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Mastering the Stiletto Strut

by Tracey

Heels WalkingNot everyone will feel the need to learn such a skill in their life, but there are occasions where having the Stiletto Strut, Stroll, Sashay, Stride will be in great importance. My 9 year old daughter happened to master this years ago. With her footed-zip-front-magenta jammies on, she grabbed pair of uber sexy Stuart Weitzman black evening shoes with rhinestone anklet out of my closet and inserted her jammied feet. She proceeded to teeter through the house yelling my boisterous Raider game “YEEEUHHH�. Her father shook his head in disbelief and asked me what kind of 2 year old was I raising. I responded that she would be every man’s dream woman. Stilettos and a love of pigskin. At any rate, here’s my advice for mastering the Stiletto strut:

1. Be sure your shoes fit. The darn shoes are already tall, and usually not more than a few strings, so make sure they fit your feet. (How to buy shoes that fit will be addressed in a future blog). You may want to start to learn your sashay in a lower heel and work your way up to the 4 inch plus variety.

2. Step heel to sole, delicately, ladylike. Repeat until you get to your bar stool.

3. Take shorter steps than usual. This gives you the serious sashay.

4. Stand up straight. Since higher heels tend to push the tush out and make breasts the center of attention many try to compensate by leaning forward. Resist this horrible posture - you don’t want to look like you are about to bite it.

5. Point toes straight ahead. This is no time for pigeon toes.

6. If you feel off balance, swing your arms slightly.

7. Keep your legs as close together as possible. Your mother probably told you this too.
Follow these tips for awesome ambling in your high heels. Oh yes, the same tips apply to either sex trying to master this art…
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3 Responses to “Mastering the Stiletto Strut”

  1. KeithR Says:

    I had a co-worker that always looked like she was going to tip forward whenever she wore heels. I’ll have to send her here for to learn the righ way!

  2. Tracey Says:

    please do send her here. lord knows we don’t need any women staggering in their stilettos. that is so not cute.

  3. JO Says:

    here is a tip for all you stiletto lovers, when I was in highschool, I had this date with the captain of the football team, which meant he was tall! well I took a pair of My mothers shoes and I thought I would fall foward in them…sheeeeeesh! well I leaned back against the wall with my shoes as close as possible and pushed my back tightly in…stayed like this about two minutes while I took deep breaths…when I stepped away from the wall I made it a point to keep my shoulders back… it worked! I had a good pose all night long and He didnt look so tall after all :)…try it it really works!!! stand with your back to the wall, shoulders back heels as close to wall as possible, head up, take deep breaths for about 2 mins…then step away keeping shoulders back.

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