I jut puked in my mouth...

I worked with a guy for a while who was too short. It didn't bother me that he was only maybe 5' tall, but it bothered him a whole bunch. One day he came to work wearing "platform" shoes. Everyone laughed at him, so he went home for lunch and changed into something more appropriate for a guy. But you never know, he did have a wife and kids, so maybe he wasn't as queer as a $3 bill (the one with slick's picture on the face). Regardless, he just showed his insecurity, not his masculinity.

Its my assumption they feel more like a man once they get their height up a little. Their problem, not mine. Maybe I should have more respect for them because they do have the confidence to wear that kind of shit. But keep it in perspective, all they show is their insecurity.

This is as close as I get to men’s heels…

And people make fun of me because I wear New Balance. Those are about all my feet can tolerate after working fifty years on concrete floors.

Occasionally I can get away with wearing 5.11 Tactical boots but not if I’m on my feet all day.

Thought they've been around forever and called elevator shoes for the vertically challenged?

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Originally posted by Rey HRH:
We called them platform shoes in the 70s.

Yup. Ever fashion eventually comes back.

Now I'm gonna have Flashlight stuck in my head all day.

I can't post the picture featured in the article, but my reaction to that is.....

Bobby C used to rock them when he was out with Tony Manero...

Yeah, but he didn't pair his heels with a skirt and lipstick.

From the linked article in the OP.

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If size range weren’t an issue, you’d most likely see me in Versace, Christian Louboutin, YSL, Manolo Blahnik, Tom Ford, Prada, Marc Jacobs, Maison Margiela, Balenciaga, Celine, Amina Muaddi, and Bottega Veneta. I really hope that fashion brands and houses start to tap into the expansion of sizes for their heels. There are so many people who want to wear a powerful shoe. The industry is so far behind.”

"Powerful" is not the word that comes to mind when seeing the pictures in the article.

Paging Mr. Bundy. Mr. Al Bundy, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

I'd like to see something in a 12D.

Oh my! Makes me want to pluck my eyeballs.

The one on the right looks like he is sporting some Legos.

Fixed it for ya

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
The one on the right looks like he is sporting some Lagos.

First guy looks like Beezos....

maybe that space trip messed him up...

I might need to rock that suit top, skirt/heel bottom to my next job interview. I dare you not to hire me.

Side note, Christian Louboutin makes some bitching shoes. I know that when my woman is stomping concrete in them, I’m in for a wild night.

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Originally posted by Rightwire:
"Fashion Designers" are so far out of touch with the average American I wonder how they make money.

They attract the very rich, who can afford to indulge in their ridiculous fantasies.

On a different note, I scoff at the TV ad with the man sitting on a beach nibbling on a Twizzler and thinking "I wonder why I can't wear white after Labor Day". First of all, I doubt he has anything "white" to be concerned about. Secondly, a real man doesn't let fashion gurus dictate what and when he wears something. And thirdly, doesn't he have anything more important to be wondering about?

flashguy

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, bitches.

Yeah, I will probably pass.

Thanks though.

I am simply incapable of taking any of those people seriously.

good gawd. add a flying saucer hat and they'd be perfect. perfectly insane.