# Where can I find high heeled sneakers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 8, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006 "2005-11-08T03:37:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/21 "2005-11-09T14:00:24Z")
> [@ltfire](#): > > You can’t forget the wig hat and shades, the pearls and diamond rings, and most importantly, the blue dress. > > And, what’s funny is if we are the only ones who understand this. 😃 No, you’re not the only ones that understand this, but why are you pulling lyrics from “Devil With The Blue Dress”? You could go right to the heart of the matter, namely Tommy Tucker’s “High Heel Sneakers” (1964). A small excerpt from the lyrics: Put on your red dress, baby Lord, we’re goin’ out tonight Put on your red dress, baby Well, we’re goin’ out tonight And bring along some boxin’ gloves 'case some fool might wanna fight Put on your high-heel sneakers Wear your wig-hat on your head Put on your high-heel sneakers, child Wear your wig-hat on your head Ya know you’re looking mighty fine, baby I’m pretty sure you’re gonna knock 'em dead 😃 This summer I saw a teen-girl wearing high-heeled sneakers. They were red+white, high tops with white laces. Kinda’ went with her overall look and the style of the rest of her outfit, but it wouldn’t be for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/22 "2005-11-09T16:21:57Z")
What you need is something like the _Arched Cowboy Boot_. > [@](#): > > The Arched Cowboy Boot is an unusual highheeled shoe in that it serves three distinctly different purposes. First, it serves the foot of the woman by continuing to provide the high arch her foot has been trained to have. Second, it is designed to appear from the outside as an ordinary cowboy boot, camophlaging the fact that the woman’s foot is actually resting inside in a highheel position rather than flat above the sole. Third, it serves as a functional boot for walking in somewhat rough terrain which an ordinary highheel or Sandheel shoe could not because of their inappropriate bases. However, even though the Arched Cowboy Boot provides a large flat sole which serves walking in rough terrain better than the others, because of the position of the woman’s foot she is not fully capable of safely covering all terrain. In particular, going downhill is more dangerous, and her balance is still somewhat more precarious. Thus, this boot only assists her in covering rough terrain; in a real walking situation she should have the arm of a man to assist in balancing and supporting her. Here’s the site but it’s NSFW so I’m disabling the link. (“[http://www.newagequest.com/HH/moreheels.html#4](http://www.newagequest.com/HH/moreheels.html#4)”) And here’s a SFW [sketch](http://www.newagequest.com/HH/boots.GIF) of what’s being described. Thing is I’ve only read about these type of shoes for fetish shoe wearers who stay in training full-time and have _Ankle Equinus_, the permanent shortening of the calf and Achilles tendons. I’ve never actually seen a site who actually sells these shoes. I suspect it’s something that would have to be custom made. Barring the custom made boots, I’d look for a wedge loafer. I think that’d be the best bet for a stable walking shoe. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/23 "2005-11-11T03:34:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I’ve heard that if you wear nothing but heels, you end up ruining your feet-and you can’t WEAR anything else. Perhaps you should ask your doctor about that, **Opal**? I’m not going to wear “nothing but” high heels. That has never been my intention. I just want the option of wearing heels but at the same time getting the comfort and support of a sneaker. I’ve got the gel insoles in a pair of boots that I’ve been wearing but it’s not nearly enough squishy. I also wear a double thickness of socks. Hell the VAST majority of the time I go barefoot or wear Birkies (special fake-leather ones). ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/24 "2005-11-11T07:45:44Z")
[Z-coils](http://www.your2feet.com/) your feet will love you for it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/25 "2005-11-14T16:57:46Z")
Those look neat… unfortunately the only ones that don’t have leather on them are the sandals. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/26 "2005-11-14T23:35:58Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Yes, please do be careful. I’ve read that you can damage yourself if you wear nothing but high heels all the time. Here’s one article, you can find a ton more by googling “dangers wearing high heels” or suchlike. > > [Women 24](http://www.women24.com/Women24/Glamour/Fashion/Article/0,7173,1-6-8-41_7022,00.html) I read that article a couple times, and it says ‘heels over 35 cm high are bad for you over the long term’, but the thing is, 35 cm has to be a typo. 😕 Maybe they forgot the decimal point - 3.5 cm sounds more likely, no? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/27 "2005-11-15T04:16:30Z")
It says 35mm not 35cm ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/28 "2005-11-15T04:18:25Z")
Ah I see the cm. It must be a typo because it says mm 2 paragraphs earlier. ---
**Author:** ![priapus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@priapus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/priapus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006/29 "2005-11-15T22:09:00Z")
> [@plnnr](#): > > I’m betting they’re right next to your alligator hat. You can only wear high heel sneakers with a red dress [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-high-heeled-sneakers/330006.md?page=1)