Mens' heels

[Caultron]

I like both of those except that I've never liked ankle boots (except for hiking, where I certainly wouldn't wear high heels). Maybe with cable print, sweater, or camouflage tights, though... And it'd certainly be easier to wear socks and not have them show... Hmmm...

I have these two below on order just for a look -- free shipping, free returns. I'm not sure I'm going to like the light-colored stitching on the black ones, though, and the heel on the brown may be too high. I'm not sure about the size on either one. But both were on sale -- 30% off on the black and 70% on the brown -- so I thought I'd take a look.

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[JohnH]

I like the simple black pump - the Aerosoles Tapestry. This shoe is not the glitzy stilletto and yet it avoids the "old lady" look. I have a pair of 11 Wide (D) and they are quite comfortable.



John

[Caultron]

I like the simple black pump - the Aerosoles Tapestry. This shoe is not the glitzy stilletto and yet it avoids the "old lady" look. I have a pair of 11 Wide (D) and they are quite comfortable.

John, those are certainly a classic design that will always be in style.

Right now I, personally, need the reassurance of some traditionally-male details in my heels. But I suppose eventually...

[Gordon]

Caultron I like the looks of those black ones. Too bad they don't come in my size.

[denimini]

In my youth, I used to get clogs sent to me from Denmark which had quite a heel and went clop, clop like a horse. I think the heel prevented one from slipping out of them as they had no back strap. They were very comfortable and warm on cold concrete floors.

[JohnH]

Right now I, personally, need the reassurance of some traditionally-male details in my heels. But I suppose eventually...

I guess everybody has his own opinions - to me lace-up heels look like something an old woman would wear.

John

[Caultron]

I guess everybody has his own opinions - to me lace-up heels look like something an old woman would wear.

The same has occurred to me. Then again, I'm an old man, and at this point I'm not ready to emulate the 16-30-year-old women's fashion set.

[Big and Bashful]

I think I have a very old fashioned attitude stuck somewhere between my ears, in the pictures I see on here, were feminine style shoes are worn, it looks wrong to me, I am sorry, I can't help it, slender heels and sometimes the "low cut" leather seems wrong on a man, even a man in a skirt. I know it is just that they don't fit my pre-conceptions but I can't help it, I just refrain from commenting.
I have worn high heels, in the form of cowboy boots. I liked those, but kept on hitting my head when going through doors a lot! I was surprised how well they worked on a canal trip, even running along the side of the boat on that wee ledgey bit seemed easier in the boots than ordinary shoes or trainers.

[Caultron]

I guess everybody has his own opinions - to me lace-up heels look like something an old woman would wear.

What kind of footwear do you wear with skirts or dresses?

[Caultron]

I think I have a very old fashioned attitude stuck somewhere between my ears, in the pictures I see on here, were feminine style shoes are worn, it looks wrong to me, I am sorry, I can't help it, slender heels and sometimes the "low cut" leather seems wrong on a man, even a man in a skirt. I know it is just that they don't fit my pre-conceptions but I can't help it, I just refrain from commenting...

I'm not sure I can explain the attraction myself.

Some of it may be the thrill of surprising people with something unexpected, self-asserting, or taboo.

Some may be because once you accept the skirt and tights, men's shoes just look kind of clunky.

And some may be because for many years I've admired the same look in women, enough so that I want to try it myself.

More and more I look at skirted women as compatriots in style, and then see what seems be working for them, and then ponder what my own version of the same style might be.

I doubt I'll ever go as far as stiletto heels, dress sandals, thigh-high boots, animal prints, or sequins, though. For now, as with skirts, I'm sticking to more-or-less hybrids of traditional men's and women's styles.

[JohnH]

I guess everybody has his own opinions - to me lace-up heels look like something an old woman would wear.

What kind of footwear do you wear with skirts or dresses?

With the black dress as shown in my avatar I wore the black pumps shown above. I have other formal dresses of which I would wear the black pumps.

Most of the time I confine my dress wearing to inside the house where I am either bare-foot or wear house slippers depending on the season.

