Comments on: The height retort

By: CGHill

CGHill — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:35 +0000

I asked Trini about this, and she cops to the “nerd girl” tag; there is, she says, a small but recognizable subset of the male half of the species who will willingly crawl through the desert in midsummer for just such a female. I am inclined to believe her.

By: Zimriel

Zimriel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:28:02 +0000

Unfashionability will present you as a “nerd girl”. You will be surrounded by male geeks. If that’s what you want, go for it.

/male geek

By: Kay Dennison

Kay Dennison — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:28:57 +0000

I’ve never been comfortable in really high heels. At 5’10″ — and most of my height is because I have long legs — I have no need to look taller. I was blessed to receive tall and thin genes from my dad. I’ve never worn heels higher than 3 inches in my life and only wore 3 inch heels if it was a modelling assignment in my youth. I like 1-1 1/2 inch heels best — they’re comfortable for me. I’m 62 now and comfort takes precedence over fashion. I hate shopping for shoes because just looking at the shoes on the market these days make my feet hurt or are plain damned ugly.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:16:53 +0000

The only time my feet don’t hurt is when they are floating in the bath tub. Last month I decided to buy all new shoes. All New Shoes. I am at eight pairs and counting. None of them have heels higher than one inch.

I also decided recently, after shopping for a suitable dress to wear to an afternoon wedding in October that was to be held outdoors #$%&#?% to never wear dresses in public again—a la Kate Hepburn.

So I shall adorn myself in floaty tailored trousers that are anything but masculine, and dress my feets in pretty little shoes that are uber feminine, if flat, because the rest of me is not. Husband is happy if I am happy. I have served my time in hell—I mean heels.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:08:30 +0000

I have a magnet on my fridge that says something like, “When I get old, I will wear purple….but NEVER with a red hat.”

That pretty much sums up how I feel about it. Even though I think I’ve probably hit the “invisible” age. Or am at least close.

By: Donna B.

Donna B. — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:42:50 +0000

I wear Crocs. With socks. My left ankle/foot has been injured so many times (first at age 4) that I have only twice in my life even tried to wear shoes with heels over 1 1/2″.

Red hat, purple dress, black crocs with… oh let’s go all out and wear green socks! Yeah, I’d do that.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:25:57 +0000

I usually wear flatter shoes but I have noticed that my walk is distinctly more duck-like (and therefore, not as appealing to anyone whose given name isn’t Daffy or Donald) in flats than in low heels.

High heels (>2 1/2″) I have not tried as I suspect I’d fall, due to balance issues (too many unresolved ear infections as a child)

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:32:13 +0000

I’ve always been unfashionable and proud of it! A two inch heel is just about my limit but I very rarely go even that high. Comfortable shoes need not be ugly. Dressy, comfortable low-heeled shoes are hard to find but they do exist. It also helps if you wear the right size. I read somewhere that 80 percent of all women wear shoes that are too small. First thing, if the shoe hurts try a larger size.