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Originally Posted by "Wellies"  Can we really dare to hope? |
I certainly don't see why we shouldn't dare to hope. Mainstream high heel fashions for men have happened before, and no, I'm not talking about 300 years ago!
The early 1970s saw the male street fashion for flared trousers and platform shoes with heels up to 4" or more for streetwear (and up to 12" or more for Elton John and other rock personalities on stage.
Then eighties saw Beatle-Boots becoming popular streetwear with no platform and somewhat slimmer cuban heels up to about 4". The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jones and many other celebrities popularised these heels, which also appeared on stylish shoes from Shelley, Mr. Henry and other trendy London shoe stores.
If it's happened twice within my own lifetime, it's bound to come round again, and with todays more tolerant and unisex attitudes, maybe the mainstream male fashion wll embrace even higher and slimmer heels this time around.
Cheers, Heelfan