Tacchi Alti

YESSSSSS. Where did you see them?

That's a real shame, but thanks for taking the trouble to search for them.

Do you still have those wedge boots?

We are all independent distributors, so not work colleagues in the strict sense of the word, and no one in my immediate business circle would be isolated by associating with me. This is network marketing, not some stodgy bureaucratic environment. The people who know about my heels know I wear them for the sake of my back. So if anyone even notices the heels they can either ask me (no one has yet commented, anywhere!) or just file me in their minds as a weirdo or perhaps feel jealous I have the guts to express a preference for heels publicly. I'm currently wearing a pair of block heel oxfords at home. Heel just under 4 inches total with a lift of 3.5 inches. A bit on the low side for my liking but as close as I've found to a formal business shoe to wear with a suit. I'm not sure my wife knows about these yet although they've been in my wardrobe for several months. I might wear these to the company conference later this month instead of the wedge boots. I've worn them publicly a couple of times. I've never sounded out this son although I've been wearing cowboy boots very similar to the ones in your pictures earlier in this thread when the other son has been around. However, he lives in his own dream world so may well not have noticed. The one who called in unexpectedly has partly cross-dressed in a school play but so far as I know has expressed no interest to anyone in doing it regularly. One of his best (male) friends wore stilettos at least four inches in that play, so he may well have tried them. I think the best introduction would be with my concealed heels, but I don't know if either of us is ready for the test... Funnily enough, I think his girlfriend would love it! She's a wonderful girl - fantastic sense of humour and really outgoing. She told the interviewer for her current job that he would look good in a dress! He hired her! I think everything comes down to what I've come to realise from personal experience more than once: we have not the slightest idea what's going through the minds of people - even those we think we know well. I met two persons on Fetlife I'd never previously thought of being anything other than innocuous - one turned out to be a business acquaintance, one lives a few hundred yards from me... The first one has a major fetish for silky underwear, the second is into bondage and cocksucking.

I've been looking for ages for a pair of wedge loafers or lace-ups with a heel at least 4 inches and no platform. My size is UK 8. Ebay, Amazon, Ali Express, DHGate.... no joy. Colour not important as I can dye them. If anyone can track a pair down I'd be eternally grateful.

I have a dozen or so pairs of stilettos of various sorts but have to be careful about wooden floors! I wear thicker heels most of the time although I love the feel of stilettos.

I was wearing my 4.5 inch wedges yesterday when our son made a surprise visit. I chickened out and took them off before he saw me, but I'm not sure how he'd have taken it. Earlier I'd had a business planning meeting with one of my wife's friends. She knows I wear heels, as I've worn them to company conferences, so no problem there, although I think it embarrasses her a bit. It was evident she saw them yesterday but she didn't say anything. There will be another such conference in a couple of weeks - 5000 people there. I'll probably be travelling with her and her husband (who also knows) but can't make up my mind whether to wear the same boots again or try some block heel oxfords, which would be a bit cooler but more obvious.

Those are quite similar to a pair I have, with long pointed toes. To me they look masculine EXCEPT for the very long toe box. My wife is fine with me wearing them when I'm with her, but she's also accepting my other styles, including ones I wore last evening when we both went to a business meeting - 4.5 inch wedges with a fairly thin heel.

Yes. I find it a question of balance. If the heel is set in (which is what I meant but used the opposite expression...) it makes the whole walking process much easier. I'm sure there is a mechanical reason but in practice I find it very difficult with a set-back heel to walk without slapping the sole down, and that also makes your gait much more jerky and thus more noticeable.

Obviously not, then. :-)

Just that the site doesn't format properly, so it's difficult even to read the posts and impossible to post anything. It's the browser that's the problem, not the version of Android.

What I meant was that with an identical height and slope, a set-back heel is easier to walk in than one that is perpendicular to the back of the shoe. My experience...

I don't like the set-back heel. It looks unbalanced and actually looks lower as there is not the same perceived angle. I can quite imagine that it's harder to walk in as it would throw all the weight onto the toes rather than support the whole foot through balancing between toes and heels. I like the superarch shoes for aesthetics. I've never tried them, unfortunately, but the profile is much more like the shape of an extended foot, and I expect that would give ultimate support.

I can't open this site properly in the Android phone browsers I've tried. Any recommendations? It's a bit of a pest being reliant on a computer as I'm not always able to log on via one, particularly over the holiday period.

Further to this, my only flat boots are wellies. In flat shoes I go for slip-on loafers (no laces) and toe-post sandals, so my heeled footwear is at variance with this quite a bit, but mainly from the desire not to draw undue attention to myself when I'm in heels and from the dearth of suitable heeled (preferably wedge) versions of my usual footwear.

The second pair have arrived - they (like the first, of course) show as 8/41, so a small 8. Some, as we all know, show as 8/42. Indeed, I have some 8s which are too big. I agree with people about the look - it's not a look I would choose in flat footwear - but they are a means to an end. I'm looking everywhere for a loafer with a 4+ inch wedge heel and no platform, but have not yet located any. I have ankle boots which are pretty much ideal for this, but want something a bit cooler for warmer days.

Just a twist on this: I have some cowboy boots with 3.5 inch heels and a very long pointed toe. My wife says these are the boots she prefers to see me in if I have to wear heels, but in my opinion the toes on them are too pointy!

I'm here... Just ordered a second pair while they're still available. They go up to an 8UK, which fortunately fits me. They were a bit snug to start with but have loosened up. I wear them to work, shopping locally, even at home with other people around. I prefer other heels but these are far better than none at all, and they help my back.

I know I've become less and less worried about what people think, but that is an almighty hurdle for most of us. My wish to do just whatever I want is tempered with a desire not to embarrass or harm anyone close to me. My wife has known about my love for heels for most of our married life, but until a couple of years ago I hardly ever ventured out in public wearing them. She will now come out with me when I'm wearing block heeled boots or wedges, and I know I'm very very fortunate in this. However, I believe the biggest problem with most of us is the six inches between the ears. We're worried that everyone is staring at us and laughing at us, and terrified of meeting someone we know. One of my wife's friends and a couple of others in the same business as me know about my heels and are completely OK with it. I went on the train to a company conference last Saturday in 4.5 inch wedges under a business suit. Seven hours in the train and walking between trains, seven hours at the conference with over 5,000 people present. Loads of people must have seen them, but I got not one comment, not one sign of amusement or disgust, apart from a giggle I heard from a teenager behind me, but even then it might not have been at seeing my heels. My reason for wearing them, if anyone asks, is that they are a miraculous cure for backache. My back aches if I stand or walk around for more than a few minutes, but heels are an instant cure. I'm not the only one who finds this, as this article shows: http://home.bt.com/lifestyle/four-inch-heels-cure-mans-bad-back-now-he-cant-stop-wearing-them-for-charity-11363970352666 The fact that I absolutely adore wearing them is another matter... Anyway, that's me. I have about two dozen pairs of heels, from two inch cowboy boots to 7.5 inch stilettos, but recently I've been more and more interested in street heels of at least four inches.

Thanks. I'll be glad to get to know more heel wearers as it can get a bit lonely out there!

Just been told my application has been approved. Hello everyone. I wear heels regularly in public and am slowly getting more and more confident in them.