Comments on: Advice for the Big Leg Lady http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:59:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: mari http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-466759 mari Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:43:12 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-466759 I agree Reiker are really comfortable shoes.. but in terms of style, they are no where near as beautiful as Beautifeel shoes. Reiker does not make dress/evening shoes... at best, they make _some_ stylish sandals. Most of their shoes are very ugly. I don't know what you are talking about Mary with the Dana style. Reiker shoes are named by _general_ style, and Dana is a clunky heeled slip on/loafer. Personally, I prefer the Hilary style, there was once a cute Mary Jane version. They are more comfy than sneakers. The new Elvira style does look promising tho for cool fall boots. I agree Reiker are really comfortable shoes.. but in terms of style, they are no where near as beautiful as Beautifeel shoes. Reiker does not make dress/evening shoes… at best, they make _some_ stylish sandals. Most of their shoes are very ugly. I don’t know what you are talking about Mary with the Dana style. Reiker shoes are named by _general_ style, and Dana is a clunky heeled slip on/loafer. Personally, I prefer the Hilary style, there was once a cute Mary Jane version. They are more comfy than sneakers. The new Elvira style does look promising tho for cool fall boots.

]]> By: pbird http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-32870 pbird Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:58:27 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-32870 Dearest Manolo: I guarantee that you can't find a stylish shoe for me. I wear 13/14 in an extra wide. For dress I have to wear diabetic type maryjanes or some sort of orthopedic sandal. Its pretty grim. If I wanted to wear cheesy stilettos I could wear stuff meant for transsexuals, but I'm not going to do that. I am seriously considering custom shoes. I am near Seattle. I know of a sandal maker, but no shoemakers... For everyday I wear Keen's weird sandals or athletic shoes in men's sizes. Sigh. Dearest Manolo:
I guarantee that you can’t find a stylish shoe for me. I wear 13/14 in an extra wide. For dress I have to wear diabetic type maryjanes or some sort of orthopedic sandal. Its pretty grim. If I wanted to wear cheesy stilettos I could wear stuff meant for transsexuals, but I’m not going to do that. I am seriously considering custom shoes. I am near Seattle. I know of a sandal maker, but no shoemakers…
For everyday I wear Keen’s weird sandals or athletic shoes in men’s sizes. Sigh.

]]> By: Mary http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-31616 Mary Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:52:52 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-31616 I work as a San Francisco tourguide, which involves a lot of standing and waiting at the airport, in front of hotels and so on... (sort of like another women's profession...) I have discovered a German brand name, RIEKER'S, which sell for about $100 online, some of the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn, goes with everything, sharp, well-made shoes. Often they're produced in Morocco or the Czech Republic, I've noticed, not in China or Brazil. What is also an amazing resemblance to these are the Beautifeel shoes, made in Israel, especially the model called Dana, with the same swirl patterns and heels. I suspect it's more than a coincidence - who's copying whom? Oh well - that's competition in any field; and they're also more expensive $169 and up. Once you try these two brand names, you won't go back to the cheaper, less comfortable shoes again. Mary I work as a San Francisco tourguide, which involves a lot of standing and waiting at the airport, in front of hotels and so on… (sort of like another women’s profession…) I have discovered a German brand name, RIEKER’S, which sell for about $100 online, some of the most comfortable shoes I have ever worn, goes with everything, sharp, well-made shoes. Often they’re produced in Morocco or the Czech Republic, I’ve noticed, not in China or Brazil.

What is also an amazing resemblance to these are the Beautifeel shoes, made in Israel, especially the model called Dana, with the same swirl patterns and heels. I suspect it’s more than a coincidence - who’s copying whom? Oh well - that’s competition in any field; and they’re also more expensive $169 and up. Once you try these two brand names, you won’t go back to the cheaper, less comfortable shoes again.

Mary

]]> By: Cindi http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-28102 Cindi Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:43:34 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-28102 Thank you for this wonderful post! I too am a larger but sexy as hell chick! Thank you for the GREAT advice! I LOVE my chunky black heels! :0) Cindi Thank you for this wonderful post! I too am a larger but sexy as hell chick! Thank you for the GREAT advice! I LOVE my chunky black heels! :0)

