These days it seems that anything goes and whilst many may see they have been brought up not to comment on others.
Men in heels will come I am sure. Seems the androgenous look is coming too. What I cant see coming is stilettos for men outside of say, the club or fetish/goth scene. Yeah, I know we can and do wear them and has been so often demonstrated, people don't tend to notice especially when the outfit is properly co-ordinated (the real key is the total look), and you can walk in them naturally without being selfconsious about what you have on your feet.
My fiancee is fine with me wearing 3" cowboy boots which all the heel showing, but if the heel is tapered too much, ie beyond cuban she finds that difficult to accept. I wear heels daily which are about 1.25" x 1.25" under pants with the hem about 1/2" of the gound when standing still. ie these boots (next catalogue pic).
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...bootbyNEXT.jpg
She is OK with this. She sees them as "Dyke" style and so OK for a bloke. She's a traditionalist when it comes to shoes, court shoes is all she wears when dressed properly for work, sandles for evening dress wear etc., ie not too adventurous. However, she is not really happy with my winter boots where the heel is 20mm x 18mm.as in this pic of mine.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b2...2/IMG_0141.jpg
This she sees as too close to feminine and we have had the conversation as to where does this stop, and why do I do it etc etc...
Blondebimbo Some of the 70's shoes (yeah, I was around then) didn't have plats but the highest heel generally available for guys was 3" w/o plats. A reasonable lift, you dont feel its high, until you check the difference when you only have one shoe on!
So I see mens shoes with heels coming, probably upto 3", but no higher, and with wide and stable with the cuban style in there too. It annoys me when designers put male models onto the catwalk in stilettos. You can go from stopped to flat out in one jump, things need to accelerate at their own pace and all that happens is that people laugh at the designers work. If they would put their models down the catwalk wearing the boots of my first picture, then they would probably be taken up quite readily. Certainly does nothing for the cause that we hold so dear to our hearts.
TB2