Newsreaders and weather reporters wearing very high heels

AuntieE

If I were their age, I would be wearing those heels too.

High heels suit my back better than flat shoes, even now.

A woman is only subservient if she allows herself to be. It has nothing to do with clothes or shoes, as long as she wears what she wants to and feels good in.

Absolutely 👏👏👏

And then we have Robert Peston with his suit, tie and trainers ..

I rather suspect high heels = high status for the newsreaders and presenters.

Why does there have to be such extremes? ie. a butch pit boot type shoe versus a heel so high you’d need to be built like a Barbie doll and attached to the box she came in with a wire - I wish there was a real choice of lower heals.
There are those completely flat ballet slipper types (imo horrid) they actually hurt me to look at them!
Or sneaker type trainers(too flat for me) or the more modern built-up type of trainers like a platform or wedge, very comfortable for me…but not quite the look I’d really like to go with a skirt or dress. Crocs also very comfy and stable.

I would love to see some lace up brogues with a chunkier squarer heel or some bar type shoes with a lower heal maybe in patent or suede.
The sheer volume of fab but ludicrously high heels on charity shop shelves tells me all I need to know.
They are for posing in for one night only perhaps at a party, reading the weather, or for the Princess of Wales who probably has them bespoke made (I certainly would if I were her)🙂

I used to wear high heels without any problems but then gradually changed over to flats without really realising it. Now I don't think I could wear heels without falling flat on my face - especially with my bunions!

i feel as though the gains made in the 70s in terms of outward equality have been largely lost
I was a feminist before the word was coined.
I shaved my armpits, I wore beautiful high heals and I didn’t burn my bra.
My attitude was in my head, not what I looked like which was what i wanted to look like not what others dictated.

Shoes - are a personal choice. I’d still wear the ridiculously high ones if I wasn’t afraid of falling over.
We call them^Car to the bar or not very far shoes^ but one DGD who is on her feet all day can manage with them all day and still go out in them in the evening.

What example should they be setting? When I wasin my teens,20's 30's,40's,50's I wore high heels.....because I could and I liked them no reason other than that! Wish I still could.. as a PE teacher I lived in tracksuit and trainers si loved it when I could wear high heels and get dressed up! Each to their own

I have a prolapsed womb and find iI feel much more supported in 2 or 3 inch heels than absolutely flat shoes or slippers.

I think they look great and I wish I could join them. My daughter takes great delight in telling me that high heels are good for you after years of me advising her to wear flatties ( as a teenager)

I love shoes, wish I could afford them and most of all, wish I could get my plates into winklepickers again !

There is a BBC lunchtime newsreader who always looks as though she is off to the beach. Capri pants and high heels don’t seem appropriate when reporting on the horrific things going on in the world. Rita Chakrabattee( ? spelling) is always immaculate. If we are distracted by the clothes , we are not listening to the news. I delivered training courses and keynote speeches at conferences for 25 years, I dressed smartly. I didn’t wear jazzy patterns or ‘loud’ colours.

Grammaretto

Whenever I see high spiky heeled and pointed toed shoes worn by female TV newsreaders and presenters, I hear my DM warnings in my head.
They will ruin your feet, give you varicose veins, are bad for your posture and are a throw back to a time when, God forbid, women were subservient to men.

Was she right? I can't bring myself to like the look of them and feel that the women in the public eye should set a better example.
I admit my DD, in her 30s, wears high heels for special occasions and seems to be able to walk in them. What do others think?

I can only look on in envy at anyone who can wear heels . Post foot surgery I’m restricted to to flat shoes and boots .

yes I find a woman in stiletto heels a signifier of a woman concerned how to present herself to a males sexual fantasy, in other words, cringeworthy. I love to see a woman in boots. It shows confidence.

I wear what is most comfy, I did wear heels and wedges when young but my feet were not happy, quite often after a night dancing I had to put plasters on the back of my heels where the skin was raw. Now I don’t wear any shoe that has a heel or is stiff leather. Sketchers for me all day long and all night long if necessary. In cold wet weather I have hotter comfort concept soft leather shoes, flats of course.