Cindi

]]> By: Em http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-20373 Em Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:14:56 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-20373 Oh boy. Manolo, is this the best answer you could come up with? Must have been a hard day at the office today. Please! Those Taryn Rose shoes are fugly! I am a big-boned women over 40 and wear a size 10 shoe. Everything about me is big, though I'm not FAT. (Well, maybe by Manolo standards I'm fat: at 5'6" I'm a size 8-10) My ankles are 10": and my wrist is 6.5" (and not an ounce of body fat on these parts). I can only wear extra-large hats! My calves are a muscular 16". They are shapely, however, not stumpy. Here's what works for me and may work for you. Wear a CHUNKY heel. Make it at close to 3". The chunkiness of the heel will match well with the chunkiness of your calves. Franco Sarto, Enzo and Nine West make mid-priced shoes what fit a wider foot. Here is a perfect shoe for women with larger legs. Incredibly flattering and sexy. (It's higher than it looks in the picture.) http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7232909.html Wear black matte tights with your chunky shoes. OR buy shoes that match your flesh tone. (like the shoe above) This way the shoe dissappears into your skin. I live all summer long in suede espadrilles with ankle wrap straps. (That's right, on my big ankles!) Their color is a beige-y tone that just dissappears into my skin Also, certain fishnets, especially larger patterns, can actually make your legs look smaller. (It's a matter of fooling the eye into noticing the pattern rather than your legs.) Finally, don't let flamingo-legged chicks intimidate you into feeling bad about your muscular legs and bigger bones! Plenty of men like women with meatier legs. Oh boy. Manolo, is this the best answer you could come up with? Must have been a hard day at the office today. Please! Those Taryn Rose shoes are fugly!

I am a big-boned women over 40 and wear a size 10 shoe. Everything about me is big, though I’m not FAT. (Well, maybe by Manolo standards I’m fat: at 5′6″ I’m a size 8-10) My ankles are 10″: and my wrist is 6.5″ (and not an ounce of body fat on these parts). I can only wear extra-large hats! My calves are a muscular 16″. They are shapely, however, not stumpy.

Here’s what works for me and may work for you.

Wear a CHUNKY heel. Make it at close to 3″. The chunkiness of the heel will match well with the chunkiness of your calves. Franco Sarto, Enzo and Nine West make mid-priced shoes what fit a wider foot. Here is a perfect shoe for women with larger legs. Incredibly flattering and sexy. (It’s higher than it looks in the picture.) http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7232909.html

Wear black matte tights with your chunky shoes. OR buy shoes that match your flesh tone. (like the shoe above) This way the shoe dissappears into your skin. I live all summer long in suede espadrilles with ankle wrap straps. (That’s right, on my big ankles!) Their color is a beige-y tone that just dissappears into my skin

Also, certain fishnets, especially larger patterns, can actually make your legs look smaller. (It’s a matter of fooling the eye into noticing the pattern rather than your legs.)

Finally, don’t let flamingo-legged chicks intimidate you into feeling bad about your muscular legs and bigger bones! Plenty of men like women with meatier legs.

]]> By: la petite chou chou http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-20234 la petite chou chou Wed, 05 Apr 2006 06:43:47 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-20234 ...Wow. I could say sooooo much about that. …Wow.

I could say sooooo much about that.

]]> By: furlagirl http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19966 furlagirl Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:21:04 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19966 ! !

]]> By: Ed http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19964 Ed Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:53:10 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19964 Furlagirl, my dream, I am the strong hairy man. The Manolo leads to, and illuminates grace. You will know it and wear it. And I will see it. I see it not on your feet, but in your smile. And I see your smile in your eyes, your dancing, skipping, playful eyes. I see that you wear it for me, and I must have you. Oh, that I were the greater man, That I could wish for your beauty to move mankind. But I am a small man. And as your beauty burns and clarifies me I wish only, that I possess you. To be a part, be I but a photon, of your light. If I may not wear you on my arm, then be kind to your feet. You wear a bit of my heart on the sole of your shoe. Furlagirl, my dream, I am the strong hairy man. The Manolo leads to, and illuminates grace. You will know it and wear it. And I will see it. I see it not on your feet, but in your smile. And I see your smile in your eyes, your dancing, skipping, playful eyes. I see that you wear it for me, and I must have you. Oh, that I were the greater man, That I could wish for your beauty to move mankind. But I am a small man. And as your beauty burns and clarifies me I wish only, that I possess you. To be a part, be I but a photon, of your light. If I may not wear you on my arm, then be kind to your feet. You wear a bit of my heart on the sole of your shoe.

]]> By: evanajoy http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19939 evanajoy Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:13:41 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19939 Do you have plus-size catalogs in the UK? I know Lane Bryant here sells super-wide shoes in their catalog. Of course, they are not the finest quality, or the highest price. Do you have plus-size catalogs in the UK? I know Lane Bryant here sells super-wide shoes in their catalog. Of course, they are not the finest quality, or the highest price.

]]> By: Sarah http://shoeblogs.com/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19913 Sarah Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:39:45 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2006/03/29/advice-for-the-big-leg-lady/#comment-19913 Sierra Trading Post sells a limited number of Taryn Rose shoes (up to a size 13, but don't know about widths). They ship to the UK. The shoes are on sale, so many of them are around $100 (but other pairs cost around $250). Sierra Trading Post sells a limited number of Taryn Rose shoes (up to a size 13, but don’t know about widths). They ship to the UK.

The shoes are on sale, so many of them are around $100 (but other pairs cost around $250).

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