High heels for babies

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Give me strength 😳

That is grim

I take it all back that picture is horrific

Girlie glue is a spoof surely? Please?

You glue a flower to your child's head, glue!

I could barely get my head round peepee teepees, but this ...

I haven't looked but I assume there is make up for babies? Fake tan?

What the fuck is wrong with people? Jesus that poor child.

People are gluing things to their children?

You have to wonder why these people don't just buy dolls.

The abomination that is toddlers and tiaras the glue stuff on their Dds eyelashs sequins and hairpiece stuff

Apart from anything else, Girlie Glue sounds like a euphemism for vaginal discharge.

But those shoes really are the pits.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think there is nothing more beautiful than a baby, bald ones, hairy ones, chubby ones, tiny ones, however they come. Trying to make them cuter is like trying to make water wetter.

High heels are an adult solution to an adult problem.

It worries me, and that photo makes me ill.

They actually look like the shoes women in China wore after foot-binding.

Grim.

I disagree that they do no harm.
I'm very fucking concerned about the concept and that photo. I dont agree with sexualising children and dont think its at all harmless.

"They actually look like the shoes women in China wore after foot-binding."
O goddess yes! That was what was tickling my brain. The shape matches that of a bound foot:

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As regards the truly horrible publicity photo. Put an adult woman in the same pose (including the position of the legs and feet) and the same outfit, and you have a standard porn picture. So, they have basically recreated adult porn pictures with a baby in order to sell baby stuff. Not hinted, just totally blatantly copied it. And they think it is 'cute'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes I think I'm invisible. I posted about footbinding above, and nobody took any notice. Now stamping my unbound and unheeled foot loudly.

The concept of baby high heels is bad enough, but jesus christ, that picture is so wrong on every level

They are absolutely hideous. And I'm someone who if I had had a daughter rather than a so would have dressed her top to toe in Laura Ashley.

And, yes, high heels are about sex. They mimic the arched foot position common in arousal, and arch the lower back and hips into an arousal position.

Interesting. I didn't know that.

You know that advice about smiling to make yourself happy? Or taking a confident stance to feel more confident?

If that theory holds, high heels would make women feel slightly more aroused than usual ... that is, if they have come to associate that posture with arousal, not just with wearing high heels.
Could be an explanation for why autogynephiles like heels, though.

Probably more to do with the male gaze - though I don't really understand why men want women to appear sexually aroused when it is obvious that it is fake.

@Footle, if it helps, I noticed your post.
High heels, in general, are a form of temporary, somewhat reversible footbinding. They render women unable to run, or to walk in difficult terrain. (Impacts on health are not as bad as footbinding, but also happen if the high heels are worn everyday)

Men really, really like it when women can't run away. Have women in practical shoes ever been considered attractive in any culture?

"Have women in practical shoes ever been considered attractive in any culture?"

I've been thinking about this. What do women wear in more egalitarian countries? Does it affect dress?

I've been thinking about this. What do women wear in more egalitarian countries? Does it affect dress?

I am sure it does - but probably more on a statistical basis. I.e. there are still women dressed in all kinds of ways, but there'd probably be a trend towards the more practical.
Not sure how one could find out for sure, though - I mean, Iceland has more snow than other countries, and I would assume most women would not wear high heels in knee-deep snow.

Having a look at subcultures might be a better way of getting numbers that are not influenced by weather conditions. Do lesbians wear high heels at the same rate as heterosexual women?

And, yes, high heels are about sex. They mimic the arched foot position common in arousal, and arch the lower back and hips into an arousal position

Sorry, but that sounds like load of tosh. They make legs look longer and make ankles look slimmer. Heels make a dress look dressier (ie smarter) than flat pumps.

Heels make a dress look dressier (ie smarter) than flat pumps.

I don't agree. I'm not a fan of high heels for a number of reasons and am more than happy with how I look in the flat shoes I wear with dresses, including to, for example, work experience, for which being smart was required. Why should women have to wear painful footwear to be considered to be of smarter appearance?

Also, the "shoes" this thread is about are utterly ridiculous and quite damaging in what they represent and suggest, in my opinion.

I wear with dresses, including to, for example, work experience, for which being smart was required. Why should women have to wear painful footwear to be considered to be of smarter appearance?

Oh Amy, credit women with the ability to make their own minds up about what they wear and what they think of how they look Not everything is about as, is frequently said on here, pandering to the male gaze.

I usually wear flat, patent leather pumps but a heel, even just an inch or two makes a dress more formal. In my opinion. I don't wear particularly high heels how but when I did , they weren't painful. I get it some women find heels uncomfortable- many women don't. The most crippling, unbearable and unwearable footwear I've ever owned was a pair of Doc Martin boots.

Not sure I follow your reply Lass. I didn't even mention the "male gaze", I responded to what you said about "smarter appearance". Many women do find heels uncomfortable, including myself - this is only one of my issues with them.

credit women with the ability to make their own minds up about what they wear and what they think of how they look

That's what I'm doing. I make my own mind up not to wear heels and feel I look perfectly smart, certainly enough for work experience (where plenty of highly professional women were in flat shoes). I don't want to wear heels of an inch or two to supposedly be more formal. Boys and men don't have this with suits.

With my brother and I were teens, his heels were higher than mine.

No, Amy you didn't mention the "male gaze" I didn't say you did, but it had already made its appearance on the thread. It's such a tedious and belittling expression.

And no, you were not crediting women with making up their own minds- you make up your mind to wear flats, not like those silly women in their painful shoes. I don't even wear high heels- my 2 highly capable assistants wear vertiginous high heels, I would not dream of patronising them by telling they are wearing painful shoes or mimicking sexual arousal.

The website is hideous- the shoes do look remarkably like "lotus flower" shoes. I can't fathom why any parent would dress their child up like that (and the site does have a baby boy wearing a pair)

And no, you were not crediting women with making up their own minds- you make up your mind to wear flats, not like those silly women in their painful shoes.

Now I'm entirely lost. You've either misread what I've said or are trying to goad me which I find baffling. I have plenty of friends who wear heels on occasion and have never once commented negatively about it Me saying I won't wear them as I find them painful and don't see why I should have to wear them to be smartly dressed is patronising? I'm baffled.