A Short Guide to Tall Shoes: Everything You Need to Know About Elevator Shoes
Are you wondering how elevator shoes work and if you should buy a pair? This guide covers everything you need to know.
Look, let’s get right into it: Your fashion choices — including whether to give yourself a few extra inches with elevator shoes — are your own damned choice. But like every fashion choice, there are going to be people who judge you for what you wear (or what you don’t).
That’s why, instead of trying to make your decisions for you, I’m setting out to give you a complete overview of elevator shoes.
That includes addressing the controversy around them, giving you my thoughts on the relationship between comfort and confidence, and then getting into the technical details you need to know. And by the end of this article, you’ll have a clear idea of whether elevator shoes are right for you.
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But is this the only reason a guy would wear elevator shoes? Heck no. A huge part of being attractive to other people is feeling attractive — and that means feeling confident in yourself and your style choices.
If you feel like a million bucks dressing like Johnny Depp, go for it and don’t let anyone tell you differently. But if you’re only dressing that way because you want to feel cool, people will notice.
In short: Authenticity might be the most attractive quality of all. Being true to yourself in your choices will lead to more interesting, deeper, and more meaningful interactions. So if you feel great and think you look great in elevator shoes, what do you have to lose?
Of course, feeling great in shoes that put your feet in an awkward position can be a little bit tricky. Let’s talk about that.
The Relationship Between Comfort and Confidence
Here’s the hard truth: It’s always going to be more work wearing elevator shoes than your standard footwear choices.
Elevator shoes use a taller heel insert to give you those extra inches (more on that in a minute). And that means your heel will be elevated all day long, giving you a serious calf workout and a learning curve for balancing in your shoes.
