The Amazona team’s personal mission of trying to persuade tall girls and women to get into some heels is well evidenced. Not only do they improve your posture, give you better legs (and a better bottom!) and make you look more confident, they also improve your love life! (Check out our original blog ‘Why Tall Women Should Wear Heels’)
The single most cited reason for tall girls not to wear heels is that it makes them ‘just too tall’. Now our view is that this is just nonsense. If you’re like us (we’re between 5ft11 and 6ft2), then you’ll probably be the tallest person in the room, regardless of whether you wear high heels or not and quite frankly, with the average height here in the UK being 5ft7, the difference to someone looking up at you of 7 inches or 10 inches is not very much! It’s all relative to the shorties…
Luckily, we’ve just come across yet more evidence to support our views - high heels don’t add more than just over 2.5 inches to your height, regardless of the size of the heel! Now, it is best to qualify that statement somewhat - we are talking about heels with no platform. It’s all to do with how much your foot pivots (which is what happens when you wear heels). Don’t assume that 3.5 inch heels will add the same to your height because it’s unlikely they will unless you have a platform too).
If you don’t believe us, check out the full articles at celeb heights here.
So ladies, now there is no excuse not to grab a pair of fabulously high heels and embrace your height.
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Helen 03.15.09 at 9:51 pm
Wow! That is so amazing… Maybe I’ll actually wear heels now!
tall woman 09.02.09 at 10:24 pm
Maybe I’ll wear them too!
CeeCee 12.14.09 at 11:45 am
I’m going to be really horrible and campaign not for wearing heels but for getting manafacturers to make nicer falt shoes. The best you will bet on flat shoes is a really crappy bow, like the ones, you find on bras, if you are really lucky, they might even come with a nice fabric, but that’s it!
tall lisa 01.12.10 at 8:58 pm
Confidence is everything. Everyone wants to be happy whether you wear or don’t wear heels tall women should do what makes them happy.
Penny 02.01.10 at 11:01 pm
Wear 4″ stilettos and a form-fitting top and the men won’t notice your height nor whether you have two eyes or three.
Janel 02.12.10 at 6:49 am
My issue with wearing heels is that if I fall, I have a really long way to go. I mean, it’s enough to cause acrophobia! lol. But I’ll read your blog on why we should wear them, and then I’ll decide