Do Comfortable Heels Really Exist?
‘High heels are pleasure with pain! If you can’t walk in them, don’t wear them’: Christian Louboutin has no sympathy for women who struggle in his stilettos
Rather than feel any regret for inflicting pain on many a discerning fashionista however, the French cobbler has adopted a 'take it or leave it attitude'.
A pair of 5-inch stilettos can add the finishing touch to any outfit. After all, aren't Louboutins and Manolos a girl's best friend? But strutters beware: The "mile-long legs" effect from high heels could cause long-term back, ankle, and knee damage (not to mention that aching feet thing).
Louboutin says he feels little sympathy for those who suffer while wearing his designs, describing the relationship between a woman and her heels as a quasi-masochistic experience.
He told Grazia magazine: 'I really have not so much sympathy. If Tina Turner and Prince's back-up band can perform on stage in them for three hours, you can't tell me they are impossible to walk in.
'High heels are pleasure with pain.
'If you can't walk in them, don't wear them.'
However, thanks to modern medicine–and a few posture and sizing tips–there are ways to wear high heels without pain. Use these tips to beat the pain from your tootsies and free your feet from blisters, cramped toes and unbearable suffering.
Get measured before donning that gorgeous pair of high heels.
Remember when old school shoe stores would stock an apparatus that measured the size of your feet? Measuring your feet is important to show the sizes and dimensions of each area of your feet. One reason why women wear high heel shoes that hurt their feet is because of the wrong shoe size.
Understand the shape and size of your feet.
Just like high heels, not all feet are similar. Do you have high arches or a high instep? Possess wide feet or narrow feet? Find all the high heel shoes in your closet that are pain-free. Examine these shoes to discover the type of shoes that fit your feet best. Because your shoe size can fluctuate with weight gain and weigh loss, check your feet for changes in length and width. This tip also keeps high heel blisters away from your heels.
Try on high heel shoes only in the afternoon.
Your feet will swell during the day. Trying on your shoes after 2pm will make sure that your high heel stilettos fit your feet at the time of the day when they are the most swollen and tender. If you spy a pair of high heels that you love during the early hours of the day, try them on for size in the mid-afternoon.
Covet high heels always. But, resist wearing synthetic soled shoes.
High heel shoes made with leather soles are pliable. While man-made soles are more affordable, they will never mold, or take the shape of your feet. The best method to distinguish high heels made with man-made soles and those of the leather kind, flip over the shoes to see if the words “vero curio” or man-made materials are embossed into the underbelly of your shoes.
A few last-minute tips to wear high heels without pain.
Resist squeezing your toes into high heel shoes that are two sizes two small. Prevent high heel blisters by avoiding shoes that are too snug.
- Wear sky-high heels once or twice a week to prevent fatigue of your calf muscles.
Pain is often the result of wearing the wrong size shoe or high heel.
To wear high heels without pain, increase your current shoe size by a half a size to give your feet room to swell and breathe.
Massage your feet after wearing high heel shoes to cut pain and swelling.
Yes, You Can!!!
Pair Your Heels with jeans, pencil skirts, colored pants, shorts, strapless dresses, and many many more.
Always Remember Your Accessories.
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Heels are a chic no-brainer when you're getting ready for a night out with the girls. What's not so easy? Making those heels feel comfortable on your feet. There are ways to have comfier heels and a night that doesn't end with you wanting to chop off your toes.
Some women are like gazelles in high heels -- long legs running assuredly across plains, unafraid of falling and busting an ankle. If you aren't a heel-wearing gazelle, then maybe it's time to get some practice before you join the herd. Knowing how to move correctly in heels will make your motions flawless, sexy and confident. Besides, you don't want to step out in ice-pick heels when you can't manage wedges. Bruises and rips don't go great with a designer dress.
Walking in high heels for the first time requires scoring the bottom of the shoes to provide traction, keeping the ankles strong and planted and walking gently from heel to toe. Walk confidently in high heels, taking small and graceful strides, with advice from a freelance fashion reporter in this free video on style.
when wearing or pairing your heels play with colors and accessories to make it chic and fun.
You Don't Have to Pay the Price of Pain to Look Fabulous. Here are some tips that will help you look good, while remaining comfortable, in heels.
Instructions
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Break them in. Walk around your house doing chores, or talking on the phone in your new heels. And try them out on different surfaces. Walk on carpets, tiles, stairs, ramps and concrete.
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Find the perfect fit. If you buy shoes that are too small, just because they don't have your size, you are only setting yourself up for pain. The same goes for shoes that are even slightly too big. The fit has to be perfect in order for them to be comfortable.
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Go for stilettos. The chunkier heels seem to come and go, so stick with the old stand-by. But be careful about getting heels that are too high. A fall is too high a price to pay for fashion. Being comfortable in heels can be an acquired state. Walking in stilettos can be tricky at first, but practice makes perfect.
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Buy inserts. Inserting a cushioning layer into your heels will make them much more enjoyable. Some heels have the disadvantage of not providing enough arch support, so add to the shoes what the manufacturers leave out.
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Change them up. Put on a different type of shoe every day. Wearing heels too often can make the experience more painful. Give you feet a break from heels at least two or three days out of the week. They will thank you for it.
Wear a new pair of heels for an hour or two every day for a few days before you go out with them. You should get used to walking around in the heels, and stretch them out a bit at the same time to help ensure a comfier fit when you go out on the town. When it comes time to put them on, criss-cross two clear adhesive strips across each heel at the point where the top of the shoe’s heel meets your skin.
Avoid wearing your heels every day, since this can damage your feet and make wearing high-up shoes a major pain. Alternate heels with flats, sneakers or wedges so it feels more comfortable when it comes time to put your heels back on. Reserve your heels for days when you wear skirts or dresses, since you’ll need help elongating your exposed legs for those outfits.
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