Sunday, September 7, 2008

Standing in Heels

A friend posted this link somewhere:

When a Man Wears Heels - The Times online

It garnered the following response from me:

On Friday night I was organizing a couple of classmates to help me film a friend's concert. One of them had clearly never been in a nightclub before and squawked about many things including, "But those girls - they're just going to stand all night and watch the bands?"

Yes, that's the idea.

"But they're wearing heels!!"

Yes. (I don't think she's ever worn anything other than sneakers.)

And then I patiently explained the concept that standing in heels, even for a whole evening, isn't a big deal if that's what you're used to doing. Depends on the actual pair of shoes - I have some I could stand in all day and others I can use only as photo props. I find heel height isn't the only factor to consider, either.

"But it'll be their death!"

Oh, quit being so damn melodramatic.

I might as well have been explaining the importance of the polar ice caps to an iguana. An iguana might at least look at me and pretend to listen on the off-chance there might be a treat in it for the iguana. (Or at least when I had a iguana she used to pretend to listen to me. Other iguanas might not be so patient or interested, so your results may vary.)

This fellow reminds me of that same wide-eyed bewilderment. But at least he seemed to clue in at the end that there are benefits. And if he bothered to try a couple of different styles or even similar styles from different brand, he might have discovered that some stilettos are actually rather comfortable to wear all day.

Or all night as the case might be.