How old were you when you started to wear high heels?

[brimfull]

Having discussion with nearly 16yr old dd.
I can't remember.

[SpiderBaby]

I have never worn them 30 this year

[blahblahblahniks]

16

[EffiePerine]

not allowed before 16

not worn till abotu, ooh, 25?

[brimfull]

luckily they aren't really that fashionable for teens at the moment

[JoMa]

22

[lou33]

i was stupidly young, i must have looked like an idiot

i rarely wear them now, i live in flip flops and tennis shoes

[TheBlonde]

At Uni
Sixth form was biker boots and trainers

[stepfordwife]

at age of 44, still waiting for my girlie gene to kick in and start wearing high heels

have started looking at handbags longingly though...

[expatinscotland]

I was in ballet. Pointe shoes from about 13-14, so high heels were a doodle - in those by 15 definitely.

[DangerousBeans]

16 or 17.
(although had a rather fetching pair of bright red shoes, that I used to hide in my school bag and swap with my Startrites at the bus stop - when I was 13 or so)

[Sheherazadethegoat]

i can certainly wear high heels, walking in them is another story.

[ChasingSquirrels]

I'm 35, I still don't.

[Hideehi]

15 ish
I'm going to let mine wear them whenever she wants, they are s uncomfortable i imagine the novelty will waer off quickly

[pointydog]

kitten heels were teh thing to have when I was in my teens, had them by 15. My mum never banned them from what I remember but then she never banned anything.

(dd1's class put on a fashion show in teh spring and the two most popular girls both had almost stilettos on, aged 10. Looked obscene)

[MrsBadger]

23

my mum still looks askance at them

[brimfull]

watching posh spice on tv last night,she looks like a child trying to walk in their mum's heels.

[nomdeplume]

prob about 15 for nights out. Went through a phas of wearing them to work in my late teens. Now I only wear them if I'm out on the town

[Hulababy]

Probably not until 6th form! Didn't really go out at night much before that. Actually maybe had some small heels at about 15 for going out for6= best with family.

Saw a child of about 4 at Gulliver's Kingdom today in white sandals with heel - and not a tiny one either. Was ridiculous. Child couldn't walk in them properly and had to be helped in and out of every ride because of them

[serenity]

Never been one for stilletoes, but I had my first pair of boots with a heel when I was 15 or 16, essentially when I started buying my own clothes with my own money (ditto mini skirts, make up etc)

[electra]

14

[Botbot]

Was a bit of a Doctor Marten's-type late-80s teenager, so probably not till I was in my early twenties. Then I stopped when I was 25 after a horrific ankle-snapping incident while a bit pissed in ridiculous Spice Girl-type wedges. Haven't really bothered since apart from at weddings and posh dos, and still have a metal plate halfway up my leg!

[Nymphadora]

15 ish but they were chunky ones , just bought my first pair of pointy heels (not quite stilettos) at 28

[pointydog]

what, high ones sweetie?