Comments on: Manolo the Columnist http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/ Manolo Loves the Shoes! Wed, 21 May 2008 22:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Katrina http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-421366 Katrina Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:42:56 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-421366 Dear Manolo, Thank you for taking the time to respond. I wore a beautiful pair of 4" heels to a wedding and felt a million dollars in them. I had a few doubts before the wedding and bought along a pair of shoes with 2" heels in case I changed my mind, instead I thought of your wonderful and inspiring comments and took you to the wedding with me. I felt confident and looked stunning, now I love to wear the higher heels and can't get enough of them, I wish I hadn't waited so long to start wearing them. Thank you, Katrina Dear Manolo,

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I wore a beautiful pair of 4″ heels to a wedding and felt a million dollars in them. I had a few doubts before the wedding and bought along a pair of shoes with 2″ heels in case I changed my mind, instead I thought of your wonderful and inspiring comments and took you to the wedding with me. I felt confident and looked stunning, now I love to wear the higher heels and can’t get enough of them, I wish I hadn’t waited so long to start wearing them.

Thank you,

Katrina

]]> By: JaneC http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-387222 JaneC Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:45:50 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-387222 My dear sister Lizzy is 6'1" (my other sister and I are both 5'6" and our brother is only 5'8"--Lizzy got all the tall genes). She is not afraid to wear awesome high-heeled shoes, when she is not on the job wearing her firefighter boots. Lizzy stands tall among women, in all senses. Tall ladies, take courage and do not be ashamed of your height! My dear sister Lizzy is 6′1″ (my other sister and I are both 5′6″ and our brother is only 5′8″–Lizzy got all the tall genes). She is not afraid to wear awesome high-heeled shoes, when she is not on the job wearing her firefighter boots. Lizzy stands tall among women, in all senses. Tall ladies, take courage and do not be ashamed of your height!

]]> By: Cat http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386864 Cat Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:57:42 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386864 Too tall for heels pshaw! I'm 5'11 and could care less it they make me the tallest person in the room. I say, let them stare, embrace your height! ^.^ Too tall for heels pshaw! I’m 5′11 and could care less it they make me the tallest person in the room. I say, let them stare, embrace your height! ^.^

]]> By: holly http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386855 holly Fri, 23 Feb 2007 23:23:56 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386855 Thanks Manolo for answering this question again. I'm 6'2" and struggle with this same question. I longingly look at beautiful heels, wishing that I could only be a few inches shorter so I could wear them, but no longer! You inspire me to wear beautiful shoes! Thanks Manolo for answering this question again. I’m 6′2″ and struggle with this same question. I longingly look at beautiful heels, wishing that I could only be a few inches shorter so I could wear them, but no longer! You inspire me to wear beautiful shoes!

]]> By: Uncle Fester http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386776 Uncle Fester Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:55:21 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386776 I demand to know who "always told" poor Katrina that she was too tall, so that person (or person) may be properly denounced. Ladies: A man who cares that you are taller in heels is not worth having (although I can kind of understand the wedding thing mentioned above). I expect that this comes mainly from many ladies' projecting their irrational desire for a tall man on to the poor men who are not so tall. I demand to know who “always told” poor Katrina that she was too tall, so that person (or person) may be properly denounced.

Ladies: A man who cares that you are taller in heels is not worth having (although I can kind of understand the wedding thing mentioned above).

I expect that this comes mainly from many ladies’ projecting their irrational desire for a tall man on to the poor men who are not so tall.

]]> By: lala http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386770 lala Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:16:28 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386770 <i>How high the heel? The Manolo answers, how high the moon?</i> I freakin love you. -Signed, a 6'1" gal who figures she may as well go for broke How high the heel? The Manolo answers, how high the moon?

I freakin love you.

