by Bee McConville
I’d put money on the fact that every woman I know keeps a pair (or two, or three) of gorgeous high-heeled shoes in a secret stash at the back of her wardrobe. There is something so very sexy about the stiletto shoe that women find them irresistible to the point that some actually get addicted to buying them – remember Imelda?
Ridiculously high-heeled shoes are now back in ashion and our favourite female celebrities such as Victoria, Katie and Cameron can be seen regularly cavorting in front of the cameras, posing and preening, and trying very hard not to fall off their vertigo inducing platforms and heels. Take Gwyneth, for example, she was photographed numerous times recently wearing towering heels which were reported to be a staggering six or even seven inches high. However, Gwyneth commented that the media were grossly exaggerating and pointed out that, “Men measure inches differently than women.” Way to go, Gwynnie! However, it is quite true that high heels have become higher than ever.
So what is it about high heels that make them so attractive? Well, for a start a fabulous pair of strappy, vampy high-heeled shoes will make your legs look a million miles longer than they really are, and no woman in her right mind is going to pass up a wardrobe item that has that kind of effect on her looks for such a relatively modest cost. Shoes with soaring heels are also incredibly sexy and, believe me, the moment you put them on they make you swing your hips and walk in a way that falls somewhere between raunchy and shamelessly, sensually seductive.
So where are we expected to wear such fantastic footwear? That’s a good question as glamorous shoes are certainly not made for struggling around the local supermarket pushing a loaded trolley. Neither are they appropriate footwear for strolling along the beachside in downtown Pattaya as you are likely to be mistaken for a local lady boy as you trip and sashay in your dinky-do shoes.
No, there are only two places where femme fatale footwear should be seen. The first is definitely after dark in any fine restaurant or club where you can slink around showing off your longer legs to an appreciative audience. The second is in the bedroom (or in the bed!) where you can simper and pout as you strut around in your dominatrix spikes and get your partner’s heart racing. In fact, it is not just women who have a love affair with sexy shoes as it is the favourite fetish with men. Apparently, 64% of men get off on the seeing a woman in a pair of spiky heels and find it a real turn-on.
But the good news doesn’t stop there. Not only do high heels make you look long-limbed and luscious, they also improve your performance in the bedroom, and not just because they act as a visual aphrodisiac for him upstairs. It has recently been proven that wearing high heels actually improves your posture and, because of the tilt in the pelvis, they also tone up the pelvic floor muscles. And we all know, don’t we ladies, that strong pelvic floor muscles contract with increased control and intensity and thus have a very positive effect on our love lives!But before we get too carried away and rush off to purchase a pair of Manolo’s or Jimmy’s, a word of warning. In order to get the optimum effect from sexy shoes or kinky boots, you actually do have to be able to walk in them. It is no good donning fantastic footwear if you then stagger and trip around the room looking like a drunken flamingo. And even if you are planning on keeping your precious shoes solely for boudoir use, you still have to be able to walk enticingly to and from the bathroom or mini-bar. So it might be worth giving those spikes a test run for a few hours before going public.
It is also worth remembering that fabulous footwear is definitely not for wearing on a daily basis (unless you spend most of your day lying down), as extended wear can lead to a variety of extremely un-sexy conditions like bunions, corns, hammer toe, osteoarthritis, metatarsalgia and Morton’s neuroma! In addition, if you are a bit of a high-heel novice, you may well fall off your sky-high heels and roll over on your ankle causing fractures and sprains.
However, I’ll leave the last words on sexy shoes to George Bernard Shaw who pointed out that, ‘If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat!’ What more can I say?
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