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    Silly question, but for the ladies...

    • 26-11-2011 06:07AM
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      shawki3
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      Hello! I will be in Galway this spring, and plan to bring a few dress up outfits with me for going out. I will be living Gort hopefully :)
      Anyway, what are the streets like there? Is it impossible to walk in heels? Should I wear flat shoes or wedges instead? I don't have very much suitcase room, so I won't be bringing a lot of options!

      Thanks so much :)


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    • #2
      meeka
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      The streets are not impossible to walk in heels on by any means. There aren't many cobblestone streets (in fact, I'm not sure there are any?) so I wouldn't be too worried about something like that, really!


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      Foxx92
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      Judging by some wans you see, you'd think the streets are made from jagged rocks.


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      TheCosmicFrog
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      Posting this in the NUI Galway forum?

      Erm-erm...
      Galway City


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      Raging_Ninja
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      Smartest girls I've ever seen bring heels with flats in their handbags.


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      MissMoppet
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      meeka wrote: »
      any means. There aren't many cobblestone streets (in fact, I'm not sure there are any?)

      Have you been on shop street before??:rolleyes:


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    • #7
      QueenOfLeon
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      The streets are all fine to walk on but walking from Gort to town in heels would be a bit of a nightmare...so bring a mixture ;)


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      saa
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      Nice pair of flats, be grand.


    • #9
      meeka
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      MissMoppet wrote: »
      Have you been on shop street before??:rolleyes:

      I wouldn't call them cobblestones, they're just .. bricks. Cobblestones have grooves between them, usually. The only cobblestones I can think of are possibly the ones right in front of the town hall.


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      Ficheall
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      Raging_Ninja wrote: »
      Smartest girls I've ever seen bring heels with flats in their handbags.

      Really? Perhaps they're smarter than the ones who walk around barefoot when they can't bear the pain in their feet any more, granted... but substituting genders in the example I can't see "Smartest guys I've ever seen carry around a second pair of shoes with them because they can't bear to wear the first pair for more than a couple of hours at a time."... doesn't quite gel...


    • #11
      Raging_Ninja
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      Ficheall wrote: »
      Really? Perhaps they're smarter than the ones who walk around barefoot when they can't bear the pain in their feet any more, granted... but substituting genders in the example I can't see "Smartest guys I've ever seen carry around a second pair of shoes with them because they can't bear to wear the first pair for more than a couple of hours at a time."... doesn't quite gel...

      Indeed.

      Perhaps my post should have read: "Least ridiculous girls I've ever seen bring heels with flats in their handbags."


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      Eamonn Brophy
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      I always laugh at girls who're holding their heels at around 10pm on shop street.
      I always look at them and think "It's going to be a long night for you love!"


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      christina_x
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      Raging_Ninja wrote: »
      Smartest girls I've ever seen bring heels with flats in their handbags.

      I do this :D You get to look nice when your sober and when you're drunk and don't really care you've got flats - saves you falling on your face as well ;) I just bring a big bag and shove my heels in there and nobodys any the wiser =)


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      Reillyman
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      Ficheall wrote: »
      Really? Perhaps they're smarter than the ones who walk around barefoot when they can't bear the pain in their feet any more, granted... but substituting genders in the example I can't see "Smartest guys I've ever seen carry around a second pair of shoes with them because they can't bear to wear the first pair for more than a couple of hours at a time."... doesn't quite gel...

      Of course it doesn't quite gel, a fella wearing high-heels would look ridiculous...


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      Ficheall
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      Speak for yourself!

      And I substituted "first pair of shoes" for high-heels specifically because I knew someone would start making smart comments about guys wearing high-heels..


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      Nailz
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      Raging_Ninja wrote: »
      Indeed.

      Perhaps my post should have read: "Least ridiculous girls I've ever seen bring heels with flats in their handbags."
      This, to be frank I don't see the point of heels, wear comfortable shoes Goddammit! But who am I to be speaking for wimmins' material tastes'? I'm possibly the last person they want doing that...

      But yeah, flats look better too in my opinion.


    • #17
      Ficheall
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      I think the idea is that they're taller and their legs and arses look better in heels, methinks.
      I'd agree with you though - nothing attractive about heels. Or the mounds of makeup some wear. Those silly womenfolk.


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      Nailz
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      I think the legs only look better when they wear heels because they tend to show off their legs more when in heels; and girls in flats would tend to wear longer skits or jeans or whatever. I have a theory (not that I study psychology or anything) that the more modest they dress on a night out, the less inclined they are of being a bit up themselves/a twat. Also, the arses look better because they have to throw arse-flattering shapes in order to keep them balance on the damn things...


      This has gotten very weird.


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      Reillyman
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      Ficheall wrote: »
      Speak for yourself!

      And I substituted "first pair of shoes" for high-heels specifically because I knew someone would start making smart comments about guys wearing high-heels..

      Hahaha, Ficheall talking about smart comments!

      Anyways each to their own, whatever people choose to wear doesn't bother anyone else. The OP asked what Galway streets were like, not how silly Ficheall and the rest of the moral-highground brigade thought they looked. ;)


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      QueenOfLeon
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      Nailz wrote: »
      I think the legs only look better when they wear heels because they tend to show off their legs more when in heels; and girls in flats would tend to wear longer skits or jeans or whatever

      That is one of the strangest assumptions I've ever heard...:P


    • #21
      Nailz
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      QueenOfLeon wrote: »
      That is one of the strangest assumptions I've ever heard...:P
      Haha, well I'm quite the observer... ;)


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    • #22
      spacecake
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      I think the best way to decide is by considering how good you are with heels. I'm a complete tomboy who only wears heels once in a blue moon so i would stick with lower, wider heels (not stilettos under any circumstances, no higher than 2 to 3 inches) that are firmly attached to your feet, like heel boots or chunky sandal type heels.

      It does however seem pretty normal for the more experienced ladies to go out in proper killer heels but I've also seen some nasty ankle twists.

      where are you from?


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