High Heels with No Grips!! - Fashion vs Winter!!

[Lucy23]

You would think this would only really be a problem in fall time but it can be a problem any time of the year especially here.

Here in the UK we don’t usually get much snow at all in winter but all times of the year we get usually lots of rain. I’ll say the worst problems I have is some of the paths going through parks and green areas where I live. You see when it rains water flows down these paths and in heavy rain covers them with a thin layer of dirt if you know what I mean. Well this can get very skiddy and slippery especially on sloped areas and this usually makes me slip a lot so I know this can be an issue.

I do love my shoes but lots if not nearly all of them have smooth soles, but most high heels are made like that. It can be a bit of a giggle if I’m slipping yes but also embarrassing in busy areas. Don’t know if anyone else find this is the case.

[Guest]

Hi,

I know what you mean.

Do you ecet get your shoes wet or mucky on the way to work, and if so how do you manage when you arrive in work?

This has happened to me loads.

Kelly.

[Lucy23]

Hi,

I know what you mean.

Do you ecet get your shoes wet or mucky on the way to work, and if so how do you manage when you arrive in work?

This has happened to me loads.

Kelly.

Hi Kelly

Well on my journey to work most of it is a drive so I don’t get this issue too many times really on the way to work. Whenever walking through the green or the park where I live yes I get this a lot.

But there is a little bit of a walk where sometimes my shoes get maybe a little bit mucky round the soles, or all round the heel if I’m in stilettos. I think its been mentioned on this topic before but what I do is give them a wipe, you can get wet wipes you can carry round in you’re bag now very easily and they’ve always done the job for me, a wipe down for work and then if I need to when I get home I give them a proper clean.

Hope this helps you out a bit

[louise_heels]

You would think this would only really be a problem in fall time but it can be a problem any time of the year especially here.

Here in the UK we don’t usually get much snow at all in winter but all times of the year we get usually lots of rain. I’ll say the worst problems I have is some of the paths going through parks and green areas where I live. You see when it rains water flows down these paths and in heavy rain covers them with a thin layer of dirt if you know what I mean. Well this can get very skiddy and slippery especially on sloped areas and this usually makes me slip a lot so I know this can be an issue.

I do love my shoes but lots if not nearly all of them have smooth soles, but most high heels are made like that. It can be a bit of a giggle if I’m slipping yes but also embarrassing in busy areas. Don’t know if anyone else find this is the case.

Hi Lucy

Yes I know exactly what you mean. I walk to work and my route has paths like you are talking about. If they have that wet/muddy film on the tarmac it can be very slippery, it can be like a skating rink almost. My high heels can slip very easily on that stuff and on part of my walk to work there is a sloping gravel path which is very treacherous in the rain. Keeping my footing in heels in the rain on that surface is quite difficult coz my high heels have smooth soles like yours. And the gravel surface ruins the heel tips in no time!

How high a heel do you normally wear. I ususally wear up to 4" heels.

Louise x

[Guest]

Hi Lucy and Louise,

I know what you both mean.

I have to walk along a muddy path on my way to work, and slip a lot when it is wet.

Also, my shoes often get very muddy, does this happen to either of you and if so how do you manage. With me sometimes it is too much to clean easily when I am all dressed up in work.

Kelly.

[Guest]

Today I saw a girl really in trouble, she had really an hard time in opening a heavy door. Her ballet flats were slipping really without any grip on the floor.
I cannot imagine how it is possible to walk everyday with so slippery shoes!

[sixfoot3amanda]

Today I saw a girl really in trouble, she had really an hard time in opening a heavy door. Her ballet flats were slipping really without any grip on the floor.
I cannot imagine how it is possible to walk everyday with so slippery shoes!

It's just a case of pratice really - you have to balance and if you have heels dig them in.
Amanda

[Guest]

I'm in trouble with dry grass... no one else?

[Guest]

If the grass is dry, why not just take off your shoes and carry them?

Anne.

[Guest]

If the grass is dry, why not just take off your shoes and carry them?

Anne.

I tried that once and stepped on a rusty ring pull. I ended up with a nasty cut that needed stiches.
Now I keep my shoes on unless I know for sure that there's no rubbish.

[Guest]

Hi,

Did anyone else have problems with the rain this morning?

Walking to work this morning my shoes got soaked?

Anyone else have any problems?

Jemma.

[Guest]

I'm in trouble with dry grass... no one else?

Yeah me too, I slip all over the place on that in my heels! What shoes did you wear?

[Guest]

I'm in trouble with dry grass... no one else?

Yeah me too, I slip all over the place on that in my heels! What shoes did you wear?

ballet flats

[Lucy23]

Hi,

Did anyone else have problems with the rain this morning?

Walking to work this morning my shoes got soaked?

Anyone else have any problems?

Jemma.

Yes we’ve had rain here, had it yesterday in a huge downpour and today more constantly really, nightmare walking in but I kept as dry as I possibly could.

With this rain I’ve generally been avoiding grass, I have found dry grass to be slippy I will admit but with me in stilettos wet grass is a very bad combination LOL.

One thing I will warn people to be careful of is the shiny floors that you find mainly in big stores and shopping centres. Where people have come in from the rain these have gotten wet and do get very slippery and with shoes that don’t grip well it can be very slippy.

That generally what I’ve been finding anyway.

[Guest]

I'm in trouble with dry grass... no one else?

Yeah me too, I slip all over the place on that in my heels! What shoes did you wear?

ballet flats

Cool, what were the soles like on them?