Friday, June 20, 2008||
if they can run in heels, someday I can too
I have reached a certain age where 'dressing up' can be taken into a whole different level. I'm 21. Or as Mrs Spears lamented, not a girl not yet a woman. There are many things I am ready to progress into, and yet there are also many things that prevented me of doing so.
The shoes, for example. I have nothing against heels. I like the miraculous effect they do to my legs, and of course the added height is welcome too. I don't think my bones would snap as long as I don't wear them every day, and as long as the heels are not pencil thin. I do have a couple of pairs of them to wear to weddings and other formal occasions, but now I'm talking about everyday heels. Frankly, I've grown tired of flats. From converse, to skimmers, to ballerinas, I've loved them and now I'm ready to move on. And speaking of comfort, those flats aren't winners anyway, and some of them give my feet the nastiest blisters. So on my last window shopping trip, I tried these on:
They're the perfect height, not too tall, but tall enough to make me rejoice silently at the sight of my legs. The thick wooden heels are casual, unassuming, not too obnoxious, and I could just imagine myself wearing these with whatever length of pants, skirts, what have you.. In other words, it's the ideal first heel.
What kept me from taking these to the cashier, aside from the thinning balance in my bank account, are:
- The annoying stares I would most certainly get. Where I live, unless you are 25 and working in a bank, everyone wears flats. I might exaggerate it a bit, but.. no. It's true.
- The sheer impracticality of wearing these, what with getting on and off public transportations (it's not metros and subways), tripping on cracked cement, uneven paving blocks, scattered trashes..
- What my boyfriend would think; or, what I fear I would look like next to him. He wears jeans, t-shirts and sneakers, and a backpack. I'd look like his older sister. Or worse, his mom.
Really, in the meantime,
Elinkan wears 12 centimeter heels to school (
school!) and not look ridiculous.
Some other ideal candidates
(Chie Mihara, Nine West and Topshop):
