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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.

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eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 09:45

GildedRage · 21/09/2024 02:59

@eyesofocean I don’t know if you’re
being facetious BUT kitten heels have been fashionable all along as an alternative to high heels more so than wedges and block heels.
Maybe you’re not petite, but for petite ladies proportionately it’s the go to height.
Are you relatively young and basing your new appreciation based on the last 2 years? Or magazines?
they are a classic.

Let me hold your hand whilst I say this as it may come as a shock …

Kitten heels haven’t been fashionable since the 00s.

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DappledThings · 21/09/2024 09:00

eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 02:40

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

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Fashionable isn't the same meaning as acceptable. I have no idea what's fashionable but other than something obscene then it's all acceptable.

Think you meant to post this in Style and Beauty where people do think those words mean the same thing.

Dishwashersaurous · 21/09/2024 08:59

They've always been available to buy and thus clearly acceptable.

Allfur · 21/09/2024 08:58

What a depressing way to live life

GoldenSunflowers · 21/09/2024 08:57

More like this

To think kitten heels are now acceptable?

GoldenSunflowers · 21/09/2024 08:55

The shape of the current heel is different though. It’s more splayed at the bottom.

RampantIvy · 21/09/2024 08:51

fossilgap · 21/09/2024 03:08

I know they’re in fashion, but I can’t bring myself to like them, plus also unless you’re super skinny, you look like an enormous weight on tiny heels

I'm inclined to agree with you. I just don't like them at all (for me).

Bjorkdidit · 21/09/2024 08:48

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?

Because maybe the OP should think for herself instead of needing validation from others who may have different tastes?

If you like something, and it's not inappropriate, eg on a boat where they'll damage the deck and you're more likely to fall over, then wear them. Does it really matter if other people don't like them.

I went out in a city for the first time in a while yesterday and what struck me was how just about everyone was dressed the same* whether it suited them or not.

*short tight top, wide leg jeans that at any other time in history would have led to bullying as were half mast and horrible trainers

FatOaf · 21/09/2024 08:42

Unless they are actual heels removed from kittens, they always were acceptable.

I don't think "acceptable" was the word you were looking for.

They have been out of fashion for years

So have intelligence, courtesy, comprehensible speech, honesty and empathy. Does that mean they're unacceptable?

Catlover77 · 21/09/2024 08:37

They have been out of fashion for years, for those posters saying they have always been in fashion. They seem to have become acceptable over the last year or two

Chaoseverywhere · 21/09/2024 08:31

I would accept you in them 🙏

LunaNorth · 21/09/2024 04:59

Oops, I’ve always liked them. Have a lovely pair of red suede ankle boots with a kitten heel. Never been stoned in the street, but now I’m wondering if I look a dick in them.

Oh well.

pasturesgreen · 21/09/2024 04:46

Eh?? Wear what you like 🤷‍♀️

fossilgap · 21/09/2024 03:08

I know they’re in fashion, but I can’t bring myself to like them, plus also unless you’re super skinny, you look like an enormous weight on tiny heels

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?

GildedRage · 21/09/2024 02:59

@eyesofocean I don’t know if you’re
being facetious BUT kitten heels have been fashionable all along as an alternative to high heels more so than wedges and block heels.
Maybe you’re not petite, but for petite ladies proportionately it’s the go to height.
Are you relatively young and basing your new appreciation based on the last 2 years? Or magazines?
they are a classic.

NQOCDarling · 21/09/2024 02:53

Please deefine what you mean by acceptable in this context. What is acceptable to one person may not be to anther. It is a very specific term which is hatd to relate to an item of footwear.
If you had asked " are peep-hole bra's with no other covering acceptable?', that's using 'acceptable' in the correct context.
So, are you suggesting that kitten heels are in some way unacceptable to socity, or just a few? Or do you mean unfashionable?

Edingril · 21/09/2024 02:49

eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 02:40

They haven’t

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By whom?

I think all heels look ridiculous but the world won't end if people wear what they want, there is no law to say what people can wear or not

NQOCDarling · 21/09/2024 02:47

It's a way of saying on the deck of a yacht.

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eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 02:40

Wittyapple · 21/09/2024 01:28

I don’t understand the question, they have always been acceptable.

They haven’t

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eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 02:40

GildedRage · 21/09/2024 01:31

They’ve been available my entire life, I remember seeing them in the 60’s. Kitten heeled version of high heeled shoes have always looked great and fashionable.

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

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eyesofocean · 21/09/2024 02:39

NQOCDarling · 21/09/2024 01:25

Unacceptable by whose orders?
Yes, on deck a yacht they are unacceptable as they (and stilettos) damage the teak
They may be unacceptable in a trainer shop, but ...
Clarity required please!

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What’s “on deck a yacht”?

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GildedRage · 21/09/2024 01:31

They’ve been available my entire life, I remember seeing them in the 60’s. Kitten heeled version of high heeled shoes have always looked great and fashionable.

Saschka · 21/09/2024 01:29

JC03745 · 20/09/2024 23:32

When were they NOT acceptable to wear??? 🤔

About 2005-2023

NQOCDarling · 21/09/2024 01:28

Coatsoff42 · 20/09/2024 23:45

100% yes, I think it’s a 90s thing which is on again.

50s, 70s, quite a few other decades too. As is the same with platforms and pretty much every type of shoe since Noah was a lad.
I live in trainers mostly, but then again, I haven't really bothered with shoe fashion since the 70s platforms era!