A Guy needs advice on Formal/Prom shoes

[jimbo]

I am going to my girlfriends formal soon and i need to get a pair of shoes. Problem is that she is only about 2in shorter than me and is going in a pair of 3in heels. I was going to stick on a pair of boots to grab some extra height cause i dont want the picture to look stupid, but it is a formal occasion....

Does anyone know a good place to get some guys shoes/formal looking boots with a slightly elevated heel? The boots i have will give me 8cm which would be plenty obv i dont want a pair of shoes with heels like girls shoes though.

[v00d00ppl]

My best advice for you is to get something comfortable because you might be dancing all night long. If you dance all night long with a crap wooden sole, you will be hurting until the next day. Just look for a decent black lace up and you should be fine.

[nishana103]

Just choose a pair of comfortable and nice shoes.

[Johnny Boots]

Hi Jimbo,

I hope I'm not too late, but here are some suggestions:

Option 1
Many mens dress shoes will give you an extra inch over no shoes at all. That would stop you looking shorter than her - unless she puts her hair up, which will maker her look a little taller.

Option 2
Heeled boots for men are very "in" at the moment. You could try the
Giorgio Brutini 15897 boot from Zappos or Shoebuy:
http://www.zappos.com/images/726/7269069/7958-311458-3.jpg
Or the YSL Johnny Boot, if you have the money:
http://s7v3.scene7.com/is/image/YSL/Jonny175721B66001000?$big$

Either of these will give you around 2 inches of extra height.

With a slim fit suit (provided you're not overweight), you will look the coolest guy there! - Think 60's rock star look.

Option 3
Get creative and look in the womens side of the shoe store for something with a heel that looks manly;
The Lancelota from Aldo looks like a mans shoe with a wedge heel, and will give you an extra 3 inches of height.
http://images.nearbynow.com/productimages/aldo/64/00236164_360x360.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4954/67161073ls4.jpg

With the right length pants, they won't even notice as heels.

I have all these, and if you have the balls to go for Option 3, the Aldo shoes will be very comfortable for dancing all night - with their rubber base they feel like sneakers (but higher).

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

PS: For some reason the forum won't let me include pictures or links to these shoes, so I have PM'ed them to you Jimbo.

If anyone else wants the info, just PM me.

[finch]

Johnny Boots: Any particular reason you need to post the same post 10+ times? Consider this a warning.

[Johnny Boots]

Johnny Boots: Any particular reason you need to post the same post 10+ times? Consider this a warning.Sorry Finch, but each time I posted, the post would disapear within a half a hour. So I retried without the links (which is the one above), without the pictures, without both pictures and links, etc, and each time the post would be gone when I checked back later. But at least it's resolved now.

[sarah_9]

Hello,

Choosing a formal shoes is not an easy task, you have to be very careful regarding its style, material and most important don`t compromise with comfort, you can buy shoes from any men`s fashion store or try and specific shoe store for better shoes.


Regards,
sarah_9

Men`s Formal Shoes (http://www.customsuitsshirts.com/Formalwear-orderby0-p-1-c-9.html)

[ssfilez]

I have been intrigued by your topic so I tried searching the web for shoes that can make you a little taller. I saw some attractive shoes that can increase your height up to 9 centimeters (3 or so inches). You may use a search engine so you will have more choices on formal shoes unless you want to settle on just few options.