Over time, the muscles will change and regular flat shoes will hurt those who wear very, very high heels all the time.
There is an art to walking in heels.
First, roll your shoulders back and stand up to your full height. If you don’t you will look like a hunch back. This one is a dead give-away for spotting women who either don’t know how to walk in heels or normally don’t wear them or just plain don’t feel comfortable.
Second, put one foot out in front of the other. The one calf should almost brush the inside of the other leg as it passes. This will make you glide instead of stomping around like a Clydesdale.
Third, especially when walking in very high heels like those pictured, walk on the balls of your feet. The idea of wearing heels is to be light on your feet and feminine, not looking like you could be pulling the Budweiser Wagon.
Thus concludes RetroKitten’s Charm School for today. ;-)
Thanks for the insight....
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The one calf should almost brush the inside of the other leg as it passes.
Mine do that anyway...even in flats!
Oh, and bless you for that lesson— I just clomped by my husband in a pair of new very high heels and I said “I’m almost 40, it’s about time I learned to wear these!”. I’m watching tivo’d idol & reading this thread, but delighted to find posts more in line with what’s important, such as fashion!