One of my colleagues was an occupation therapist and had to have her achilles tendons stretched due to wearing very high heels too often. What I have noticed with those of very high heel wearing is them stabding with feet wide apart as if to help balance. One of the presenters on Strictly very guilty of this.. If we were meant to walk on our toes why do we have flat feet and toes for gripping.

Barbie dolls have moulded high heeled feet. We don't.

However I didn't feel very clever today at the Glasgow meet up. I slipped and landed quite heavily on my backside. I was wearing my sensible boots and hadn't had any alcohol 😅

paddyann54

I, e been wearing 3 inch + high heels since my early teens ,my feet are perfect according to the podiatrist I see for my diabetic check up ,my posture is fine and the only time I wear flat shoes is for exercising..or barefoot at home I have a friend who is a physio and she says she would rather see women walking in high heels than shuffling along in ballet flats ,which are really bad for posture .

I heard that ballet flats are bad for the feet because they're difficult to keep on and the wearer screws their toes up to keep them on.

I can't wear high heels any more although I did, but my feet hae been terrible since I was a child (hereditary) - but what teenager in the 1960s wanted to wear sensible lace-ups?

Of course, they'd be fine now! Especially with a dress.

Grammaretto

Barbie dolls have moulded high heeled feet. We don't.

However I didn't feel very clever today at the Glasgow meet up. I slipped and landed quite heavily on my backside. I was wearing my sensible boots and hadn't had any alcohol 😅

Did you want to make an entrance? 😁

Hope you're not too badly bruised.

Thanks Allira. It was embarrassing but I don't think there are bruises. I'm well padded.

Magenta8

I was once told, I don't know if it is true, that some women find high heels more comfortable - something to do with the tilt of of their pelvis.

I was given heels at age 9 for my fallen arches. My heel tendons do not work with flat shoes, even though I walk barefoot often.
The height is lower now for balance though.

FranP

Magenta8

I was once told, I don't know if it is true, that some women find high heels more comfortable - something to do with the tilt of of their pelvis.

I was given heels at age 9 for my fallen arches. My heel tendons do not work with flat shoes, even though I walk barefoot often.
The height is lower now for balance though.

I was given heels at age 9 for my fallen arches

I was given orthotic insoles and told to wear sensible lace-up shoes aged 8.

Agree with Grammaretto - the pelvic tilt is not a good result and to be avoided. However, there's evidence for walking around barefoot on your toes for a few minutes each day as this strengthens the calf muscles and helps build/maintain balance in older people. We do this at my Strength and Balance class where the average age is around 83 - not a stiletto in sight.

Last time I wore spiky heels was in the USA in the 1990s doing glitzy fundraisers. UK academics dont really do high heels. More like jeans and t-shirts or hoodies.

During my lifetime I have of course worn all sorts of heels etc. When I was dancing and giving exhibition pasa doble and latin american shows you should have seen the heels I wore. I think the highest was about 3", but I am not very tall and they were also much better to pivot on, so it was a much more practical reason to wear them. Driving and walking about always wore flat shoes in those days so a big variety with of course walking boots for tramping in the countryside and wellies for cleaning up stables etc, so think that having a wide variety of footwear was probably quite good, and had no foot problems withthem. But these days, comfort comes a long way in front of fashion etc, and I usually just wear flattish boots and shoes and have a decent pair of slippers with a good safe sole that I can o out to the dustbin in. Have never seen the point of those rather stupid fluffy bedroom slippers, which dont even have good safe soles on. Bringing up a family and busy doing all sorts of things at the same time, I wanted safe , comfortable and practical slippers and still do

This thread shows that women are able to make decisions about footwear for themselves, not governed by a foolish unsubstantiated diktat claiming (high heels) will ruin your feet, give you varicose veins, are bad for your posture and are a throw back to a time when, God forbid, women were subservient to men
Stilettos, thin heels and pointed toes, were fashionable in the 1950s, just about the time women were becoming more independent; before that women , and men, wore heels of varying heights, usually block heels , from the sixteenth century onwards.