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.

Well, of course we are all entitled to our opinions - although it seems that more people agree with me than with you. I always defend the right of people to wear whatever they want, without judgement. Still think they look ridiculous though - sorry 🙂

Exactly. Open any fashion magazine or follow any fashion influencer and you’ll see heels.

These threads always feel like a weird flex. Reminds me of Meryl Streep in DWP.

This… “stuff”? Oh, okay. I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.

You go to your closet and you select that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back.

But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue. It's not turquoise. It's not lapis. It's actually cerulean.

And you're also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent who showed cerulean military jackets? And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner…where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin.

However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs.

And it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact…you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room…from a pile of "stuff."

Any footwear you have to learn to walk in probably isn’t the best choice in the world. I clippity clopped around the shops for hours in stilettos when I was in my twenties. Then in big block heels for a few years. I’m in my fifties now and would need some sort of intensive training course to wear them these days. I do think they can look good, but mostly the wearer tends to look a bit awkward. I hear my neighbour’s heels clacking round the tiled floor of her kitchen every morning before work. I can always tell if she’s late due to the speed of the clacking🤣

My mum is the same.
Shes been a hair stylist her entire life. Got started in the early-80’s, and worked in quite an upmarket salon. Pointy-toed stiletto heels were part of the uniform for stylists in the salon. I remember being a little kid (in the mid-90’s) and being fascinated by all the pairs of shoes - could have sworn she had a pair in every colour imaginable and she wore them every single day to work.
Now, she struggles wearing shoes at all for extended periods. She’s always got back-up flip flops in her bag!

Ha, fair! But I felt the need to defend people who wear them based on the comments. Also, I didn’t start a thread about it or portray such strong emotions.

10 ? More like 25. Grungey Gen Xer here I gave up heels in the early noughties and never wore them for work. Although also grew up in London, lots of walking/ public transport- never wear shoes you can't run in.

You were 16 in 1991 who was wearing heels then ? It was the age of the DM boot and skater shoes no oh and converse of course ? TBH the only woman I know you regularly wore heels was my grandmother who was born in 1919.

I love heels but can’t walk in them to save my life.

I’m a similar age to @Hapagirl48 and yes when I was 16 I wore dms but I also wore heels. Still wear both of them now as do DSD and DGD. My grandmother however never owned a pair of heels in her life.

What are these ridiculous comments. Yes Doc Boots were in fashion and so were heels. Platforms at that tims. Ffs 🤦🏻‍♀️

Really. I was 16 in 1996. I wore high heels millions of times.
I got frostbite in 98' wearing strappy high heels in December.
All my friend's wore them and still do for work or special occasions.
By 2000, it was hot pants and high heels.
They'll definitely make a come back. Most footwear shops still sell a couple of pairs.

Emo people wore DM and Converse in the 90's, we were town-y's so silver high heels etc.

This is true, the townie clubs often had no trainer rules. If you were going to hardcore or acid house raves in the early 90s then yes trainers everywhere but garage and rnb places were heels. Thankfully I was a mosher so didn't have to wear heels often but still did if it was a friends bday and the wanted to go to a garage night or something.

There's some lovely high heels around. I haven't worn them for years ( in my 40's) as I am a bit precious about my feet and comfort. I'd maybe feel differently if I was short though.

Time and place for everything. I wouldn't wear high heels to ASDA but also I wouldn't wear flip-flops to a wedding.

That really is a very silly comment.

Totally agree, I think heels are old fashioned and show someone’s age.
There are so many flat shoe trends now which can be worn by all ages and which look amazing. If I see a woman over 40 in heels I think she’s a bit old fashioned. And women under 40 just aren’t wearing heels any more.

They’ll come back in though, I’m sure. Everything does.

Do you feel superior laughing at another mum just trying to get on with her day? I walk like a cartoon farmer whether I'm in bare feet or heels due to hip issues (NOT related to wearing heels). I didn't realise people were so pathetic as to be judging me and laughing at me and assuming I couldn't walk in my heels, which I only to tend to wear when I dress up on special occasions. I thought I looked nice.

Corsets? Farthingales? Crinolines? Bustles?

Women under 40 absolutely do still wear heels, why do people keep saying this?

Maybe not to work/walking around, and yes young women were flats more often now, but they do still wear heels. You only have to look at PLT or any other young fashion brand, full to brimming with high heeled strappy sandals. There are other types of heels available these days, but high heels are still very much there.

Nope. As I said upthread, I'm 5' 1" and never worn heels, never will. I'm the height I am and it's never been a problem!

Are you always this much fun? 🙄

I've seen her in other shoes and she can walk fine, just insists on wearing shoes she can't walk properly in for work.

Heels would be ridiculous for me as my feet can’t handle them anymore but I don’t have a problem with other people wearing them. Why would I? It’s up to them what they wear. I have a friend in her 50s who wears them loads, can walk in them and she always looks amazing. I’d look stupid as I would be wincing, falling over and generally looking like an idiot!

How high are we talking? There's a massive range.
Clarks 3 inch, round toe Mary janes: all day. But my knees will hurt tomorrow.
4 inch strappy stilletto- whole evening or wedding once upon a time, but barely even walk in them now. Ankles are unhappy and balls of my feet can't take it like they used to.
3 inch wedge- all day.
Pointy kitten heel- all day but having to grip with my toes will hurt. I'm tall and heavy. Kitten heels struggle with my general mass.
4 inch boot- night out with lots of sitting
Ballet slipper- never.
Brogue with 1 inch heel- all day
Dm Chelsea boot- comfiest of them all

Yes, they are. DGD is definitely nowhere near 40, her and all her friends wore heels to their prom.