All About Boots For Women!

Everything You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know About Boots: Platforms, Wedges, and Thigh Highs

If you’ve been to the mall lately, you’ve noticed that nearly every store is featuring some sort of boot. What’s up with that? Well, boots are back in style! Growing in popularity as a fashion trend rather than as a shoe to wear out of practical necessity, the boot now boasts a place on the runways for 2010.

Make Way for the Boot: Booting Out the Competition

Women’s boots originated as a more gender-neutral shoe that was worn primarily to protect the foot. The Egyptians, Etruscans, and Romans all wore boot-like sandals to shield their feet during war; the Etruscans also wore boots as protection from the harsher elements of nature.

In the 18th century, boots were popularized for both men and women as appropriate horseback-riding attire. The style caught on and evolved into what we now know as the cowboy boot, which is still a popular style both in the West and in Western-themed bars. Today, many different styles of boots grace the streets, including the distinctive trends of platform boots, wedge boots, and thigh-high boots.

Platform Boots: High Height and High-Class

Originally popularized through the Gothic style of fashion, major designer labels have now added the women’s platform boot to their collections, creating an edgy and sophisticated look. Platform boots offer additional height without forcing the foot into an awkward ninety-degree angle. The Gucci Velvet cuffed platform boot features a 4.5 …

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Are You Afraid to Talk to Women on the Phone?

Are You Afraid to Talk to Women on the Phone?

It would be funny if it was a scene in a movie or on a television show. You are staring down at your phone, knowing that you want to be able to just pick it up and dial that woman you met the other day, but for some reason – you just can’t seem to do it. Each and every time that you reach for your phone, something inside you says that you are going to blow it.

You know that you are not exactly a smooth talker when it comes to phone conversation and you have that nagging part of you that is telling you that you are going to mess things up. Yeah, it would be funny if it were a scene in a movie or in a television show, but it is your life. It’s your reality. What are you going to do if you are afraid to talk to women on the phone?

First off, I would recommend that you try and figure out what it is that is keeping you from making that phone call. Is it because you have had a bad experience in the past? Or, is it that you don’t have enough experience to pull it off? If you are like most guys, then it probably has a little or a lot to do with both.

Most men have had a few bad experiences when they called up a woman and that can replay over and over again in your mind. Not …

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