Platform shoes are NAFF

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II have decreed.

I think they look very unstylish, great big lumpen clodhoppers. And not very flattering either. For instance Victoria Beckham looked OK at the royal wedding, apart from her ghastly shoes.

I have loads of pairs, but don't wear them any more, I think they have had their time in the sun.

Back to normal high heels with no platforms, I think.

No platforms are much nicer. Nicer line.

Especially better than patent with platform.

< puts away spice girl boots >

they are ghastly and always have been. never understood why hoof-shoes took off at all...

But...but...but...I find normal soles feel so thin now. They hurt my feet within minutes if I walk on anything less forgiving than a carpet.

Heels without platforms are bloody painful to walk in.

Heels with platforms is like walking in flat shoes for me.

Like DoUntoOtters (love your name) I just find flat soles SO sore if I walk in them for more than 2 seconds.

You are right - platforms are so much more comfortable.

But normal high heels are so much more flattering.

and you don't look like your feet have turned into trotters, otter... total result.

I disagree. I think it depends largely on what you're wearing and so on.

Very bored of the plain platform court shoe a la Christian Louboutin and a million copiers though.

I have <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=611&tbm=isch&tbnid=9qkr8JwHoBzgQM:&imgrefurl=proudfoot.ie/news/&docid=fLXq0seOtRvl8M&imgurl=proudfoot.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/KG-sybil-boots-around-%2525E2%252582%2525AC100.jpg&w=479&h=385&ei=eMnhT_vTNIyo8AOUhvnuAw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=225&sig=117195617292777334138&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:72&tx=71&ty=33" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">these and they make me happy though.

I have a new pair of platforms, the first high pair of shoes I have bought in 4 years, and I WILL wear them!!

They are gorgeous, yellowraincoat. They make me happy too, and I don't even own them .

i reckon the reason they were taken up by actresses is that they were able to TOWER over male co-stars at premieres, so i can see the attraction there. but for civilians, absolutely horrid. (i too am talking about the CL platform court here, in particular).

They're only £30 on the Kurt Geiger website, speculationisrife.

Get em while you can.

I think Christian Louboutin shoes look very downmarket now, tbh. That ubiquitous red sole.

Like those YSL Tributes which all the slebs wore at one time.

stripper shoes, imo. was disappointed to see our lovely queen kate of our hearts wearing something similar a few weeks ago.

Sadly, I don't need any encouragement to spend money yellow!

I can't walk in high heels of any kind so am not really qualified to comment but as an observer I'd tend to agree - I particularly dislike those ones with the sorted of pointed but squared off toe, never seen anything more guaranteed to make your feet look like Miss Piggy's. This is the sort of thing I mean.

Yy, the red sole looks very old.

And whichever brand puts a gold crown on the sole just looks like you have forgotten to take the price tag off from a distance.

Mmm, comfy.

Ouchy ouchy ouch.

the second pair are always going to hurt because they're so badly balanced, though.

They may be rather naff, but essential for those midgets among us who are just too tall for short leg trousers and a normal heel, and too short for normal heels and regular length pants (and who lack the ability to shorten a pair of trousers)

There are platforms and there are platforms.

A small platform is nice and makes the shoe more comfortable but I loathe stripper shoes.

I don't think of those as platforms though, really (though I agree they are a bit naff and stripper-ish).

I was going to come on and say 'no, platforms are good because they make your ankles look slimmer', but I believe what I think of as 'platforms' are these days being billed as 'flatforms'.

Whatever. I like those ones. Or a platform/wedge type. Not the hooves.

I absolutely adore platform shoes, I used to practically live in them. Then I got Morton's Neuroma about 5 years ago and ever since then it's been flat shoes.

I stand at the windows of Kurt Geiger and salivate. :(

Agree@OP. Instantly make you look cheap.

Of course they're naff. They were born in the 70s which was the decade of naff. I know, I was a teenager then - been there, done that, somehow my ankles survived. Just Say No!