Heel heights have been soaring for several seasons. It’s reached the point where three inch heels are considered average, as opposed to really high. Walking in anything with a heel higher than three inches is a challenge for me. But even if I could glide along with the best of them in higher heels, I’d still hold off from wearing them. Shoes and boots with four to five inch heels look off to me somehow. Distorted. The foot is so unnaturally arched that it looks unattractive.

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As pretty as these peds are (and they’ll certainly give you extra height) I can’t help but think that they’d look better with a lower heel. From an aesthetic point of view, I like the visual impact of three inch stacked heels best. The foot is arched but does not look distorted at this height. For comfort, I like one to two inch heels best.

Am I alone in thinking this way about the aesthetics of heel heights?