<p>High heels? Just say no.</p>
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<p>I had heard that as well. Why is that the case, when the “fat pads” on the rest of our body grow and grow and grow??</p>
<p>They migrate from the balls of your feet upwards :D</p>
<p>Maybe they can liposuction my hips and inject the fat into the balls of my feet!!</p>
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<p>Are we talking about making a college list or shopping shoes? Works either way. ;)</p>
<p>If it’s shoes, my D lives in platform boots or platform sandals. She always looks to see that the angle of the platform is virtually horizontal, or parallel to the ground. Clump, clump we can always hear her coming, but at “five foot nothing” (her phrase) she prefers the height to communicate with others.</p>
<p>Her other move was learning to walk on stilts, but that’s not for everyone. </p>
<p>My trick for always wearing flats is that I also only wear ankle-length skirts or pants. Covers the shoes, and shifts all the attention pretty effectively away from my legs. “Big hair” helps, too.</p>
<p>At “6 foot nothing,” I prefer flats to facilitate communicating with others. LOL. Never wore a shoe with more than a 2 inch heel…mostly wear flats. Kitten heels for dressy nights. </p>
<p>I know that some of you think it would be cool to wear heels at my height but…really…it isn’t. </p>
<p>So I guess I’ll never get to know if the fat pads on my feet are fading away. </p>
<p>VH…good luck in your quest.</p>
<p>A hidden platform in the heel helps a lot. It changes the angle of your foot and is a lot more comfortable. That said, I rarely wear much of a heel. We are business casual, so no pumps for me. I’m clumsy enough in boots and clogs!</p>
<p>toneranger, you’re an entire foot taller than I am. Yipes. I’m the same height as paying3tuitions’ daughter.</p>
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<p>The only instance of ANYTHING migrating upwards with age, I’m sure.</p>
<p>OT -The fat padding diminishing is a little like the whole hair phenomenon. Why does it disappear from my head and show up on my chin??</p>
<p>Ah, the years of wearing heels. Count me in the group that can wear heels on boots or on substantial heels like Dansko. I can also wear some Sofft shoes. I think I do better in a heel that has an open toe. I have several events coming up starting this summer where I would love to wear really sexy, nice shoes so I am eating up your suggestions.</p>
<p>High heels with any kind of bathing suit. Awful combo, no matter age, build, etc., etc… Why is that?</p>
<p>Am I the only one who never really “got” high heels? I remember teetering around on my mother’s discards playing dress-up. Then grew up in the “no heels” era. Maybe had some Famolare platform shoes in high school, but “high heels” were our mother’s era, not ours.
Seriously, I consider myself reasonbly well dressed but not totally in to fashion and I have never owned a pair of high heels. Never. (Disclaimer - I’m 5’8" so maybe I never felt a need…)</p>
<p>Edited to add: both my daughters own 3" and 4" heels in black, boots, purple… so maybe it’s a generation thing. They do seem to have the good sense to not wear them on a daily basis.</p>
<p>toblin- it is the Barbie effect.</p>
<p>mafool, so if I get high enough heels, I’ll have huge (*****) and size 3 feet and a 36 inch inseam?</p>
<p>But I think you are right…</p>
<p>^^No, if you get high enough heels you’ll have no brains.</p>
<p>Hey, Barbie’s a doctor! And a fashion model. </p>
<p>At the same time.</p>
<p>I never got the high heel appeal either and I’m a petite 5’1". They just seem so man-designed. Except for neck ties, men never wear things that aren’t comfortable but for some reason women happily wear skimpy clothes in the winter and shoes that hurt and are hard to walk fast in. So when I think about wearing them, I feel too superficial. Remember that old commercial with those women playing basketball in high heels? If that was really something you could do, I would go for heels.</p>
<p>Dragonmom, I don’t get high heels either. Well I get that many people think they make you look better. In any even the last pair I wore was to my cousin’s wedding in 1984. I was so uncomfortable by the end of the evening I said never again! Luckily I’m in a business where I can wear what I like on my feet.</p>
<p>High heels make your legs (and rear) look better. I wear them at work, but I always walk to & from my office in running shoes with the specific support I need.</p>
<p>I have bunions, so I am very picky about shoes. Sofft are usually good, and I can find them at DSW.</p>
<p>Walking without pain makes your entire body look and feel much better! For some time now, I’ve only purchased shoes I can walk as long, far and fast as I like. [Of course, there is the exception of buying uncomfortable, impractical shoes when in a wedding party, but that’s about it these days.]</p>
<p>I’ve never been able to understand why people wear shoes that cause them pain or to limit their walking range. We stay fitter when our feet are comfortable so we don’t limit our walking (one of the best forms of exercise). </p>
<p>I admit I’m biased because in college, I once bought a pair of Famalore shoes with a wavy bottom . I wore them two days in a row & my feet were literally numb for weeks! I finally had to go to a podiatrist & get orthodics and oxfords that I had to wear for about a YEAR! I have ever after been VERY particular about my footwear (& now my socks as well).</p>