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Running in High Heels

ScarletX1969ScarletX1969 Posts: 587
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Here's a question that I'm sure a lot of you will have fun with.  I like the latest product from Val3DArt but it got me wondering...I see so many fantasy/fighting fantasy outfits with high heels and I realize that its a particular look but...has any of you ever really ran and leaped around in high heels...let along fight in them?

Costume practicality is almost always thrown out the window when doing this stuff...but I'm just curious.  The only dude I knew that could run (and maybe even play basketball) in some high heels was the late Prince.

lol

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  • XtraDimensionalXtraDimensional Posts: 509

    I used to do it all the time. Run, hop around, climb over boulders in a stream, etc. I have tight achilles tendons, so wearing heels is actually a relief for me. Ask me to run in flats and you will get a laugh. 

  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914

    Being a guy I really can't say for sure, but I would think running, walking, hopping, etc. would all be done using the ball of your feet, not the heel ie: on your toes.

    I know when I run, and especially when I'm pushing for speed, my heels never touch the ground.

  • WF3DWF3D Posts: 44

    May be worth finding the old Lassie TV series with June Lockhart.  I saw a lot of those reruns in the 1980s (since it was one of my mother's favorite TV shows ever), and the one thing which stuck most in my mind is my mother's many comments on how a woman could run around on a farm wearing heels. 

    Watching TV as research - nice concept ;-)  

  • SimonJMSimonJM Posts: 6,067

    I'm amazed this was not a feature of Baywatch ... ;)

  • FirstBastionFirstBastion Posts: 8,048

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1034698/#Comment_1034698

     

  • kaotkblisskaotkbliss Posts: 2,914
    FirstBastion said:

    http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/1034698/#Comment_1034698

     

    And here I thought I was just having deja vu :/

  • FSMCDesignsFSMCDesigns Posts: 12,843

    Ever been to a strip club? I have seen women wearing stilettos do some pretty amazing things in them, even running.

  • BlueIreneBlueIrene Posts: 1,318
    kaotkbliss said:

    Being a guy I really can't say for sure, but I would think running, walking, hopping, etc. would all be done using the ball of your feet, not the heel ie: on your toes.

    I know when I run, and especially when I'm pushing for speed, my heels never touch the ground.

    It's pretty much only the balls of my feet that touch the ground when I'm running too, but heels are more free to get caught on stuff as you run while they're not in contact with the ground. Edges of rugs, trailing vines, deadly serpent's tails... that kind of thing :)

  • 3delinquent3delinquent Posts: 355

    There was a scene in Jackie Chans Armour of God (I think that's it, it was a long time ago). Four women wearing heels take him on. I've never seen anything that acrobatic in heels before or since. I have also never seen so many attempts to kick a man in the crotch in such a short space of time!

  • ChangelingChickChangelingChick Posts: 3,361

    When I wore them regularly, it wasn't an issue. You run on your toes really. Now, if you haven't worn them in 10 years and put on a pair it's another story entirely...

  • 3delinquent3delinquent Posts: 355

    Yeah, if you haven't been on that bicycle for years it's a bit wobbly at first.....

  • Ken OBanionKen OBanion Posts: 1,455
    3delinquent said:

    There was a scene in Jackie Chans Armour of God (I think that's it, it was a long time ago). Four women wearing heels take him on. I've never seen anything that acrobatic in heels before or since. I have also never seen so many attempts to kick a man in the crotch in such a short space of time!

    It was a two-fer: if the toe doesn't get him, there's still a chance that the five-inch stiletto heel might...!

     

  • 3delinquent3delinquent Posts: 355
    edited June 2016

    ....and there's eight of each all up....!

    Post edited by 3delinquent on
  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321

    The armor spiked heels don't bother me nearly as much as the Scout-type outfits, especially when the promos show them in the woods. You do not want to walk through the woods, or on any soft ground, with stilettos on! You want as much ground contact as possible, for the same reason that tracked vehicles are designed with the widest practical tracks.

    And here I thought that the whole purpose of 3D was realism...

  • LeanaLeana Posts: 12,758
    Petercat said:

    The armor spiked heels don't bother me nearly as much as the Scout-type outfits, especially when the promos show them in the woods. You do not want to walk through the woods, or on any soft ground, with stilettos on! You want as much ground contact as possible, for the same reason that tracked vehicles are designed with the widest practical tracks.

    This (even if spike heels on armors also annoy me)

  • KA1KA1 Posts: 1,012
    Petercat said:

    The armor spiked heels don't bother me nearly as much as the Scout-type outfits, especially when the promos show them in the woods. You do not want to walk through the woods, or on any soft ground, with stilettos on! You want as much ground contact as possible, for the same reason that tracked vehicles are designed with the widest practical tracks.

    And here I thought that the whole purpose of 3D was realism...

    I'm so going to submit a pair of high heeled impractical pumps with a wide tracked attachment on the bottom for rough terrain, why has no one thought of this before???
  • LeanaLeana Posts: 12,758
    KA1 said:
    Petercat said:

    The armor spiked heels don't bother me nearly as much as the Scout-type outfits, especially when the promos show them in the woods. You do not want to walk through the woods, or on any soft ground, with stilettos on! You want as much ground contact as possible, for the same reason that tracked vehicles are designed with the widest practical tracks.

    And here I thought that the whole purpose of 3D was realism...

    I'm so going to submit a pair of high heeled impractical pumps with a wide tracked attachment on the bottom for rough terrain, why has no one thought of this before???

    Lol at least that would be original!

  • RadioactiveLilyRadioactiveLily Posts: 359

    In an urban environment with usually a solid base under your feet, it's easy to run in heels.  Used to do it all the time when I had to dress professionally downtown.  Run to make a crossing light, catch my train, etc.

    Hubby wanted to go for a romantic evening walk in a park after a dinner date a couple of months ago.  Now that was a nightmare in spiked heels, especially now that I rarely wear them.  "Hang on, I'm stuck in the ground here... again..."

  • PetercatPetercat Posts: 2,321
    KA1 said:
    Petercat said:

    The armor spiked heels don't bother me nearly as much as the Scout-type outfits, especially when the promos show them in the woods. You do not want to walk through the woods, or on any soft ground, with stilettos on! You want as much ground contact as possible, for the same reason that tracked vehicles are designed with the widest practical tracks.

    And here I thought that the whole purpose of 3D was realism...

     

    I'm so going to submit a pair of high heeled impractical pumps with a wide tracked attachment on the bottom for rough terrain, why has no one thought of this before???

    I actually saw some kids skating on grass, their in-lines had balls instead of wheels. (with ridges for cornering) It looked like fun!

  • xyer0xyer0 Posts: 6,333

    Have a look at Kate Beckinsale in the Underworld movies or any Prince concert from the 80's or 90's and you will see that for the dedicated, heels offer no hindrance whatsoever.

  • Serefina_MoonSerefina_Moon Posts: 106
    edited June 2016

    Find this episode of the X-files - there's a hilarious scene that has Gillian Anderson running back and forth in the FBI Issue Heels, to show Tea Leoni how to do it,.. all while the audience is engaged in the foreground discussion between David Duchoveny and Gary Shandling.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751136/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_12
     

    Add me to the numbers who run on thier toes - I've always done it, more a floaty stride then a pavement pounding one, which is a little gentler on the bits that jiggle for me.

    FSMCDesigns said: Ever been to a strip club? I have seen women wearing stilettos do some pretty amazing things in them, even running.

    Sure you have ;)
    Try working in one, gets the college bills paid, and opens your eyes to the world.

    Post edited by Serefina_Moon on
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