Good reply because i couldn't think of one

I was at a social occasion last weekend..anyway i was siting with my partner and my brother in law..so my partner and my brother in law go in to a conversation about why women buy high heels that they know are going to be a killer to wear ( both me an my sis were complaining that our shoes were killing us! )......they just could understand why woman would buy shoes that weren't comfortable so they turned to me for my opinion and maybe it was the fact that i had a few drinks but i could think of one intelligent reason why women buy killer high heels....my other sis calls them car to the bar shoes as in they are not meant for actual walking!!!

so come up with some intelligent reasons why we do it.

Nevyn

To walk in high heels means devloping grace, balance and a well toned pelvic floor which has many benefits for women.


Other then that I am out , cos they cause pelivic miss alingment and damage to the tendions arround the ankle. They make a woman's calf more shapely but that's not a hugely good reas on to wear them.

DundalkDuffman

Because a) they make you taller and b) they elongate the appearance of the leg.

Duno I don't wear them
I have a pair of heels or two but they're small and I got them cos they look very nice

joanofarc

we wear killer heels because they make up look hot! Because when we feel taller we feel more powerful. Because they change the look and shape of our legs and finally because we can, never seen a man walk well in 5 inch heels.

Truley

Societal pressure and because everyone else does it

Malari

Same reason I wear most other items of clothing - because I think they look great!

They are not designed for long hours of standing I suppose, but if I am only walking a short distance then none of my shoes actually hurt me. If I stand around for long enough in flip-flops I'll still get sore feet and legs and want to sit down!

squeakyduck

I like to wear them because my legs look good in them. Some shoes look cute under a skirt while even with a pear of jeans you can look sexy with a cute pair of heels!

I also like the "click click click" noise that they make. Some men find that noise sexy.

iguana

I'm afraid I think life's too short to wear uncomfortable shoes on purpose. There are lots of options for comfy but attractive shoes, I'll be sticking to them.

metrovelvet

Masochism and narcissism all rolled into one. No intelligent reason for it. Aesthetics are not always about intelligence but about sending off codes to attract or repel.

Feeona

Because women who wear them get the most attention from men. I can't wear them because I can't walk in them even though my boyfriend would dearly love me to wear them!
If the men who asked you still don't understand why women wear heels, ask them how do they feel if they see a colleague getting ahead at work. They can see the pay off, so would they do what their colleague does just so they could get the pay off too? Or another example: buffed man at the gym lifting really heavy weights only to do his back in. Why*? Because he was trying to impress the girl on the tread mill across the way.
Trying to imply that women are silly air headed nincompoops for wearing heels when they hurt is dis-ingenious really, because men do silly air-headed things all the time just to get women's attention too!

Failing all that, stab them with your stiletto heel. They'll see the point then



*Of course, he could be really into his sport too. But sometimes he's trying to impress a lady!

Malari

metrovelvet wrote: »

Masochism and narcissism all rolled into one. No intelligent reason for it. Aesthetics are not always about intelligence but about sending off codes to attract or repel.

Wait, intelligent reason?? Does there have to be an intelligent reason for wearing heels? Can't it just simply be cause some women like them and feel attractive or more confident or...outfit co-ordinated in them?

Wolfe Tone

As a bloke I can safely say I have never noticed what shoes a woman wears until she goes rooting around in her bag and pulls out a pair of flats and puts them on. Why not just wear them in the first place?

princess-lala

I love heels - can always walk in them but the minute I walk out of the pub they always seem to hurt! Never hurt when I'm actually in them only when I step out of them!!

I wear them for me though, not for how they make my legs look or what other people think of them!

Princess Peach

Cause they make me feel pretty

Catari Jaguar

Some outfits need heels. Why ruin an expensive beautiful sexy dress?! How ridiculous did Lily Allen look wearing runners with formal dresses? Fool.

rainbow kirby

iguana wrote: »

I'm afraid I think life's too short to wear uncomfortable shoes on purpose. There are lots of options for comfy but attractive shoes, I'll be sticking to them.

I agree with this. In addition, I tend to favour clothes that look better with flat shoes anyway.

sophia25

I'm 5'2 but when I wear heels I look people in the eye. Also, everyone knows and expects me to wear outrageously high heels. In the last few years I have been stripped of everything I believed constituted me (ie career, status etc), so shallow as it is, I cling to the last vestiges of me.....

Scarinae

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

As a bloke I can safely say I have never noticed what shoes a woman wears until she goes rooting around in her bag and pulls out a pair of flats and puts them on. Why not just wear them in the first place?

I'm one of the people that does this, I'm amazed that more people don't! I'm not a regular heels wearer, just occasionally when I go out, so my feet aren't used to it. However there are some outfits that just look better with heels, so it's a nice compromise to go out wearing them and then stick on the flats for the walk home. There's nothing worse that teetering around drunk with your feet killing you while your friends suggest going to the feckin chipper - gah! Half the time though I end up lending the flats to someone who is in a worse state than me but is not as well prepared

I used to wear massive clumpy platforms when I was in school, so at the time my feet were quite used to it. In fact, sometimes my legs used to ache at the weekends when I was in runners again. Back then I'd still happily be walking around in heels at the end of a night out, not a bother on me

Lia_lia

I'm with the fellas on this one. Never understood the heels thing! Well, yeah, they look pretty. But they just aren't worth the pain! I own 1 pair of heels that I have worn once...never again. And they are not even very high. Thank God I'm tall!

krudler

cherub rock wrote: »

Some outfits need heels. Why ruin an expensive beautiful sexy dress?! How gorgeous did Lily Allen look wearing runners with formal dresses? Fool.

