Good Responses From Women: The Ultimate Resource - Page 4

Jimnj3 · 15th December 2004, 15:12

Fashionablefun,

I too, find this story very interesting. I also wonder where abouts you are
located that this was so greatly accepted. It must be nice to be able to pick shoes right off the shelf. Not much available in my US womens 13..
Keep your eye out on the next sale at Nine West..Sounds like a great store to shop..

Jim

Bubba136 · 15th December 2004, 15:25

What was the name and style number of your new boots, Fashionablefun?

kneehighs · 17th December 2004, 05:39

Here's another positive comment from euhansoo999 in the Men Wearing Heels thread at TheFasionSpot.com forum.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eunhasoo999

last year i saw a SA in banana republic... he was wearing heels. not cowboy heels, but heels that were made for women. he was dressed extremely well - i doubt that anyone could pull it off, but for him, it worked pretty nicely. and the heels were perfectly complementing his outfit. aesthetically it looked perfectly OK, but i couldnt stop staring at himi guess it was weird for me bc ive never seen guys wearing heels. but he looked good in them so thats all it matters

I think she makes some positive comments as well as some insightful remarks. First, the Store Assistant (SA) was ,"dressed extremely well", "for him it worked pretty nicely," and "the heels were perfectly complimenting his outfit," AND, "aesthetically it looked perfectly OK." Through repetition she emphasizes a point that's previously been made on our forum: when our heels compliment and enhance the rest of our outfit, they will indeed look good.

Second, she couldn't stop staring at him. People are not used to seeing a man in women's high heels. When they do, their brain short circuits. People just aren't pre-programmed to respond nonchalantly to a man in heels. Modern society as a "master programmer" surely doesn't program people to comprehend a man in heels. Euhansoo is no exception. When she kept staring it wasn't because she had a negative opinion of a man in heels, she was just loading the drivers for her new device. And the same thing very often happens when we pass strangers on the street. That second look a stranger may take of you may not be negative, they might just be re-booting their computer.

fashionablefun · 17th December 2004, 18:28

I agree with Kneehighs on the importance of being dressed well with heels that compliment the entire outfit. I wore my Nine West blood red leather boots (actual color name: City Red, model name: Alejoo) while shopping a few days ago at a small men’s and women’s boutique clothing store. I was trying on pair of dark, low-rise, boot cut women’s jeans. I was wearing a red sweater with a white shirt; both very fashionably styled. The female store assistant had helped me find the correct size jeans and suggested alternates I might like.

I walked out of the dressing room with the jeans on, heels clicking all the way, to ask the female sales clerk a question. Sometimes what is not said is just as revealing. She looked down at my feet and commented that the jeans were a "perfect length" (which they were). Of course, what she meant was that the jeans were a perfect length for a guy wearing pointy-toed, red boots with 4" heels. (I didn’t end up buying the jeans, though I liked them a lot. They were a $190. A little too steep at this time of year.)

The point, is that with complimentary, fashion-forward attire, the heels project an image of progressive fashion, not feminine fashion and are well accepted. I live in a medium-size city in the Western United States. I don’t think my fashion choices are any more, or less accepted here, than anywhere else. I think it’s more a matter of confidence and fashionable style.

Driver8 · 18th December 2004, 01:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by fashionablefun

I agree with Kneehighs on the importance of being dressed well with heels that compliment the entire outfit.

Bigtime!

But I searched everywhere, including 9 West's website, and I can't find any reference to any Alejoo or Alejo item. Are you sure the spelling is correct?

crotchboots-m · 18th December 2004, 15:06

i have generally had more positive responses from the fairer sex than negative. i have picked up 4 different women over the last 10 yrs while wearing. i see one of them on regular basis in my fetish leather and boots.

kneehighs · 20th December 2004, 04:37

Here is a quote from GlitterBabe in the thread How about heels on men from the forum at http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/board/index.php

Quote:

Originally Posted by GlitterBabe

Cute! I can see a look with dress pants. I say express yourself hun.

Short and to the point.

Dawn HH · 20th December 2004, 06:48

Kneehighs:-)

A very appropriate quote.
Cheers---

Dawn HH

bootlover1935 · 21st December 2004, 16:54

That's a fantastic story. I love it when I'm wearing sexier items than the women I see. Having pointier toes and higher heels must have been a real turn-on. One of my great joys is looking at women's feetand what they're wearing and then realizing that what I'm wearing is sexier than theirs. I call it "outbitching."

HIGH HEELS DENOTE POWER AND SUPERIORITY! WEAR THEM WITH PRIDE AND CONVICTIION!

jo · 22nd December 2004, 01:16

I tried on a pair of knee length patent zip-up boots the other day. I have bought shoes from the store before, and am known by most of the staff. They sell everything from ordinary shoes, sandals, boots, to high heel courts and boots, J-Lo boots, right through to "stripper shoes" with perspex heels and platforms, and very high platform stiletto boots. Most of their stuff is branded "Stiletto", "Miss X", "Spot On", "Pure", "Anne Michelle", and many others. I already have a pair of their platform "stiletto" sandals from several years ago.

These zip-up knee boots were in their sale, and I was intrigued by the 6 inch+ heel and 2 inch, or so, platform. These were not for wearing outside. The whole boot, heel, and platform, were in very shiny black patent. I went to try them on in a quiet corner of the shop. I had waited a few moments for several other shoppers to clear the area first.

I got one boot on, zipped it up and dropped the trouser leg back over it; then got the other one on and had the zipper done up about half way when I spotted a lady who had been going the other way up the far aisle suddenly just a few feet away in the next aisle and about to round the corner on me.

I almost panicked, then clocked the expression on her face. She was definately coming over to check on what I was doing, and I feared the worst. She rounded the corner, and stopped.

Her face lit up and she said in a loud voice for the WHOLE shop to hear "Oh myyyyy God, you're soooooooooo brave. I really couldn't even stand up in those heels. They are sooooooo high."

With that, another lady rounded the corner from the aisle behind, and said "Wow, those are amazing; and look at the toes, they are soooooo small. What size do you take?". I told them "6.5 or 7".

The first lady said that "They were amazing, but not for her". I challenged her to grab some off the rack and give it a go. She had a quick look, then said that there were no size 6s there (heh, I was wearing them!) and started to move off.

She looked at a rack further down the store, at some other lower boots, and the next time I looked round, after I had taken the boots off, she had gone.

I didn't buy them, they were just a little too small. However I had already bought a similar pair, with a 0.75 inch platform and 5.5 inch heel, just a few days previously, in size 7, so no great loss.