To think high heels (especially when worn casually) look absolutely ridiculous?

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I’m probably going to get absolutely flamed for this.

But aibu to think that high heels are a complete monstrosity? The only time I think they are passable is if it’s something very formal. For example TV presenters sitting on a couch, or attending an award ceremony. As they’re really being worn just for show.

Tbh I don’t see many people wearing high heels these days, but sometimes I’ll notice a women teetering round the park or the shops, barely able to walk and looking very uncomfortable, I’ve even seen a woman bowling in high heels.

They look so uncomfortable and impractical.

Calling people.prats for what they wear? Are you serious?

I just can't get my head around the vitriol.

There is no way that wearing high heels for any prolonged amount of time can be good for you. Even if you think you are fine, it won’t be doing you any good and will likely cause problems.

Like I said in my op I can understand people wearing them for formal events but wearing them for a day out walking around or to do the weekly shop is ridiculous.

What an idiotic remark.

Sorry, 'live and let live' is sanctimonious drivel but laughing at people and calling them parts for their choice of footwear is perfectly ok?

Um, ok then.

well tbh not many people are wearing heels to bed or for a lazy day in the garden! They're for dressing up and making the best of yourself - which is what I'm saying. I don't think that's really an antiquated view

you don't understand the vernacular used by the kids on titkok that I quoted? not a problem at all, a while back they were calling a woman 'mother' for strutting her stuff whilst looking her best

I’ve never worn them. Flats make me look and feel my best.
l hate heels. They look trashy to me.

it's insane

nonnes forcing you to wear heels or shaming you for wearing them

youre saying they look trashy - I think that they look really good and really pull an outfit together at times

Most women look better in heels (as long as they can walk ok in them!). It gives better posture, you look slimmer etc. However, they aren't in fashion currently so when I see women in heels it looks outdated. Women are prioritising comfort over looks now and quite rightly.

Me too. I was reminded, reading this, of a colleague. I’m not sure of her age, about 30? She walks perfectly well in them round work, as does another colleague who is Italian, about 45, incredibly stylish and is regularly in heels.

Are you very short? I can't see the appeal at all!

Yes, high heels can make an outfit look nicer by elongating your legs and making you look taller, but like another poster said, seeing women "clip clopping" down the street really drives home how ridiculous it is that we/women are disabling ourselves in this way. I was walking behind a woman who was trying to walk quickly to catch a train, and it was comical to see her clip clop and hear the thump thump of her plastic heels as she tried to walk quickly without falling over.

Don't get me wrong, I wear heels myself, on occasion, but seeing it out and about just reminded me that it's totally impractical to wear heels if you need to get from A to B quickly.

Why do we need to look sexy or have 'elongated legs' in a zoo or on a train?

Height isn't even an attribute that is that appreciated in women, unlike in men. Why don't they wear high heels?

One day, maybe high heels will be considered the equivalent of foot binding or those tribes that elongate their daughters' necks with metal rings.

I’ve never really worn them because I’d be over 6 ft and feel self conscious. Plus I hate walking in them and don’t like the look of them.

Fashions change, when was the last time you saw anyone wearing one of those Elizabethan ruff collars? I couldn’t care less if anyone else chooses to wear heels but I hope they never come back as the default smart shoe, it’s so much better not having to wear them for weddings etc.

But how many people do you honestly see wearing sky scrapers to Tesco or at the local garden centre? My guess is hardly any, so why do you feel the need to start a thread about it? Weird.

They're for dressing up and making the best of yourself

They may be for dressing up for some people, they have nothing to do with making the best of yourself.

I love a high heel, but then I’m 5 ft 1. I love wearing a pretty dress and heels for a nice, rare evening out. However I agree people look silly wearing them when it’s impractical (zoo, park, food shop etc) but if it makes them happy then that’s great

People do look like prat’s if they were totally unsuitable clothing yes.

I didn’t say that all people who wear heels are prat’s, I said you’d look like one wearing them round a theme park for the day.

some people consider looking their best being wearing heels, others consider it wearing a tracksuit 🤷‍♀️

DP likes a pair of heels. She'd never be daft enough to walk around a theme park or a zoo in them, but she does like them on a night out.

Quite frankly, I'd prefer she wore something that enabled her to walk at a normal speed. I can't deny that her calves look fantastic in them though.

Nor me. I can't say I give a shit what other people choose to wear on their feet.

But.... They like them? This whole 'they will damage their feet' not necessarily at all. It like you are desperate for them to be proved wrong or something.

I just can't fathom thinking like you do.

I think people think of “heels”’as being those 6inch stilletoes drag queens ( and some women) wore in the early 00’s. All my heels are chunky and comfortable- I wouldn’t wear anything that caused me pain!
As for idiotic remarks @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g it was a jokey comment aimed at deflating the judgmental comments about SHOES and since then there have been at least 27 comments more idiotic than mine! 😂

They seem old fashioned

But what does it matter if some people see them as old fashioned? I’ve never understood why people wear or don’t wear things because they are fashionable or not - surely you wear what you like and what you think suits you? I’d give anything to be able to wear a lovely pair of 3” heels again.

I used to like those old black and white movies where all the women stride about in chunky black 😍court shoes, or corespondent shoes giving the men the runaround. Those women were my shoe idols