FYP :pac:

Its something I've never gotten either, every girl I know complains about her feet at the end of the night, a friend of mine broke her ankle one night after taking a misstep in heels, her leg went one way, her foot the other, ouch.

Malari

Lia_lia wrote: »

I'm with the fellas on this one. Never understood the heels thing! Well, yeah, they look pretty. But they just aren't worth the pain! I own 1 pair of heels that I have worn once...never again. And they are not even very high. Thank God I'm tall!

Well not every pair of heels needs to be in this category:



...and painful!

Most of my heels are about half this size and some are wedges. I had them on holiday and walked for hours in them without a problem.

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I know about as many guys who do notice shoes as those who don't, so I don't think it's just a "what are those silly women thinking wearing stupid heels that no-one sees?" thing.

I don't like the disparaging attitude people have to heels. I have converse and flat pumps and flip-flops and brogues too, but if I want to wear heels with an outfit I'm scorned for wearing something that would cause other people pain?

stupidusername

Bottom line is that if you don't get dressed up on a night out you don't get noticed. I've gone out in comfy clothes and flat shoes and I may as well have been a man! It's bullsh!t to say men don't care about these things cause even though they might not know why they don't notice a woman, the fact is they don't.

Of course if you wear flats as in pumps or flat boots with a skirt this is a different thing, cause you're still showing skin, but wear them with full length jeans or something and you probably won't be noticed.

Of course this brings up the question again of who do you dress for.... but that's a different discussion :pac:

Princess Peach

I know lots of men who like heels. I had a boyfriend who asked me to wear them in bed sometimes!

DonnieScribbles

cherub rock wrote: »

Some outfits need heels. Why ruin an expensive beautiful sexy dress?! How ridiculous did Lily Allen look wearing runners with formal dresses? Fool.

I'm not familiar with the Lily Allen in runners thing but I think it'd be kind of cool to wear runners with a formal dress. At least it'd be interesting! If done right and if the colours matched I'd say it'd work. I wear canvas runners/sneakers all the time and don't actually own any other kind of footwear so if I was wearing something formal I'd have to wear runners with it... Hmmm... Or buy new shoes

stupidusername wrote: »

Bottom line is that if you don't get dressed up on a night out you don't get noticed.

If I went out wearing heels I'd be noticed for all the stumbling and falling over I was doing.

I'm a heels naysayer myself.

iguana

Malari wrote: »

but if I want to wear heels with an outfit I'm scorned for wearing something that would cause other people pain?

No, there's nothing wrong with wearing shoes that you are comfortable in regardless of how they look. As long as you have no back or hip problems and the shoes are well made, the right size and you are used to heels you could easily wear heels without feeling pain. When I was a lot younger I used to have a few pairs that I could wear all day walking around and could run and dance in them no problem.

The issue the OP is talking about is wearing shoes which cause you pain. Shoes that you know you can't walk in but you still wear them in the knowledge that they will hurt and you will be crippled if you do more than go from "car to bar" in them. That is kind of stupid and beyond that it's actually really, really irritating to the people you are with. I can't bear being with people who continually wear shoes that they can't do anything in. Can't go to the party we planned to go to as they can't walk. Must get a taxi for the 5 minutes walk as they can't go otherwise. Can't go to the bar and will you get the drinks if they give you the money as their feet really hurt. Would love to dance but can't as their feet hurt. Need to get taxi straight home even though you'd planned to go for food as their feet hurt. :mad::mad::mad:

It's fair enough if it's a new pair of shoes and they haven't broken them in properly yet so have blisters or they didn't realise they shoes would be so painful. But when it's time after time and people keep on wearing the same deeply uncomfortable shoes that end up spoiling everyone's night out then it is a bit insane.

Chuchoter

Because I hate being small :mad: I like being on eye level with people and I like being able to reach things! If that means sacrificing all the skin on my feet (owwwww ) then so be it!

And they make you very balanced and co-ordinated if you wear them enough. I'm the only person I know who can not only run in 6 inch heels, but can walk on the Trinity cobble stones in them. Thats until I collapse in agony though :P

Lia_lia

I couldn't give a crap if the heels are small. They are (from my experience) still less comfy than pumps/cons. I am much more comfortable in something that feels comfortable.

stupidusername wrote: »

but wear them with full length jeans or something and you probably won't be noticed.

What! Really?!

metrovelvet

Malari wrote: »

Wait, intelligent reason?? Does there have to be an intelligent reason for wearing heels? Can't it just simply be cause some women like them and feel attractive or more confident or...outfit co-ordinated in them?

The OP specifically asked for intelligent reasons. There are none.

Vinta81

I've never really had a problem with heels. I could live in mine lol. Everyone can't get how comfy I am in them. I walk fast in them too ha.

To answer the OP, they're pretty and I'll rob a quote to sum up my feelings;

"Clothes never look any good, and food just makes me fatter, but shoes always fit. "

Vinta81

Vinta81 wrote: »

"Clothes never look any good, and food just makes me fatter, but shoes always fit. "

That's a lie It's why I hate shoe shopping