ladies (or fellas for that matter)- what is it about heels that appeals to you?
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With my height at a "imposing" stature such as 5'1" I don't think it's any surprise what of what appeals to me about heels.
However, I don't wear heels that much since I go to a private school with uniforms and the heels along with rushing between classes and keeping that skirt down just makes them impractical. Plus, there's no one worth impressing with that pitiful selection of boys, so if I'm going to be miserable in classes, I might as well be comfortable.
And since school dominates my life and budget, that doesn't leave me with much heels to work with. So I wear a lot of sneakers and flats.
But I love a good heeled shoe!
However, I don't wear heels that much since I go to a private school with uniforms and the heels along with rushing between classes and keeping that skirt down just makes them impractical. Plus, there's no one worth impressing with that pitiful selection of boys, so if I'm going to be miserable in classes, I might as well be comfortable.
And since school dominates my life and budget, that doesn't leave me with much heels to work with. So I wear a lot of sneakers and flats.
But I love a good heeled shoe!
I just feel like everyone stares when if wear heels on a weekday.. it's really like they demand attention! :/
lesupersound: Interesting perspective,
when I think about it, it seems totally logic. But at the same time women in offices usually wear 'power heels' at it makes them... just that; feel more confident and powerful.
Hmm.
lesupersound: Interesting perspective,
when I think about it, it seems totally logic. But at the same time women in offices usually wear 'power heels' at it makes them... just that; feel more confident and powerful.Hmm.
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How heels can heighten your appeal
Wearing heels makes you statuesque. Feet look smaller and your gait is more refined. Your calves and shins are tensed and elongated. Your posture is bolt upright.
Anatomically speaking, in heels you’re doing what chimps do when they’re in heat: standing on tiptoe, arching your back and making your bottom stick out.
The movement of your lower limbs becomes more sensual. It’s hard for others not to notice the sway of your hips, the thrust of your breasts, the incline of your pelvis. High-heeled shoes adjust women’s body proportions to come closer to perceived ideals, too (in Western countries, at least).
Researchers at the University of Wroclaw in Poland asked more than 200 men and women to rate the attractiveness of diagrams of seven men and seven women with varying leg lengths.
Both sexes agreed that a leg length that is 5 per cent longer than the norm for a person’s height is ideal. This means that if the average leg length of a 5ft 5in woman is 30in, as measured from the sole of the foot to the crease where the thigh meets the pelvis, a woman this height could make her legs look 5 per cent longer by wearing 1.5in heels.
In the study, legs that were 10 per cent longer than average were also considered sexy, but legs 15per cent longer were not. Generally speaking, if you’re between 5ft 4in and 5ft 8in, heels up to 3-3.5in will flatter your proportions - anything higher starts to look odd.
Also, focusing on proportions, a study at University College in London found the ideal female figure had legs exactly 1.4 times the length of the upper body, which is the legtotorso ratio of Nicole Kidman, Naomi Campbell and most other supermodels.
When 5ft 11in Kidman and 5ft 7in Tom Cruise divorced, she said with palpable relief: ‘Now I can wear heels.’ The truth is, she doesn’t need them.
exert from dailymail.co.uk
what do you think?
Super high is particularily in and i personally only think a really high heel looks odd on a person if it looks like it's dragging them down (i.e. a heavy looking shoe on a really thin or petite person) or if they can't walk properly...and of course if it doesn't match the outfit
Wearing heels makes you statuesque. Feet look smaller and your gait is more refined. Your calves and shins are tensed and elongated. Your posture is bolt upright.
Anatomically speaking, in heels you’re doing what chimps do when they’re in heat: standing on tiptoe, arching your back and making your bottom stick out.
The movement of your lower limbs becomes more sensual. It’s hard for others not to notice the sway of your hips, the thrust of your breasts, the incline of your pelvis. High-heeled shoes adjust women’s body proportions to come closer to perceived ideals, too (in Western countries, at least).
Researchers at the University of Wroclaw in Poland asked more than 200 men and women to rate the attractiveness of diagrams of seven men and seven women with varying leg lengths.
Both sexes agreed that a leg length that is 5 per cent longer than the norm for a person’s height is ideal. This means that if the average leg length of a 5ft 5in woman is 30in, as measured from the sole of the foot to the crease where the thigh meets the pelvis, a woman this height could make her legs look 5 per cent longer by wearing 1.5in heels.
In the study, legs that were 10 per cent longer than average were also considered sexy, but legs 15per cent longer were not. Generally speaking, if you’re between 5ft 4in and 5ft 8in, heels up to 3-3.5in will flatter your proportions - anything higher starts to look odd.
Also, focusing on proportions, a study at University College in London found the ideal female figure had legs exactly 1.4 times the length of the upper body, which is the legtotorso ratio of Nicole Kidman, Naomi Campbell and most other supermodels.
When 5ft 11in Kidman and 5ft 7in Tom Cruise divorced, she said with palpable relief: ‘Now I can wear heels.’ The truth is, she doesn’t need them.
exert from dailymail.co.uk
what do you think?
Super high is particularily in and i personally only think a really high heel looks odd on a person if it looks like it's dragging them down (i.e. a heavy looking shoe on a really thin or petite person) or if they can't walk properly...and of course if it doesn't match the outfit
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^^I am 5'5" and refuse to buy anything less than 4 inches. I think 4 and 5-inch heels look hot, not "odd." I kind of like the double platform Louboutins that are out this season as well.
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My legs look extra long. I feel regal. I can't hardly wait to get into the habit of walking in heels. 
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i kind of like the sound heels make when i walk too, especially when you go across tiles or wooden floor. You make a real entrance in heels. 
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They make me taller. Thats always a bonus.
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i thk that its very sexy to see the arch of ur feet curved like that. that's the reason i fell in love with heels!
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legs look so much slimmer and i feel so much more elegant
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