With my knee-length denim skirts I wear sandals (of different heights) and track shoes.

I don't regard myself as a crossdressers since my speaking voice is a cross between Johnny Cash and Joe Friday of Dragnet, and my singing voice is close to being the Russian octavist pitch.

John

[Sinned]

I'm sorry but all the footwear here seem to be feminine and what women would wear but if that's what floats your boat then go with it. JhnH, the shoe you pictured is what a woman would wear and just because you have a voice so low its frequency can be measured in single figures doesn't mean that you aren't a cross-dresser. If your general demeanour is feminine from head to toe then, to me at least, you are trying to be a woman. And taking female hormones for whatever reason does nothing to dispel that impression. I don't understand why and I don't condemn you for it I just accept that you are who you are and are following the path laid out for you. MOH thinks probably the same as me and is having difficulty getting her head around the fact that because I want to wear a skirt I want to look like a woman. I admit that I have some women's shoes that I got when I thought that to wear a skirt you had to look like a woman ( they are mainly strappy with a thin heel ) and I like them but for some reason I just can't bring myself to part with them. Whether I will ever wear them again I don't honestly know. Funny creatures, and illogical, are we.

JhnH I hope that I haven't upset you in this ( and if I have got the wrong interpretation then forgive me ) as it is not my intention to ( or anyone else either ) but just sounding off my opinion.

[Caultron]

I guess everyone draws their own line on what makes a man wearing a shirt being just that, and not a cross-dresser, transvestite, female impersonator, transgender wannabe, or whatever.

So why should it be any different for tights, or high-heel shoes, or any article of clothing?

Although I suppose that the higher the percentage, the more extreme the result.

Hmmm...

Here are a photo I found on Flickr. It's not me, although I suppose I should get and upload some. If it's anyone here on the board, thanks, hope you don't mind. But would it've been so much different if he'd been wearing sneakers?

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Here's another, this one from Facebook. Obviously not for everyone, but just saying...

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[JohnH]

I'm sorry but all the footwear here seem to be feminine and what women would wear but if that's what floats your boat then go with it. JhnH, the shoe you pictured is what a woman would wear and just because you have a voice so low its frequency can be measured in single figures doesn't mean that you aren't a cross-dresser. If your general demeanour is feminine from head to toe then, to me at least, you are trying to be a woman. And taking female hormones for whatever reason does nothing to dispel that impression. I don't understand why and I don't condemn you for it I just accept that you are who you are and are following the path laid out for you. MOH thinks probably the same as me and is having difficulty getting her head around the fact that because I want to wear a skirt I want to look like a woman. I admit that I have some women's shoes that I got when I thought that to wear a skirt you had to look like a woman ( they are mainly strappy with a thin heel ) and I like them but for some reason I just can't bring myself to part with them. Whether I will ever wear them again I don't honestly know. Funny creatures, and illogical, are we.

JhnH I hope that I haven't upset you in this ( and if I have got the wrong interpretation then forgive me ) as it is not my intention to ( or anyone else either ) but just sounding off my opinion.

Some things I need to set straight. Overwhelmingly I wear men's clothes and shoes in public with the bra being the only feminine item I wear. Yes, I do use subtle makeup but that is not noticeable. And the sandals I wear with my denim skirts are usually Propet men's black sandals. I wear the denim skirts only when the weather is warm as substitutes for shorts. Otherwise I wear standard men's pants, shirts, and shoes.

And let me tell you something about the pitch of one's voice. An exceedingly important item to passing as a woman is to have the voice pitch and timbre of a woman. One of the steps of a man becoming a trans-woman is to have speech therapy to talk like a woman. I am at the exact opposite of a voice to pass as a woman which I am NOT going to change.

I have written elsewhere I consider myself a two-spirited individual who does not want to obliterate my masculine side.

It is really unfortunate that men's shoes are so constrained that if there is a heel the shoe is automatically considered feminine.

John

[dillon]

Maybe not quite the style or heel height you seek, but you can usually find the size and will add an inch or so of height.

http://www.clogoutlet.com/Sanita-Men-s-Clogs-s/917.htm