Thumbs up for very high-heeled platform shoes
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Topic: Thumbs up for very high-heeled platform shoes
Posted By: shinydome
Subject: Thumbs up for very high-heeled platform shoes
Date Posted: August 21 2003 at 4:04am
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despite my height (i'm 6'3" tall) i love to wear platform shoes, the higher the better. who of u tall women thinks like me and loves towering your partner/lover/hubby? i think it's great being always the tallest |
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Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: August 21 2003 at 1:27pm
I'm not as tall as you (5'7) but even so height has actually been something of a detriment for me. I swing dance and figure skate, and both are easier if you're shorter! I wear flats when I dance, however, so it makes aerials a tad easier  ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: August 21 2003 at 11:51pm
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Sigh... I need to learn to be more like you. I am 5' 11" and I'm afraid to say I slouch a lot. I think most of my life I have been always striving to fit in... I always felt like a bit of an outsider. Being so tall made me feel even more awkward. I'm growing into the height however! (Pun intended). I still don't really like to be taller than my man. Dunno why. ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: shinydome
Date Posted: August 25 2003 at 3:54am
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lyris, i agree that it might be easier for you being so small as you are. i've never seen a dancing couple where the woman is taller than 6 feet. most guys have to handle their dance partners and of course a tall woman is heavier than a small one. i'm into fitness, high impact and bodybuilding as well as swimming, mountainbiking and snowboarding so i don't have to take care of my over average height. on fitness competitions i even wear my highest platform sandals (7,5") to lengthen my strong long legs even more, and the judges find it ok.  ------------- |
Posted By: enfys
Date Posted: August 25 2003 at 4:20pm
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Oh, how I envy you tall people!. I'm 5'2", and smaller than most of my friends. I can't wear platforms easily, either. To cut a fairly short story shorter, I'm left handed and have the same problem as a lot of lefties do. My feet turn inwards at my instep, so if I wear high shoes, either heels or platfoms, I'm pretty likely to twist my ankle and/or fall over. Still, let's all take a moment to pity one of my friends, who is 4'8". I don't think she'll grow much either. Her mum, dad and big brother are all short. Imagine the size of the platforms she'd need to be as tall as you are! I hope that the pleasure you get from wearing platforms includes the pleasure that I don't get from wearing them. I hate to think of my share of enjoyment floating around, lost someplace. I've confused ME now.  . Erm.. you know in When Harry Met Sally, that conversation about how many colds the average person gets each year? It's kinda like that. I think that's where I saw that conversation, anyway.Hmm. I think I must be tired. I'm also hungry. Please excuse this little essay that didn't even make any sense. I'm sorry  ------------- http://www.myspace.com/waltzin_with_the_open_sea - http://www.myspace.com/waltzin_with_the_open_sea Ah-ha, a place I can soon add hair pics...once I do some |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: August 26 2003 at 4:45am
| I wish I were tall! I'm only 5'1" and not growing at all anymore :-( . I'm so short I have a hard time finding pants to fit-- unless they're specially cut for petites, I usually have to roll them up at the bottoms to fit :-( . Right now the only heels (I guess chunky-heeled boots count?) and platforms I own are only like 2" of extra height, but I like every extra inch I can get. I've seen platforms online up to seven or eight inches, and if I thought I wouldn't kill myself on them, I'd be in them in a minute! |
Posted By: demodoll
Date Posted: August 26 2003 at 10:39am
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I am 5'9" and never really got into being tall. But then what are you going to do about it? My husband is really tall (6'4") so I don't ever tower over him and yes, I do love wearing really high heels. But I must say, I have always had trouble finding things that will fit properly especially pants and jeans. They are never long enough. Some companies now offer some pants/jeans in tall lengths but I have found that the cutest ones are never more than 31" inseam and that just isn't long enough for me. Oh well. I think people seem to be getting taller. ------------- "It is better to look marvelous than to feel marvelous" Billy Crystal |
Posted By: KathyAnn
Date Posted: August 31 2003 at 11:58pm
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*I'm 5'10", and I do like to wear high heels, although really high heels I don't wear often. I agree with Shinydome, no need for a tall woman not to wear heels. Who says we always need to be shorter than men? ------------- |
Posted By: Silvertine
Date Posted: September 02 2003 at 11:09am
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Right on! I'm pushing 6' tall and apparently still going since I've grown out of half my wardrobe since last winter (I'm 17, going on 18). I do love heels though, even though I'm taller than all my friends even without them. Hey, it's useful in crowds and at concerts! ------------- - sweet like a chic-a-cherry cola - |
Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: September 02 2003 at 10:06pm
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LOL Silvertine! The chick-a-cherry-cola song!!! I agree... I enjoy being tall most when I am crowded onto a packed subway or bus and I don't have to have my face in someone's armpit like everyone else does. I can enjoy fresh air! ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: Silvertine
Date Posted: September 03 2003 at 10:18am
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The song is "I Want You" by Savage Garden. I looove Savage Garden!
