To think kitten heels are now acceptable?

eyesofocean · 2024-09-20T21:35:54+00:00

So I used to wear the high heels and now I live in trainers and boots. But I see kitten heels a lot now and some lovely ones in Zara.

PullUpTheDrawbridge · 21/09/2024 20:05

Threetrees745 · 21/09/2024 03:05

Love how all the posters are giving the faux confusion trying to ask what the poster means by acceptable, knowing fine well that for about 25 years absolutely no one except your granny was wearing a kitten heel 🤣

You all KNOW what the OP means, why is everyone being a dick about it?

It's the judgy fashion police who are dicks.

It's bloody tragic that anyone feels dropping a few centimetres of heel on their own footwear is something that needs approval from an imaginary authority that purposely moves the goal posts every season and makes women feel shit because they can't keep up (or walk in) just to make money.

But yeah. Other women should definitely just stop being so fastidious.

PullUpTheDrawbridge · 21/09/2024 19:53

No. It's flippers or nothing, I don't care how difficult they are to walk in.

Seriously. Whose world are you living in? No one else gets has a say on the things you choose to wear on YOUR feet.

ludocris · 21/09/2024 19:41

@IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle my most sincere apologies. It was "facetious" and "talking rubbish" rather than obtuse.

InSearchOfMartin · 21/09/2024 16:25

I never stopped wearing them. I've got some I bought in 2000 and still wear them.

TammyOne · 21/09/2024 16:07

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 21/09/2024 14:28

Really? It's Audrey Hepburn for me, especially in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Theresa May, particularly before she became PM was actually a very stylish dresser so that's not the "gotcha" you might think it is.

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um… it wasn’t supposed to be a “ gotcha”🙄and I’m sure she is fairly stylish for a politician. We might not all want to look like her, that’s all!
Why are some people so fighty now? We’re discussing shoes fgs! 😁

VestaTilley · 21/09/2024 15:56

Why do you care what other people think? Just buy the type of clothes you want to wear.

seeminglyranch · 21/09/2024 15:31

eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 14:28

You know it’s not just me saying this?

I didn’t wake up yesterday and say jeans are forever out of style and what I say goes.

This js from what I’ve seen and read.

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What have you seen and read? Google’s AI overview points out that kitten heels have been popular at various points in history and lists several examples (50s, 60s, 90s, early 00s among others). Why so snippy?

Growlybear83 · 21/09/2024 15:17

MintyNew · 21/09/2024 14:54

Where would you wear them though? Everyday walking and life, just very impractical. Are you talking about a special occasion?

I wear kitten heels whenever I wear a skirt or dress. I wish I could wear higher heels because I think they look better, but I can't since I slipped a disc. I can't think of any flat shoes that would look better with a skirt/dress than some sort of heel. I usually wear kitten heel ankle boots with jeans or trousers in colder months.

5475878237NC · 21/09/2024 15:12

jasminocereusbritannicus · 21/09/2024 15:02

I had no idea that they were ”unacceptable “.
I can’t wear high heels, so I tend to wear kitten heels if I want smart shoes. Otherwise, I wear trainers because of my knees. I can’t wear very flat shoes either.

The OP perpetuates the worst of an ageist ablest sexist society where people are made to feel bad about their choices from a narrower pool of options.

jasminocereusbritannicus · 21/09/2024 15:02

I had no idea that they were ”unacceptable “.
I can’t wear high heels, so I tend to wear kitten heels if I want smart shoes. Otherwise, I wear trainers because of my knees. I can’t wear very flat shoes either.

MintyNew · 21/09/2024 14:54

Where would you wear them though? Everyday walking and life, just very impractical. Are you talking about a special occasion?

Thudercatsrule · 21/09/2024 14:53

Acceptable for what? Who has to accept them? Weird.

CypressPeace · 21/09/2024 14:50

OP ignore the superior types.

I am in my fifties and love style and fashion. Kitten heels have come in and out. I wore them in the eighties.

