hhboots

I have to agree with comments that Saturn and Aussieheels made on the addiction of buying heels. Up until this year, when i had mainly done heeling at home only, I had only about four pairs of heels.

Since I started street heeling this year, I have bought around 15-20 pairs of shoes. Mostly I am trying to find that perfect pair of discreet heels, at least that is the excuse I keep telling myself, but I believe I am strongly addicted to buying heels at this time.

Anyway, almost all that I bought were from using the internet, and just a few pairs I bought from actual walk-in stores, and those were uncrowded stores with all the sizes there for you to help yourself and only once did I try them on, but no one was around at the time.

fastfreddy2

That all sounds awfully familiar.

boots4ever

always..... when I buy a pair of new heels I first try them in the store.

as for me heels are part of my style, up to now I never got a bad reaction in stores. Mostly I enter the store with some funky shoes on and the rest of my styling/outfit will always match. so this is me & my style - and as this kind of style is part of the shops product range - so why should I hestitate?

I prefer to buy quality. If you spend 100-300 $ on a pair of boots you have to ensure the right fit.

when I bought this week a pair of jeans at the miss sixty outlet store, the sales girl came up with a nice pair of boots I should try, that would perfectly match with this jeans (pic of me will come soon - found the online here: http://www.shoes.com/product.asp?p=5...t_id=EC1058021. and imagine what happend? yes, I bought them and they are the perfect fit.

If you want to improve your styling, than I strongly recomend you to go shopping. and shopping is like trying a lot of things until you find a perfect match.

It´s great fun.

gary0618

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A good reason for saving the picture and uploading it here on HHplace.

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shyguy

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gary0618

Boots4Ever, I hope you don't mind. Those Miss Sixty Boots are so nice, I wanted share the picture, before they are sold out.

Great Boots, Enjoy them!


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johnieheel

Wow! Gary, those are awsome!!!

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RonC

While I do not rank among the several here that are willing to try on heels in any store, I have been getting more brave as of late. Friday, I visited a local Mashall's store (discount chain) and found a nice pair of black/black patent pumps in an 11. I did slip them on in the store, but I admit I did not walk around in them. Too small in any event. I also went to a Kohl's department store and tried on three other pairs. One was a loafer style with a heel of about 21/2" that was inconspicuous enough that I did walk a bit to find a mirror to check them out. Heel was not quite high enough so I didn;t buy, though I think if I had I likely would have worn them out of teh store. Finally, I went to anoterh store with a self service shoe department and tried on a couple more pairs. Granted, I typically look for an area where no one else is shopping, but at least I no longer worry about store employees, etc, watching on the monitors. I should add that I also did visit a store in Chicago called Skyscraper Heels and tried on three or four pairs, but that is a place that actually caters to crossdressers, drag queens, and strippers, so they are quite used to that and it is no challenge. Theonly challenge there is trying to find a heel that I can walk in, as there is nothing less than about 4 1/2 inches in the store!

liveinheels

I love trying on heels in the stores, most of the sales associates I have had help have been great! One sales associate at a Steve Madden store says "I think it takes balls for a guy to wear high heels, I think its great." I didn't buy the heels they weren't the color I was looking for but the fit and the experience was great.

Saturn

I recently had an excellent experience at "The Mission" store, in Lakewood, OH (near Cleveland).

I went in to try on these shoes, in size 12:

Pleaser Scream Heels

This is a fetish kind of shop with all kinds of costumes, fetish items, and just regular clothes, mostly with a Gothic theme.

The girl working there was so nice, she finally found the one pair of size 12 Screams that she had in the back, and I tried them on. My left foot went in the shoe beautifully, but my right foot is a half-size larger, and did not quite fit (of course). I did manage to stand up in these, and WOW, are those high. Of course I had to bend my knees, but I was still impressed I could stand in them. It really stretched my toes, probably more than they should have been stretched but after I took them off and walked around, it seemed like it loosened up my toes a bit. I imagine these kind of shoes are great for training to wear 5-6" heels.

I never felt uncomfortable in the store. To be honest with you, it was like walking into any department store where I belonged. Simply awesome, I recommend this shop to anyone in the area.

I was really upset that I couldn't get them - first, I am short on money, but at least I would be able to know if they fit for when I got paid next. Second, they simply didn't fit. How high of a heel are the Screams anyway? I'd have to go to a size 13, but then I think the left shoe would be too sloppy. They're definitely not for walking, at least for me. Would have been nice to have.

I really want to get a nice, high heel that is higher than 5", but I don't know how high to go. This is obviously too high for me, but just under would be awesome.

Anyway, I just wanted to share that experience.