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.

Extremely old fashioned! No one wears them in my office. COVID seems to have done for them. I gave all mine away to the charity shop years ago.

Yes. Most people can't walk in them properly so look both uncomfortable and unstylish.

As for the office .... totally 1980s and nooo!

Awww, I miss my 20s and 30s when I had skyscraper heels! Made me feel elegant and confident as quite a short dumpy person - never had any trouble walking in them although I don't think I ever ran for the bus.

I wear trainers and low shoes these days, as I'm much older and heavier and have a sacroiliac problem and weak ankles. I tried to bust a pair out to wear with a smart dress for a work meeting recently - OMG. The pain in my ankles was unbearable, and they used to be my most comfortable high wedges!

I'm secretly glad they're not fashionable any more. What does the modern middle aged woman wear for work or occasions these days? A block heeled court shoe or summat? What about "mother of the groom" - a nice low sandal?

I'm not ready for velcro Pavers yet.

I’m 40 so I don’t think I’m classed as the young.

The reason they are hideous is because they are totally impractical and no one can walk properly in them.

Anyone who claims that they are 100% comfortable and can walk comfortably in high heels is kidding themselves.

I’ve gone off them - they seem dated and desperate now. Obviously ok with smart evening dresses, but otherwise a bit naff and aging.

Keep your boring flatties - I like my heels! 😂

They aren't really in fashion these days apart from on glam nights out. I remember people wearing them to work back in the day. There's a mum at school who wears them though, along with really short skirts, as part of her going to work outfits. It looks very dated. She even wore one high heeled shoe while the other foot was in a medical boot!! Mad.

I’m short, I wear them loads. It hadn’t occurred to me to care what others think.

I used to love heels, they lifted me up and made me taller and feel more prominent. Unfortunately I can't wear them now but do think they look great 👍

I had a friend who did this! Looked so stylish but when she started walking in her knee high boots had her knees bent all the time. Overall look was completely wiped out by her walking with her legs at a permanent bent angle 😂 Clompy as.

I think they really dress an outfit up. Pointed heels not for me as I have poor balance, I like a block heel. I can walk for miles wearing a block heel or a wedge.

Me too.

Love mine, quality leather, latest styles.

No hobbling or sore feet, I wear them all day.

I feel awful in flat shoes, and feel hideous in some of my work suits/dresses with flats.

They'll be the height of fashion again in 10 years, some new cultural phenomenon like SJP will be back and people will look back at this time period and say gosh weren't we all "frumpy". It's just the cycle of fashion, they'll be back, they're too iconic not to be.

I still love a heel. Not for work or casual but for a night out? Definitely and zero fucks given about what anyone else thinks, they can wear what they like.

I think this is probably the reason people have opinions about high heels. They are part of an era when women were judged solely by their looks and their looks were based on what they thought looked good for men. No wonder women in their 20s don’t wear them and women in their 40s/50s look back and cringe. We’ve grown up.

The day I see men tottering around in them is when I will wear them again….

I was at a 21st birthday party at the weekend, in London, and all the cool young women were wearing high strappy heels with their dresses, even if some of them had them in their hands by the end of the night.

They don't wear them to go clubbing or walking about during the day, but definitely still wear them for events/parties. My daughter has several pairs to go with certain dresses, but will wear trainers/converse/cowboy boots, etc, for a night out at Uni.

I’m so glad that they are out of style now for day to day wear as they were so uncomfortable. I still like a short chunky heel on a pair of boots though although it probably advertises my over forty status.

I am now very much a trainer wearer day to day though, even in the office they can look smart depending on the style.

I see your Chester Zoo and raise you the Great Wall of China. A Russian woman, with an older gentleman.

sexy? by what standards and for whom?. It’s anachronistic frankly
sexy, not a term I’d want applied to me. It’s sleazy and Andrew Tate mentality

I’m in my 40s and never really worn heels. I’m quite clumsy & it’s just not the sort of look I go for- no judgement against those who like them. I’ve worn block/wedge heels in the past but they’ve always been chunky shoes/boots with a wide and comfortable fit and not very high.

They can't help themselves, can they.

Live and let live.

That was a popular look when I used to go to Ibiza in the early 2000s :D

I do think they look ridiculous. I won't wear any shoes with high heels or pointy toes, because I want comfortable, healthy feet. I walk a lot and I couldn't care less what anyone thinks of my height or the shape of my legs.

I'm in my 30s and was probably 15 or 16 the last time I wore heels. The novelty wore off and they just seemed painful and pointless. You don't see men wearing them!

I saw a lady in them at the top of Snowdon but assume she got the train up.