Wearing high heels

eth0_

Is it true that if you don't start wearing heels when you're young you will never be able to comfortably wear them? I'm only 26 btw.

I'm quite tall so I never usually wear shoes with heels >2 inches or so, but I got these gorgeous Red or Dead shoes with 4" heels for my work xmas party and even with those gel inserts for the ball of your foot, I was in PAIN. I have some Irregular choice wedge heeled mary janes which are about the same height and I also find them uncomfortable to walk in.

Is it a case of persevering or can some of ye just not wear heels?

stratospheres

I'm 19 and I can't quite get the hang of really high heels myself!
If they don't have straps or anything I end up walking out of them

eth0_

stratospheres wrote: »

I'm 19 and I can't quite get the hang of really high heels myself!
If they don't have straps or anything I end up walking out of them

Same here, I can wear heels with no straps but find they fall off my feet a bit when i'm walking lol

simu

Same here. I can't wear strapless ones at all and with high-heeled shoes that don't slip off, my feet are soon in agony anyways. They're a cod tbh and the problem is that not wearing heels means most shoes in shops are out of the question.

dirtydress

I LOVE shoes but I just can't wear high heels...i have some smaller heels that i love and find ok to walk in but anything higher is just agony...I saw some gorgeous irregular choice black and gold shoes in schuh and i really wanted them but my feel were almost completely on tip toes and i knew i would find it too sore. Ive never heard anything about you have to start young though? does anyone else know if this is true?

eth0_

Well if you wear high heels a lot the muscles in your calves shorten to compensate for your altered posture. I'd imagine it gets harder to train these muscles the older you get.

jellie

i used to be able to wear heels no problem. dont know if this was because i used to wear high enough shoes to school (it was easy! dunno how i did it). couldnt wear heels for about a yr because of a thing with my leg & now i find them pratically impossible to wear for any length of time without pain (from the height, not the leg problem). its so annoying because im small & used to love my heels! & most pretty shoes are heeled. and heels look nicer with dresses/skirts/anything that shows leg..

so i dont know if was able to wear them cause i started young or just cause i was used to them. maybe if you wear them on a regular basis (like to work or something) you would get more used to them? although wearing heels to work is just annoying, running for a bus just doesnt work.

Piste

I hate high heels without straps, no matter how well they fit my heels will inevitably fall out of them so I look like a state when I try to walk in them!

LadyMayBelle

I think it's true. I never wore heels as a kick, always flats, and always wished I could but Im a disaster1 bought a smashing pair of real high t-bars in San Fran a few years ago, wishfully thinking I'd master them, but no. They look at me form the cupboard and I wish I could but it's agony!!