Report - London Heel-Meet of 7th October 2005

Heelfan · 7th October 2005, 23:02

REPORT – HEEL-MEET FRIDAY 7th OCTOBER 2005

This meet was arranged and came and went in a very short timescale, so apologies to enthusiasts such as Nigel, Ionic, Bladerunner etc. who might well have attended had they realised it was on.

However, that said, it was a highly enjoyable day – excellent! Xaphod, Simon and I were the first to meet up and luxuriously sprawled on the settees in the upstairs of Starbucks (i4” heeled red Aldo boots, black 4” stiletto boots and 5” stiletto Ernest Of Paris ankle boots respectively stuck out in front of us) when we were suddenly conscious of a guy on the upstairs of a stationary London bus griinning hugely at us. Of course, we suddenly realised that the entire upper deck had an eye-level ringside view of our heels!

Apologies were received from Dr. Shoe (had to drive his truck), Francis, Daz and my daughter Melanie who had hoped to treat us all to her 5 ½” stiletto thighboots, but couldn’t find anyone to man Peachy Shoes in Bristol whilst she joined us.

We wended our way Westwards along Oxford street visiting numerous shoe shops, until Xaphod was stopped dead in his tracks by spotting another guy in Oxford Street with his trousers tucked into a knockout pair of 4” stiletto ankle boots! It turned out to be member Fogborkenv who had arranged to meet up with us anyway!

Soon after that Simon purchased a pair of wedge-heeled sandals at Schu and then we visited more shops including Aldo (one of Xaphod’s favourite shoe shops) before lunching and wining at Selfridges.
A tour of their shoe floor was followed by the surprise arrival of moderator Firefox who turned up after a business meeting resplendant in pin-stripe suite and smart black boots with chunky 3 3/4” heels. I showed the gang the first of the special lasts for “Street-Heels for Guys” project which I am developing for Peachy Shoes (more on the “For The Guys” Forum in due course), and then there was a most delightful occurence.

Just outside Selfridges entrance, A nice young lady asked us why we were all wearinmg high heels. I explained about our movement (over 2,000 members on the website etc.) and she was most enthusiastic and genuinely impressed. She said it was great that some men like us were wearing high heels, and why not! It made my day!

At that point I temporarily left the group having a beer whilst I took my Mach 1 Streetheels lasts to a London shoemaker to order a sample pair of shoes. Once we have the fit, comfort and design perfected we we’ll go into production for Peachy Shoes.

On the way to rejoin the group, I purchased a nice pair of Barratts size 10 UK ankle boots with 3 ¼” stiletto heels and pointed toes. Iwas so delighted with them that I wore them for the rest of the day. I rejoined the group who, by this time were clustered in a internet café watching Firefox logging on to the High Heel Meeting Place and other sites to do a little moderating etc.

D-Heel and his girlfriend were scheduled to join us but didn’t manage to make it, but all in all it was a really excellent day of heel-wearing, shopping, eating, drinking, socialising and heel-sighting. My idea of sheer bliss!!!!!!!

Having just arrived back at Bristol, I am enthusiastically typing this whilst still wearing my Barratts stilettos, and for all of those who have not yet been to a Heel-Meet, I thoroughly recommend future Heel-Meets to each and every one of you!

Keep watching this “Real Life Meetings” Forum for information on future Heel-Meets to be posted in due course!

Happy heeling one and all! Cheers, Heelfan

Shafted · 7th October 2005, 23:31

Sounded like a real blast, Heelfan.

Firefox · 8th October 2005, 00:28

Mostly accurate apart from my boots were 3 3/4"

Dawn HH · 8th October 2005, 04:08

Even though the meet was a short amount of time, it appears that those that participated had a great time being there.
Cheers---

Dawn HH

Heelfan · 8th October 2005, 10:52

To Firefox:
Gosh, sorry to mis-report your heel-height! Now duly editted and corrected on the above report!

To Shafted:
Thanks for the reply - yes it was a real blast!

To Dawn:
Thanks for the reply. Actually it wasn't that short a meet. We met at 11am and dispersed about 6.30pm. A most enjoyable heely day!

Cheers to all, HeelfaN

HeelD · 8th October 2005, 14:13

Apologies for not making it. I didn't get into London until after 4pm (I was longer at work than I anticipated unfortunately). And by then it was too late anyway. We didn't even get to Selfridges to see the Kinky Boots exhibit - we forgot about it until just now. Spent most of the evening in my George kneehighs wondering around Covent Garden/Leicester Square/Soho looking for somewhere to eat. So I was respresenting you guys. We ate in Taro (Japanese restaurant - nice food) on Old Compton Street. We were sat by the entrance and the place was busy but no-one noticed my heels.

Glad you all had a good day and I will try to come to the next meet.

Dawn HH · 8th October 2005, 18:49

Heelfan:-)

Did anyone bring a camera for some pics of the heelmeet?
Cheers---

Dawn HH

Heelfan · 9th October 2005, 23:46

No, sorry Dawn, none of us took any photos on this occasion. I though of taking my camera, but did no have time to dig it out before rushing for the London train.

We have taken various shots on previous UK Heelmeets (see on the reports), and I'll try and make sure we give coverage to the next one.

Cheers, Heelfan

Dawn HH · 10th October 2005, 03:15

Thanks, Heelfan, for your reply.
Cheers---

Dawn HH