but sometimes they hurt a lot.

justsomebloke

*note to women*

wearing high heels alot when you go out can lead to men thinking you have shrunk when they see you in flats for the first time

Ginny

Hey now you'd seen the shoes you knew how high they were what did you expect?

justsomebloke

hey I didn't know how high your heals usually were the first few time I met you

Papillon87

Susannahmia wrote: »

I hate wearing or shopping for heels as I find it almost impossible to get a comfortable pair. I'm only 5"2 so they are a must when going out. I find it really hard to find a pair to fit though, I'm a size 4 1/2 so size four are far too small and five far too big. Nightmare!:(

I'm the exact same shoe size as you, and a fellow shortie at 5 foot nothing. It's beyond annoying at this stage. No shops do half sizes anymore. Apparently it's too expensive for too small demand (even though that would be a few million people :rolleyes: ) a sympathetic assistant in Aldo told me.

I have pretty much no nice shoes at the moment as a result.

GinnyJo

GinnyJo wrote: »

I have the pair in my Avatar from River island, €110 euro but lovely!!!
Got the onther ones in office, the huge peep toe satin ones, I think they're only 5 inches though.
http://www.office.co.uk/womens/office_(w)/real_high_plat._sandal/37/4120/13001/1
If i think they might be a bit sore I'll bring those compeed plasters, the ones that look like skin.
Or I'll stick a tiny pair of flats in my handbag for walking home in.

As for cheap shoes, I get a lot in New Look, but sometimes they hurt a lot.

I'm head over heels in lust with that Office shoe, especially the leopard print.
I was about to give a to Susanna about the half sizes, I'm a 6 1/2, which is also a 40. I don't usually have a problem.
But ~SNIFF~ they don't do that office must have in half sizes.

Susannahmia

Papillon87 wrote: »

I'm the exact same shoe size as you, and a fellow shortie at 5 foot nothing. It's beyond annoying at this stage. No shops do half sizes anymore. Apparently it's too expensive for too small demand (even though that would be a few million people :rolleyes: ) a sympathetic assistant in Aldo told me.

I have pretty much no nice shoes at the moment as a result.

Same here I have like one pair of fives at the moment that I got in Dunnes that dont fall off. And you can forget about any shoes that arent backless. I was looking at a few American sites, size six usa seems to be a uk four and a half so I'm contemplating trying that.

Ginny

Moonbaby wrote: »

I'm head over heels in lust with that Office shoe, especially the leopard print.
I was about to give a to Susanna about the half sizes, I'm a 6 1/2, which is also a 40. I don't usually have a problem.
But ~SNIFF~ they don't do that office must have in half sizes.

Call me your fairy god mother,
Because of the size of the heels there is some slippage of the foot so your best bet is to go up half a size, go in and try a 7 on..they should fit.