The Adventures of kneehighs... - Page 3

kneehighs · 12th December 2005, 13:05

If anyone is interested in seeing pics of the Mar 05 street heeling meet and reading how the laws in nyc protect the rights of street heeling men, please click here. The laws are so favorable that for example, you can sue for being denied access to an upscale hotel, restaurant, or theater and WIN.

http://www.hhplace.org/hhboard/viewt...=3907&start=35

kneehighs · 28th December 2005, 00:42

this is pretty boring really

For the last 4/5 days I've been stiletto street heeling. Subways, libraries, starbucks, deli's, Barnes and Noble, wine glass shopping, Filene's basement shopping, up steps, down steps...and this is what I've learned:

I can feel masculine or feel feminine at will. Personally, I believe the two can co-exist. There are more ways to be masculine than the common knee jerk social construct might suggest. That construct is most often stated as

IF/THEN:
"If you are masculine, then you are NOT feminine.

CONTRAPOSITIVE OF IF/THEN
"if you are feminine, then you are not masculine."

EITHER/OR FALSE REASONING
"You are either feminine or masculine, but not both."

To paraphrase the above, "You can only be masculine if you are NOT feminine" or "Being masculine totally depends on being NOT feminine." The problem with this common knee jerk reaction is that it assumes that masculinity and femininity can't co-exist in one person at one time.

There are so many ways I love feeling masculine: being successful, being educated, being competitive, seeking status, seeking power, being aggressive, being assertive..etc...etc...

Much like tyinng a pair of shoes is an unconscious effort, these are traits that I unconsciously carry with me throughout the day. Regardless if I am in pointy toe stiletto high heels or flat boardroom style shoes. While in high heels, I can still choose to be masculine or feminine depending on which attitude is most useful for the context I find myself in. I have the flexibility to pick when I want to feel "girly" (I know this sounds crazy, but when I go out and all the women are wearing stilettos and I am too, I feel like one of the club) and when I want to feel masculine based on whichever attitude is more useful for the context I am in.

Other than that, my recent stiletto heeling has been very uneventful, but I promise, when pam and I get together, we will rip this town apart!!

Right pam!

kneehighs · 7th January 2006, 16:24

I've been wearing my stiletto knee boots now for the last 6/7 days. Day and night. Other than a blatantly obvious "hey, look at the guy in heels" double take I had on the subway from a couple of girls, I've had absolutely no signficant responses to my heels.

In fact, at Starbucks on Park Avenue South and 29th, I was chattted up by an attractive and friendly girl who was studying for her GMAT's. We shared a table (tables and seats are like real estate, a high demand commodity with limited supply). My heels were in full view of her, but I carried on the conversation with nonchalant regard to my heels and no mention of them was made.

At ONE last night, I talked to a woman who was a professional buyer for Eileen Fisher. They way I met her was fun. She was wearing silver heeled stilettos with a baby doll toe. She had her shoe tucked into near her crotch at her bar stool. I asked, "Are those steel heeled daggers you are wearing?" "I don't know?" she said, then she started to feel them and knock them with her knuckles to figure out. She said, "Here, feel them..." lol When the coversation eventually turned to my outfit and after seeing my heels, she said, "they are from the mens department I presume..." to which I replied, "not this time. From the womens side actually. Is that bad?" (not that I really believe its bad mind you). She said, "No, not at all. It works" And that's from a professional in the fashion industry.

There was another twin set of girls from Mendoza Argentina and Amsterdam. I got to talking with them, and they liked my outfit. Shoes included. After our conversation was over, they asked for my phone number and business card. I remember one time the girl from Mendoza looked at my shoes and changed her whole demeanor. From a relaxed spine to an upright feminine posture, from relaxing her chest area, to holding it out more. That was an interesting response.

Shafted · 7th January 2006, 22:18

Kneehighs,

Sounds like that girl from Mendoza suddenly became self-concious, or perhaps a friendly competition as to who looked better in stilettos. The other possibility is that she wanted to all of a sudden look her best for you. :D

Nice one from the buyer too.

Dawn HH · 8th January 2006, 06:09

Kneehighs:-)

You know what they say about girls---If you got them, flaunt them. And the best yet was from the buyer. What a great response. Aces high, there.
Cheers---

Dawn HH

Danielinheels · 9th January 2006, 03:19

cool stuff, kneehighs. its always nice to read about your adventures - i keep my hope of starting again alive through reading your posts.

new av, i see - what's going on there?

kneehighs · 9th January 2006, 03:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danielle

cool stuff, kneehighs. its always nice to read about your adventures - i keep my hope of starting again alive through reading your posts.
new av, i see - what's going on there?

Danielle, if you can survive Katrina I think you could wear shiny silver stilettos in shorts down main street in Chicago. Kidding, but your spirit has to be indomitable and I respect that. If you're ever in nyc, let me know. We can ham it up! The new av is a pic of 4 woman. Its from a yahoo group that I can share with you in a pm if you want the link.

Danielinheels · 9th January 2006, 06:29

I shall take you up on that offer! I don't know when I'll be able to get out to NYC, but I'd love to visit some day. As time passes, I'll make my trip to North Carolina to visit a friend in Raleigh and one in Charlotte, both of whom I've told about my heel-wearing, but haven't seen it yet. After that, who knows?

After (finally!) making it to downtown Chicago yesterday, walking the Magnificent Mile, and seeing some of the sights around the city, I think I kinda like the whole big city thing. My only opposition is the inability to find good parking without going into a lot - in New Orleans, there was ample street parking for walking around downtown.

I'm living with someone atm, and both space and cash are limited, so heels have taken a seat on the backburner for now. But the stories you guys tell around here keep the fire going!

kneehighs · 22nd January 2006, 09:40

Well this Saturday I found myself at ONE again. Ask Pam or Kent, 85% of all the women here wear stilettos! It makes for some magnificent fun, especially when you are one of the people wearing stilettos. I got there around 8:30 p.m. because the bouncers won't let single men in by themselves past 9:00 pm unless a single man is accompanied with a woman, you won't get past the "velvet rope" doormen. Of course I was wearing my stiletto pumps. Add a black waffle textured shrunken blazer, black trousers from Zara that were immacutely pressed and my wrinkled Calvin Klein shirt underneath and I was good to go.

So I got in and the first thing I did was order a cheese platter. It was delicious. I shared it with the bartender too. She was really friendly and even researched the different kinds of cheeses on the plate so as to educationally enhance our dining pleasure.

This is what the dance floor looked like early on in the evening:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel014.jpg

I talked to this girl from Jersey. She was wearing some really hot knee high stiletto boots in a size 7.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel020.jpg
Here she is getting me a drink. Thats the nice thing about professional women. They share the cost of socializing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel021.jpg

Yes, my ass actually looks this good in my jeans. Gotcha, I was wearing black Zara pants but I couldn't take my eyes of this girls beauty:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel016.jpg

Can you tell which shoe is mine and which one belongs to the women?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel015.jpg

Here is what the dance floor looked like later in the evening:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel023.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel024.jpg

Here is my black pump "copping a feel" from some hot blonde. This is soo cheesy, I can't believe I actually took a pic of it, but I figured you guys would appreciate it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel026.jpg

Some girl from Toronto I talked to. I didn't even talk about shoes with her. Didn't need to bring it up at all actually, as I find is more often than not the case:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../daniel025.jpg

Shafted · 22nd January 2006, 13:11

Wow! Looks like you had an awesome evening there, Kneehighs! What a great set of pics. I have got to get to NYC sometime.