BobHH

A nice variation from boring men's lack of color and repetitive styles!

Lindsay

I also like womens flat shoes. A nice change from heels. It gets me that even womens flat shoes are more interesting than mens!

Heel-D,

Those Green and beige trainer style pumps you have. I sold a pair on eBay exactly like those. It wouldn't be you I sold them to, would it? They didn't fit me.

I found some gorgeous flat mary-jane Dr Martens on eBay. Really girly-ish shoes. Very pretty in pink suede too.

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HeelD

Nope, I bought mine in Primark for I think it was £8. I'd wear them this weekend but it's cold so it's boots for me!

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corsair

I had an interesting experience at work We had a weigh-in for a fitness thing here at work. I went down there, not thinking about the fact that I was wearing boots. Keep in mind that I wear low-heel zipper boots all winter. (Also keep in mind that I work at very conservative companies) So I sat down, pulled up my khakis and unzipped these boots that went all the way to my knee. Left the boots in a pile by the chair and weighed in. Just me and the fitness center woman were there, still not even a batted eye or raised eyebrow. Total non-event. In fact, in all the time that I have been wearing boots to work (about 10 years now) only two people have ever said anything, and both times it was compliments from women.

Saturday we went to see the Rockettes perform. Very nice to see all the women who dressed up in nice (taffeta, velvet, etc) holiday dresses and outfits and wearing their very stylish boots. I wore my new Natualizer Dressage boots. Think of a black riding boot with a 1.5” heel. No, not as high as what some of you wear, but I was there with my kids, grandparents, aunts. I wore them with black jeans and a festive holiday sweater. I’m guessing that the little side straps and buckle (as well as the heel) were very visible when I was squatting down to play with my sons, but still nary a word from anyone.

The women, especially, will spot women’s boots for what they are almost immediately. The guys may or may not. Either way, I think most people don’t really care. And they see enough wierdness in public, that this is very minor. Besides, what are they going to do? Start yelling and pointing like an immature teen? Maybe, but 99% of the time, no.

Last winter I bought a pair of black zipper boots with a 2 inch or 2.5 inch block heel. I decided that I wanted to wear them around that mall. No looks, stares, or reaction. Ditto for when I wore a similar pair for airline travel.

Anyway, that’s my contritution. If you are still worried about going out in boots, just do it.

Corsair

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HeelD

I find these are good heels to street heel in:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...sChnkHeel3.jpg

Only had two reactions: one from a pair of girls in car driving past and when I was trying some other shoes in a shoe store the shop assistants saw them. Both I wouldn't call negative.

I also think these are good for going out in:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ary-Janes2.jpg

I wore these on Saturday with my girlfriend and we even spoke to one of my girlfriends workmates and she didn't even notice. I was wearing black socks with them as well as it was cold (I think that's how they're supposed to be worn). No other negative reactions from anyone.

It's becoming more fun every time I wear my shoes. :)

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sscotty727

I have a pair very similiar, except a higher heel, that I wear out on the weekends. You can't see from these pics, but the color is very similiar.

Scotty

http://users.erols.com/wrscott/brown_boots1.jpg

Pam

Kneehighs,

Great boots! looking forward to meeting them in person!

HeelD

Thought I'd reply to this post again to ask what you all think of this outfit....

This one worn with my black ballet flats:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...latsoutfit.jpg

And the same again only this time worn with my black bar mary-jane flats:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...anesoutfit.jpg

I feel pretty confident wearing these outside even though I've only worn the latter pair in public so far. I really want to wear the first pair out as well. It's too cold right now to be wearing these shoes though, will have to wait until spring.

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HeelD

Here's me wearing the Peacocks boots I was talking about with a typical outfit I would wear with them.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...kheelslook.jpg

I think they go really well with the jeans and sweater. I also have a dark navy blue GAP thick sweater which works really well with jeans/boot combo as well - better I think (but at the time of taking this picture the GAP top was in the wash basket unfortunately).

This is something I feel totally comfortable wearing out and about. Hopefully I'll get the opportunity to with my new job starting from Monday and me moving away sometime next year.

(Apologies for the poor picture quality - there wasn't enough light from the camera flash)

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kneehighs

Heel-D Great combos there. I like the first and third pics the best. The jeans instead of being just one plain color, have a modern distressed look with shadows of different colors coming through. Thats good. For the when the eye moves its way down to your shoes, the shoes will already be justified by the jeans. The heels are chunky and thick, which lend masculinity to your image. Good pick.

Can't wait to see more pics with better lighting!

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