luvs2wearthighboots

I'm what you could call "the little guy" in this room (only 5-7) :) amd I really don't need to worry about foot size 'cause I have a small foot (for a man) @ size 7 (which is womens 9) :) so I NEVER have to wonder too much about what size shoe or boots I might want to try on in most cases. in boots, Brad

Yamyam

I'm a UK8ish (US10M) and 5'9", so I also raid whatever I feel like in the women's section. I've only once or twice gone to 'fetish' stores, and I've never bought anything from them. I'm happy trekking around in my 'women's' heels. Long may it continue!

I once had the fright of my life in Transformation when I went in after a pair of Laurie-style laceup boots, and came out wondering who the dickens pays around a hundred quid for a pair of cheaply-made and hideous-looking boots?

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jo

I'm 5' 8" - 5' 9" ish, and wear a UK size 6.5, Eur size 39.5, so I have no real trouble finding things in any stores. Just got a pair of square toe, 4.75 inch block/blade heel, slingback sandals from Shoefayre and tried them on in the shop. No problem.




Transformation (Euston, London) has to be one of the most pushy places that I have ever been to: "Are you buying today?", "How would you like to pay for that?", "I'll order one in your size". Aaaarrgghhh. Yeah, I wasn't that impressed with their advice or their stuff either.

micha

Hi Yamyam,

concerning shoe sizes your are a lucky man!

Today in the early evening I made a promenade in the city of Frankfurt. Wearing my new pointed 4.5'' stiletto boots. They are really comfortable. No problem to walk many kilometers on them.

Naturally I studied the shoe shop windows. A lot of nice boots with my favourite style. Especially I saw a pair of light brown pointed suede ankle boots, which I had buyed immediately. But the shops are closed at sunday in Germany and if they were opened ... that wouldn't make any difference. Maximum size: EU 41

In spite of this it was a big fun to make a promenade in public on thin high stilettos :P.

As usual, no bad comments but somtimes curious glimpses. This has to be repeated!

micha

Firefox

Heel heights on mens shoes don't go past 1 1/2" because they don't think that such shoes will sell to the mass market and they are probably right. Shoe production is based on what they think will sell to a reasonable sector of the market.

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BobHH

I'm also 6'2" and wear a US women's size 13. I remember last Xmas, going to a dinner party with ordinary cowboy boots and getting a comment from a friend that he could never wear heels that high! A was practically speechless, since boot heels are not high at all. They don't know what high heels are!

Reminds me of women's comments that "I can't wear heels that high." Are they proud of being inept or unfit? Or is it like boasting about their sicknesses to get attention? The only person who knows about my heels now is a tall salon girl who keeps claiming she can't wear heels that high because she would fall down. I doubt she has ever tried, but I think she would if pushed. Try, not fall down, that is. :P

JeffB

There would seem to be a mindset of sorts with women where they can't believe it's possible for a man to walk or even stand in high heeled shoes, like that's a talent only women possess. When my female co-workers first saw me in heels, they loved my shoes, then asked how I could walk in them. My answer was an easy one: "Practice." :-D That always startles them, but yes, it most certainly can be done! And we're all proof of that!

hoverfly

Dose that mean that we are the unreasonable part of the market? :)

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jim

Bought another pair of boots last week with a 4" stilleto heel.Tried on half a dozen different pairs in the store and the sales girl couldn't get over how well I walked in them.She said that 4" was way to high for her and didn't know how I managed! What a giggle.Still, she had only been on the job a short while and I was the first guy she had sold heels to so she did real well.
BTW.I love the new boots,they are by Sachi and the style is"Peso".Each boot came with a removable ankle belt with a beaten pewter medelion on it. Quite cool really..

Here's a link to the chain of stores I bought them from.The winter catalog should be up soon.

http://overlandfootwear.co.nz/

Dr. Shoe

The same people who hid them in their car body panels so the wife doesn't find out!