Heels for Men
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Benher said:
Personnally I hate hairy legs, so even when I'm on the beach or wearing long pants in the winter I still shave. Touch directly onto shaven legs is so much better than with loads of hair mixing up the signals.......
And besides it all nothing feels as good as sheer thights on those clean shaven legs........
leyla m. said:i really dont like rick owens sporting those boots. way too feminine for my taste
i have to say that i agree, the heels make them slightly too feminine..i wouldnt want guy to wear heeled shoes/bootes that i might consider wearing
Dego said:
My guess is that most women feel threatened about the idea. It's as if men are now invading their arena so to speak. In the same manner most men feel threatened when women "invade" on traditional male jobs.
Maybe the idea of the man being perceived as looking sexy in a pair of stilleto's and a skirt makes some ladies feel insecure.....
TLjakes said:
So this offering from the current Artigiano Winter 2006 Catalogue at Http://www.artigiano.co.uk shouldnt make men feel threatened and insecure?
Hmm.
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Very nice - quite similar to a pair I wear sometimes. I find mine very comfortable, but I don't like the skin showing, so I usually wear my boots:
They're from Nine West. Very comfortable, and actually very suitable for hiking along the trails surrounding where I live!
They're from Nine West. Very comfortable, and actually very suitable for hiking along the trails surrounding where I live!
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dr1819: Great boots for hitting the trails. Looks like they would be very comfortable, too. Here's some boots that I wear here in the midwest USA. This is an older picture. I have the boots in for new heel caps, tips, or whatever you call them on these chunky heels. I like them for the colder weather. They are knee high.
dr1819: Great boots for hitting the trails. Looks like they would be very comfortable, too. Here's some boots that I wear here in the midwest USA. This is an older picture. I have the boots in for new heel caps, tips, or whatever you call them on these chunky heels. I like them for the colder weather. They are knee high.
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TLjakes said:
Yeah i actually think that this could be it.
I think what i mean is that i wouldn't like to go out (as in, date) a guy who wore a pair of shoes/boots that i had, i don't mind other guys wearing them!! Idon't know why, i can't explain
mustard said:
But you would feel offended if the guy felt the same way about you wearing jeans (that where "borrowed" from men), ties and shirts (that where "borrowed" from men). Just can't see the problem here? Women's fashion take from men and it's called "power dressing" or "expressing your stonger" side. But men are just instantly shot down as freaks for expressing their "softer" side.
Dr1819: Those look pretty good. I've been tempted by some of the newer timberland wedge style boots. It doesnt get very cold down here, but walking the dogs in wet grass in 40-50 degree temps can make sneakers a bit cold.
I havnt seen those nine west's around, might have to keep my eyes open wider.
I havnt seen those nine west's around, might have to keep my eyes open wider.
TLjakes said:
First of all ' you would feel offended if the guy felt the same way about you wearing jeans', you dont actually know that i would be ofended and there is a difference between me wearing jeans and a guy wearing womens shoes. yes i wear jeans and i know they were oringinally a mans thing but they have womens jeans now, adapted for women wearing them, and i wear womens jeans not mens. My comment was about men wearing womens boots/shoes. i wouldn't call this a 'problem' as im not dating a guy who wears women shoes(which is what i felt wierd about) and nowhere in my comment did i say any guy who wore these were 'freaks' but i am entitled to my own opinion
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mustard said:
Yes and without different oppinions there would not be fashion therefor no fashionspot. But by wearing womens jeans that where adopted by women from men, you are actually telling me that it's now acceptable to wear. No what if a guy wears 6" heels for men or a guy wears a skirt "adopted" for men? Women would still see him as a freak and that it's wrong. Women can wear their boyfriends tie, boxers, t-shirt, baggy jeans, flip flops and what ever to give them a masculine look without anyone calling them freaks or batting an eyelid. For women to adopt a style for women there would have been a time frame in which they had to experiment with the "unadopted" garment wearing it as it where before it became "female" wear.
What is considered men's or women's clothing I just cannot see any gender identifying potrusions or absence of protrusions for that matter on any article of clothing that gives the article of clothing a physical gender. To me women have claimed certain articles of clothing which they "borrowed" or "adopted" as women's domain only. This to me is bordering on paranoia. 6 inch heels forever have got three beautifull shoes that they make specifically for men, only difference are that they have 6" heels and they "look" almost like women's shoes. What difference would there be in a heel that looks the same but are labeled women's instead of men's?
Women can wear men's sneakers, beatle crushers etc, etc and it's called unisex. In my humble oppinion I'd say it's not the article of clothing that is the problem but the idea that men are invading space women wanted to keep for themselves.
TLjakes said:
Sorry if you feel offended by my comment but your hounding me with comments that i never mentioned anything about, your starting an argument with me for having my own opinion. My original comment was too generalised and i edited that, i don't have anything against guys who want to wear these shoes, i only said i wouldn't want to date a guy who wore the same shoes as me...this is called 'personal taste', what i am attracted to in a guy, yes maybe guys wouldn't want me to wear jeans, trainers or any of the other items of clothing you mentioned that were originally male garments, but big deal, thats their taste, i wouldn't have any problem with this!! No, i wouldn't think a guy was a freak if he wore these and i don't think its 'wrong' for somebody to wear whatever they want...
Im glad you feel passsionate about this subject but it feels like your having a go at me, unnecesarrily!I dont know if this is intentional or that you just don't realise how argumentative you are being. You seem to think that you are on one side of the fence and i'm on the other...im not!!!
mustard said:
Sorry Mustard, i don't feel offended about your comments. Nor do I want to make it a personal attack, if it came through in that manner then I do appologise. One thing I don't like about debating through the written media is that you lose some of the Body language and facial expressions that changes a normal debate into an gargument.