-Signed, a 6′1″ gal who figures she may as well go for broke

]]> By: inLA http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386767 inLA Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:07:50 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386767 Anon is so right -- if we must be noticed, let us at least be noticed with awe and admiration! :-) The way I see it, we're just equalizing. Many petite ladies wear tall heels all the time and enjoy the benefits of the longer-looking legs. However, keep in mind that a 3" heel looks a lot higher on someone who is 5'2" than on someone who is 5'10". To get the same effect, in proportion to our height, we ladies of taller stature should actually wear even *higher* heels! ;-) -- 5'11" and loving my 3.5" teetering pointy-toe slingbacks Anon is so right — if we must be noticed, let us at least be noticed with awe and admiration! :-)
The way I see it, we’re just equalizing. Many petite ladies wear tall heels all the time and enjoy the benefits of the longer-looking legs. However, keep in mind that a 3″ heel looks a lot higher on someone who is 5′2″ than on someone who is 5′10″. To get the same effect, in proportion to our height, we ladies of taller stature should actually wear even *higher* heels! ;-)

– 5′11″ and loving my 3.5″ teetering pointy-toe slingbacks

]]> By: Pencils http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386745 Pencils Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:09:05 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386745 I am just under six feet tall myself, and also forty years old. I wear heels--not all the time, as I'm more of a jeans sort of woman, and I still think that heels with jeans looks slutty. (Personal thing.) It is very true--worthwhile men love to see tall women in heels, the kind of men who have confidence in themselves and don't mind being seen with a goddess who happens to be a little taller in her superfantastic shoes. That said, I'm getting married in three months, and my darling fiance asked me to refrain from being taller than he on our wedding day. So I have bought an extremely superfantastic pair of low-heeled wedding shoes, the Paradox by Benjamin Adams. They do have a tiny kitten heel, so I will walk as if I'm in a heel, not in a ballet flat, and they are as beautiful as any pair of higher bridal shoes I've seen. And, my feet will not hurt all day! http://www.perfectdetails.com/shoes/flats_low_heels/low-heel_powell.html I am just under six feet tall myself, and also forty years old. I wear heels–not all the time, as I’m more of a jeans sort of woman, and I still think that heels with jeans looks slutty. (Personal thing.) It is very true–worthwhile men love to see tall women in heels, the kind of men who have confidence in themselves and don’t mind being seen with a goddess who happens to be a little taller in her superfantastic shoes. That said, I’m getting married in three months, and my darling fiance asked me to refrain from being taller than he on our wedding day. So I have bought an extremely superfantastic pair of low-heeled wedding shoes, the Paradox by Benjamin Adams. They do have a tiny kitten heel, so I will walk as if I’m in a heel, not in a ballet flat, and they are as beautiful as any pair of higher bridal shoes I’ve seen. And, my feet will not hurt all day!

http://www.perfectdetails.com/shoes/flats_low_heels/low-heel_powell.html

]]> By: ktel http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386737 ktel Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:00:13 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386737 It is so true, that standing straight and tall will help. That's not just what I heard from my mother, either, one of the top cosmetic surgeons in Houston insists that his patients undergo a month of runway- , yoga-, or ballet- style posture training before he will put them under the knife. It is so true, that standing straight and tall will help. That’s not just what I heard from my mother, either, one of the top cosmetic surgeons in Houston insists that his patients undergo a month of runway- , yoga-, or ballet- style posture training before he will put them under the knife.

]]> By: Anonymous http://shoeblogs.com/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386730 Anonymous Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:45:19 +0000 http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/02/23/manolo-the-columnist-69/#comment-386730 As a tall woman myself (5' 10"), I would like to note that some of the "reasoning" behind advice not to wear heels is that if we are even taller, we will stand out. To this idiocy, I have two responses: What is wrong with standing out? And, at this height, people are going to stare at us anyway. So we should give them something worth looking at. That includes the beautiful shoes. As a tall woman myself (5′ 10″), I would like to note that some of the “reasoning” behind advice not to wear heels is that if we are even taller, we will stand out. To this idiocy, I have two responses:
What is wrong with standing out?
And, at this height, people are going to stare at us anyway. So we should give them something worth looking at. That includes the beautiful shoes.

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