Share your best Freestyle Fashion pictures here.

kneehighs · 9th December 2005, 05:13

How to use fashionable pictures to advance Freestyle Fashion -- Internally and externally. Internally through the development of our own unique fashion tastes. Whether you still experiment with different styles or have already found that special style you call your own. Externally, through outstanding public displays of your own unique fashion perfection.

Internally, the purpose of this thread is provide a pictorial journal for members to choose styles from that they would like to try for themselves. Styles of men in heels! Take what you like and need, leave the rest. Get to know yourself better, what you like, what suits your body type, and what you don't like. The goal is to help you find a basic look thats stylish and that incorporates high heels into the overall picture. Then once you feel comfortable, share a picture of yourself. It might inspire others and more importantly it might inspire others to street heel with style.

Maybe you can find some inspirations for your basic wardrobe. Then you can just buy more of the same thing that adds to your basic style. When looking for clothes, think of how you will wear it with what you already have in your closet too...if you can come up with at least 3 different outfits for something new, then in my humble opinion, buy it. If members stick with this process, their own individual expressions of fashion will begin to uniquely mature.

Externally, from this refinement, our tastes in fashion will improve, with the end result being the best possible examples of men appearing as men in heels that one can give. Thus giving Freestyle Fashion a better chance of being tolerated by mainstream culture.

One of the newer members at The Fashion Spot.com summed up the process of attaining fashion maturity as follows:

Quote:

Originally Posted by FemmeFeline

Early on in my teenage years I really had no clue about what looked good on me, what quality was, or which trends I should follow. Now that I am early 20's, I know exactly what I want and what looks good on me. I used to look at what my friends were wearing, and because of my lack of confidence I would take my fashion cues from other people. Then I hit a point in my life and I thought, " Wait a minute.... I am a unique, beautiful woman, who has traveled to 23 countries and has so many different cultural influences. Why
should I follow everyone else?". And that was it... I started to dress exactly how I wanted to dress... and now buying the perfect pieces is so easy because I know that if I don't fall in love with it right away, its not for me.
If that piece doesn't strike me as original or captivating... then I put back on the rack. I think one of the biggest lessons to learn with how you dress is to not be so self conscious if you don't look like everyone else around you;
and to draw from your experiences in life to reflect through your style. Or, what I do is I imagine myself in a different time or place and what kind of persona I want to portray and how I can do that with subtlety in my wardrobe. I want little hints of the various dimensions of my person to show through how I dress. I am not sure if this makes sense to anyone else.... but I hope this helps someone out a bit.

Most of all, lets remember that fashion should be fun and its not really a math equation. We have enough structure and equations in our social culture already. Have fun with it.. Its ok to wear heels and experiment with different heel types because it means your are evolving and growing!!!!! Remember, we are individuals, not defined by what's going on around us but defined by whats going on within our own heads and hearts.

So let your hearts sing, let your inner creative genius out, and lets see the best possible fashion ensembles you can come up with.
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kneehighs · 9th December 2005, 05:35

I also thought this thread would be useful because I am always looking for pics of guys in heels, but they seem to get buried somewhere in the mazes of thousands upon thousands of past posts for which its difficult to find the time to sort through them all. Now, we can have a central repository, possibly the single largest collection of pictures of men in heels the world over.

I'll start by sharing pictures of our member Jim from New Zealand. He is the one that inspired me, so here goes:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ewZealand2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...NewZealand.jpg

I also found board member FashionableFun's photo inspiring as well:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...California.gif

And then there is me:
BCBG Wool Military Jacket, Bandolino Knee High Boots, Seven Jeans
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...yjacket005.jpg

Bloomingdales waffle textured blazer, white sail Amsterdam tshirt layered beneath a black silk 3/4 sleeve top, New York Dark Seven jeans, Black N Nine West pumps.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ngdistrict.jpg

Armani asymmetrical sweater with metal buttons, oxford shirt untucked and sticking out on half of underside only, New York Rinse Seven jeans, Black Nine West pumps.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eelmeet039.jpg

Same outfit as above but with Ralph Lauren knee high boots.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eelmeet038.jpg

Super casual: Black Zara t-shirt, New York Dark Seven jeans, Bandolino croco print pumps:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...h/DSCF1318.jpg

Personally, I go for a somewhat andro style, choosing clothes that can look good on either a woman or a man. Its with caution that I use the term "andro" as I don't want the term to go before the "style".

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ShockQueen · 9th December 2005, 12:07

Kneehighs, that is truly one classy gallery! Congrats on pulling all of that together!

kneehighs · 16th December 2005, 02:39

Here are some pics of other members who have achieved what are in my opinion, good fashion statements. To me its apparent that they took the time to think through the clothes that they wore. They made sure their clothes collaborate well with their shoes, forming a whole image, as opposed to an isolated fashion statement.

Thanks for your contribution Heel-D!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...kheelslook.jpg

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

And of course, JeffB:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v667/J...longjeans1.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v667/J...lack5inch1.jpg

Dawn HH · 18th December 2005, 08:59

Kneehighs:-)

A well co-ordinated group of pics of the board members that illustrates that men can look stunning in heels just as well as the gals can if the outfits match the shoes or boots. Thanks for your efforts in gleaning these pics for our visual enjoyment.
Cheers---

Dawn HH

Lindsay · 19th December 2005, 00:42

I think you have hit the nail on the head there, Kneehighs. A simple "regular looking guy wearing heels/skirt" look is the best way to approach it. We need to be noticed and trying to pass as a woman will not do that. I dress up completely myself: heels, skirt, hose, blouse, make-up, etc, but make no effort to hide my shaving shadow. Unless you have a particuarly dark shadow (I don't) people don't even notice anyway. But I don't try to act as a woman either. I act the same way regardless.

Dawn HH · 19th December 2005, 02:02

Lindsay:-)

Any stories that you can relate to us on the happenings when you were dressed that way?
Cheers---

Dawn HH

kneehighs · 19th December 2005, 04:27

Here are a couple of new pics:

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

Tuxedo Blazer
Oxford button down shirt with half untucked
Seven For All Mankind New York Dark Jeans
Bandolino Ellice Black Croco Print Pumps

And here is my experimental rocker look.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...reditorial.jpg

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Dawn HH · 19th December 2005, 04:44

Kneehighs:-)

I like the looks in your pics of your outfits. They are very well co-ordinated with your stiletto heeled shoes and boots. With the way the laws are now written in New York State, I guess that you would not receive any comments on such outfits.
Cheers---

Dawn HH

kneehighs · 19th December 2005, 04:54

Thanks Dawn!! BTW, you are getting pretty close to 5,000 posts there. Looks like you will break Bubba136's record soon. Now thats a milestone of productive posts for the cause for sure!