The sixth grade was my first year at religious prep school. I could say a lot about this particular transition in my life but that’s what therapy is for. I’ll only note that this period of time was my first introduction to the social aspects of fashion. Until then, I picked clothes based on colors and textures that I enjoyed and without a care as to how others might respond. The learning curve was steep.

Within the first week, I had been schooled on how to properly wear knee high socks (think Clueless) and more importantly – how to wear high heels. You see, every week the entire school gathered for a Chapel and at each service there was a procession, during which you had to parade in and out past the entire school. It was like a weekly runway show.

After I graduated in from high school in ’04, I mostly put my heel wearing days behind me and was content to rotate between three pairs of ballet flats throughout college. I also considered it really impractical to wear heels in such snowy/inclement weather!

This doesn’t appear to be a problem for many of my classmates. I have never seen so many heels during snow storms and I’m not just talking about those strange ultra traction-ed high heeled boots – we’re talking about delicate investment heels- like Louboutins.

I admire their dedication to looking fly despite the foul weather but at a certain point, it just looks a little ridiculous!

Which leads me to the real point of this post. If you are going to teeter about precariously in your heels – you probably shouldn’t be wearing them! If you have fancy Louboutins but you have to clutch on to the wall for support when trying to get from point A to point B – get to Payless and buy yourself a pair of practice shoes but please, oh please, don’t make a spectacle out of yourself while wearing such a beautiful creation!

There are even videos on the internet that will help you learn to walk in heels! If you can drop a g on a pair of heels, I hope you can also afford to take a half an hour and learn to wear them properly.

End rant.