As I said I like the difference in oppinions but I speak in general when I say that the general idea most poeple have is that men wearing anything resembling a female trend is freakish and wrong. And taking into account that if you and your boyfriend had the same taste in shoes linked with the same size feet, you could have expanded your wardrobe by a considerable margin...............
There's a common misconception that certain articles of clothing are for males or females. I've been in a lot of countries (just over thirty) over the last 18 years, and I've seen a lot of different fashions for both men and women. I was surprised to learn that about a third of the men around the world wear MUGs (male unbifurcated garments).
See: http://www.kiltmen.com/world.htm
There are a number of stores which have sprung up that sell modern kilts in the US, the UK and Germany. I'm sure France has it's share, too. In addition, several stores have been marketing skirts made for men, speficially things like the Hiking Kilt and the Macabi Skirt for Men. The Hiking kilt doesn't look anything like a kilt - it's just a skirt.
See: http://www.backpacker.com/women/article/1,7862,1981,00.html
See: http://www.macabiskirt.com/mens_home.php?
I have both, and do get a double-take from time to time, but they're both really comfortable.
The only reason people in the Western world do double-takes anyway is because they've never seen it before. In the 80's people were doing double-takes whenever they saw a man wearing earrings as back then it was quite unusual.
But with increasing numbers of men wearring earrings, perceptions changed. Now it's considered normal and no one gives it a second thought, particularly those who grew up with it.
The same will happen for men in heels.
By the way, I've yet to see a catalog selling earrings displayed on male models. The models are all female, and most earring stands are in the women's section of the store, yet that's where men buy their earrings. Does that make them gay because they're buying earrings marketed to women?
Of course not.
Heels may be marketed to women, but that doesn't make them exclusively the domain of women.
As it turns out, I have a narrow foot for a man, and women's shoes fit me better than men's shoes. As for the heels, I've already explained the why and the fact that after wearing them for a while, I got over my reluctance to wear them in public, and now do so all the time.
But, no, I don't do skirts and heels at the same time, nor do I wear feminine heels. But that's just me - if you're a guy and that's what you like to do, go for it. I know a lot of women who buy men's shoes because they have wide feet - does that make them lesbians?
Again, of course not.
Most people make their fashion choices based upon what most people are wearing. Some people make their fashion choices based upon what they like wearing.
My son went through a period when he was four where he liked to put the catch/throw tool for a ball game on his head with the handle pointing backwards. After we got him a ballcap, he switched to wearing ball caps backwards, instead.
Most people wear them forward, but he likes wearing them backwards.
It's just a choice. They're all just choices, and the objects aren't magically tied to one sex or the other, whether it's pants, skirts, shirts, blouses, etc. Sure, some things would look pretty silly on a man, but other things, like the right pair of heels, can actually look quite good.
There are only two fashion choices which really are tied to one sex or the other, and that's the jock strap and the bra! But if a woman wanted to wear a jock strap, I wouldn't hold it against her...
See: http://www.kiltmen.com/world.htm
There are a number of stores which have sprung up that sell modern kilts in the US, the UK and Germany. I'm sure France has it's share, too. In addition, several stores have been marketing skirts made for men, speficially things like the Hiking Kilt and the Macabi Skirt for Men. The Hiking kilt doesn't look anything like a kilt - it's just a skirt.
See: http://www.backpacker.com/women/article/1,7862,1981,00.html
See: http://www.macabiskirt.com/mens_home.php?
I have both, and do get a double-take from time to time, but they're both really comfortable.
The only reason people in the Western world do double-takes anyway is because they've never seen it before. In the 80's people were doing double-takes whenever they saw a man wearing earrings as back then it was quite unusual.
But with increasing numbers of men wearring earrings, perceptions changed. Now it's considered normal and no one gives it a second thought, particularly those who grew up with it.
The same will happen for men in heels.
By the way, I've yet to see a catalog selling earrings displayed on male models. The models are all female, and most earring stands are in the women's section of the store, yet that's where men buy their earrings. Does that make them gay because they're buying earrings marketed to women?
Of course not.
Heels may be marketed to women, but that doesn't make them exclusively the domain of women.
As it turns out, I have a narrow foot for a man, and women's shoes fit me better than men's shoes. As for the heels, I've already explained the why and the fact that after wearing them for a while, I got over my reluctance to wear them in public, and now do so all the time.
But, no, I don't do skirts and heels at the same time, nor do I wear feminine heels. But that's just me - if you're a guy and that's what you like to do, go for it. I know a lot of women who buy men's shoes because they have wide feet - does that make them lesbians?
Again, of course not.
Most people make their fashion choices based upon what most people are wearing. Some people make their fashion choices based upon what they like wearing.
My son went through a period when he was four where he liked to put the catch/throw tool for a ball game on his head with the handle pointing backwards. After we got him a ballcap, he switched to wearing ball caps backwards, instead.
Most people wear them forward, but he likes wearing them backwards.
It's just a choice. They're all just choices, and the objects aren't magically tied to one sex or the other, whether it's pants, skirts, shirts, blouses, etc. Sure, some things would look pretty silly on a man, but other things, like the right pair of heels, can actually look quite good.
There are only two fashion choices which really are tied to one sex or the other, and that's the jock strap and the bra! But if a woman wanted to wear a jock strap, I wouldn't hold it against her...
And taking into account that if you and your boyfriend had the same taste in shoes linked with the same size feet, you could have expanded your wardrobe by a considerable margin...............[/quote]
i was just coming round to the idea of my boyfriend wearing my shoes 
then i realised that our feet aren't the same size 
[/quote] i was just coming round to the idea of my boyfriend wearing my shoes then i realised that our feet aren't the same size 