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Posted By: shinydome
Date Posted: September 04 2003 at 6:51am
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silvertine, you're absolutely right. being tall is very convinient on concerts. i'm wearing high heels everywhere - even at home or at the beach. they make my already looong legs even longer and i love this feeling and those starings of the guys and the jealous girls. tall is beautiful! ------------- |
Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: September 04 2003 at 9:19pm
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Yeah Shinydome... isn't that funny? I was wearing heels today with a very plain dress. No makeup, hair down, untouched... And every male pair of eyes was watching me walk down the street! LOL ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: tina m
Date Posted: September 04 2003 at 11:24pm
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I'm not a tall woman, in fact I'm petite and short, but short women look sexy in high heels too. High heels and a sexy dress or skirt just make a woman look sexy. The problem is I don't especially like wearing high heels. They are not that comfortable. ------------- tina |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: September 05 2003 at 1:57am
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Yeah, my feet are easy enough to hurt in completely flat shoes and sneakers, so heels for me are nearly intolerable to stand or walk in for any real length of time :-( . Maybe I need some of those arch support things I keep seeing on television? ------------- More awesome than a manatee! |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: September 05 2003 at 11:18am
Oh come now like it's not that way EVERYday! ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
I was wearing heels today with a very plain dress. No makeup, hair down, untouched...Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: September 05 2003 at 8:58pm
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You are right Lyris. I'm a guy and it's not that way with us everyday if we are looking at woman dressed plain with: no makeup, plain clothes, messy hair and so on,- even if she is wearing heels. But then again Lyris it depends how, (well how should I say this?), h o r n y we are that day. |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: September 05 2003 at 11:45pm
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Ah, well what I meant was that Traci probably turns heads every day of the week, makeup/hair/heels not withstanding because she's a lovely lady! I, on the other hand, just wore a dress for the first time since July 2002. It was a surreal experience. ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: tina m
Date Posted: September 06 2003 at 12:15am
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You just wore a dress for the first time in over a year Lyris? That's amazing girl! I don't think I have gone more than 3 days without wearing a skirt or a dress. Don't you like to wear dresses Lyris? You are so feminine too, you would look so great in a dress I'm sure!!! You wear makeup and earrings don't you Lyris? ------------- tina |
Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: September 07 2003 at 12:29pm
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LOL Thanks, Lyris! Yeah, I too am amazed that you don't wear dresses often. They're so comfy! ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: September 07 2003 at 7:43pm
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Haha....yes I wear jewelry and makeup nearly every time I leave the house (in case I run into Alexei Yagudin...his DUI notwithstanding.) . But I have very little body fat and get cold easily in my deep-freeze of an office (I know, what a predictament) so any dress typically induces goosebumps all over my legs. A real attractive sight, I'm sure! But at your urging, ladies, I will wear a dress Monday to work! A 3/4-sleeve Parallel dress with a self-belt. How does that sound?!?! Tina I bet you're lovely in heels and a dress. We already know Traci's a babe When do we get to see a pic?------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |
Posted By: tina m
Date Posted: September 07 2003 at 9:35pm
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Actually I rarely wear heels. I do wear dresses and skirts. I will have to get the equipment for pics, the scanner or whatever they call it, for my computer. We don't have that yet. Then maybe I can put some pictures on it. ------------- tina |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: September 08 2003 at 3:01am
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I actually gave up wearing dresses completely a few years ago, mostly because I never sit like a lady, always putting my feet on furniture or sitting on the floor, and it's hard to do that wearing a skirt. Sitting properly isn't very comfortable to me, so I'm really better off in pants. I'm a bit different than everyone else, though, in that I also never wear make-up anymore, and haven't for like four or five years (less time than I've been out of skirts, but still a long time). Make-up is just so expensive, and I don't know how to put it on well anyway. . . and even if I wear it I'm not any more attractive, so why bother? *shrugs* I do wear jewellery and hair accessories often enough, though, so I'm not a total butch yet. . . just getting there slowly. . . *laughs*
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Posted By: SuperGrover
Date Posted: September 08 2003 at 9:16pm
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Lyris, it couldn't have been -that- long since you've worn a dress. What do you wear swing dancing? ------------- "Hair is a part of you. It is not a part of me, because I am a frog." - Kermit the Frog on Sesame Street1b/N/ii ~ ??"/27"/32" |
Posted By: DakotaDiva
Date Posted: September 10 2003 at 9:38am
| I love wearing high heels and I love wearing dresses. |
Posted By: Lyris
Date Posted: September 10 2003 at 10:28am
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Well...I haven't been dancing in awhile, but I have a killer skirt I wear when I go...got it from dancestore.com, it's the "swishy skirt." Man does it rock! ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft |