i think high heeled winter boots are the cruelest trick played on women. here’s some footwear specifically designed for cold weather and rough, slick terrain, but we went ahead and made it less functional so you can look more fuckable. don’t slip baby! that’s it that’s womenswear distilled down to its purest core
my thoughts exactly but also about high-heeled hiking boots
high heeled WHAT NOWS
But have you seen the Teva hiking/working stiletto?
UM
What the fuck
For the on-the-go swamp witch who won’t let anyone forget she’s a baddie
she has the red bottom winter hiking heels
Ok for most people, yes. Definitely.
But my catastrophic ass has a connective tissue disorder (officially complications of hypermobility, strongly suspected EDS but haven’t seen the geneticist yet)
This meant that from birth to age 20, my ankles were ludicrously unstable. As in, spontaneously falling over at least twice a week level unstable. Now, what changed at age 20 is that I started wearing high heels every day.
What is a side effect of always wearing high heels that is usually bad for people? It tightens your calf and Achilles tendon.
And after six months, my ankles were almost completely stable.
I still have issues, (I dislocated my shoulder by joining in a chorus like of goths last month,) I use a stick a lot, but I no longer spontaneously fall down because my ankles have just gone “nope!” Which let me tell you, makes me far less anxious about crossing the bloody road.
And as such, may I present, my winter boots. Which were a bugger to find because they are, admittedly, a very poor choice for the majority of women who will be walking downhill in snow like I will this winter.
Penhales 