MCP: After hearing all of the abuse, why would someone who actually wears stilettos and would have experience and advice actually come out of the woodwork? 🙂
oomis: Of course they’re not ACTUALLY orthopedically healthy. I’m just saying that they are compared to the heelless 6-inch heels I saw on Pesach. (I’m not kidding- they’re six-inch heels but they just cut out the heel so that you’re standing on your toes. Insane.)
The fact is that shorter shoes (between 1-3 inches) are just not really considered “cute”- and because that’s the case, people don’t make “cute” styles in those heights. It’s a vicious cycle. Personally, I wear flats usually because I physically can’t wear heels above a certain height. If you want to go any higher than that (and I, being oomis’s height, really do sometimes), it’s kind of hard without buying toe-busting, foot-mutilating, “I’m-pritzusdik” high heels.
Though, to be fair, I’ve seen very tasteful high heels, so don’t blast Vogue for that necessarily. If you have good balance and the shoes aren’t really flashy it’s 100% possible to pull off.
I don’t have advice for you, Vogue, but wear your shoes in good health!