I am aware they have come back in fashion now. Go for it!

But for me unfortunately, they will be forever Theresa May ;-)

housethatbuiltme · 21/09/2024 14:49

eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 02:40

Just because something is available doesn’t make it “fashionable” though

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Maybe try thinking for yourself instead of following 'fashion'.

Wear what you like, I can't imagine having or spending time worrying over others judging my shoes... sounds utterly exhausting and boring.

NunyaBeeswax · 21/09/2024 14:38

Kitten heels are obviously acceptable, there is no section of Belmarsh for women wearing kitten heels in 2021

They may go in and out of fashion, but that means nothing to a person's style.
Fashion is just a cycle of what the shops try to lead women to purchase to keep their profits going. Style is a completely different matter.

A stylish, put together woman wearing kitten heels in any decade can look far better than another woman slavishly following fashion.

Find your style, ignore what you're being flogged, wear what is comfortable and makes you feel good.

....

Unless it's Hey Dudes. Then it's straight to H&M Wing of Belmarsh.

🤪

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 21/09/2024 14:34

ludocris · 21/09/2024 14:30

Usual load of twattish comments on here I see. People claiming the OP is being obtuse and authoritative because she used the word 'acceptable' rather than 'fashionable' (or the opposites, can't remember). What a load of bollocks.

Honestly people on AIBU just LOVE having a go at an OP. And sometimes they have to really stretch to find something to have a go about...

People claiming the OP is being obtuse

Er, no. It was a poster supporting the OP who sugggested everyone who disagreed with the OP was "obtuse"

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 21/09/2024 14:33

I hadn’t been aware of them not being acceptable!

Im not a fan personally as shoes with kitten heels often tend to be either sling backs or courts which won’t stay on my feet.

I’m a flats person these days - usually trainers of some kind or boots - or if I must where a heel (a black tie event maybe?) it will have to be a very well supporting one.

ludocris · 21/09/2024 14:30

Usual load of twattish comments on here I see. People claiming the OP is being obtuse and authoritative because she used the word 'acceptable' rather than 'fashionable' (or the opposites, can't remember). What a load of bollocks.

Honestly people on AIBU just LOVE having a go at an OP. And sometimes they have to really stretch to find something to have a go about...

Theeyeballsinthesky · 21/09/2024 14:30

I wear what suits me rather than what is deemed fashionable by a bunch of randoms who work in fashion and therefore have a vested interest in ensuring there is an ever revolving and changing list of what is currently “fashionable” to keep us buying new stuff

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 21/09/2024 14:29

eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 14:26

Why have you made the same “authoritatively” comment 😂😂

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Because tbh, I think I might know slightly more about this than you do.

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 21/09/2024 14:28

TammyOne · 21/09/2024 14:17

OP it’s just that Theresa May is the first thing that springs to mind when anyone says kitten heels 💁
In your pics, I like the short dress outfit but I really don’t think kitten heels go with floppy jeans. ( just my opinion)

Really? It's Audrey Hepburn for me, especially in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Theresa May, particularly before she became PM was actually a very stylish dresser so that's not the "gotcha" you might think it is.

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eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 14:28

NQOCDarling · 21/09/2024 14:23

Because acceptable has a different bloody meaning
And just because they are an 'unacceptable' item to the OP doesn't make them unacceptable to the rest of the world, nor 'unfashionable'

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You know it’s not just me saying this?

I didn’t wake up yesterday and say jeans are forever out of style and what I say goes.

This js from what I’ve seen and read.

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NQOCDarling · 21/09/2024 14:26

Sologurn · 21/09/2024 14:25

@NQOCDarling you seem angry. Hope you're ok

You interpret an explanation as anger?!
😃😃😃

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eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 14:26

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 21/09/2024 14:05

No, no one is being obtuse. The OP is authoritatively spouting nonsense.

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Why have you made the same “authoritatively” comment 😂😂

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Sologurn · 21/09/2024 14:25

@NQOCDarling you seem angry. Hope you're ok