You have to have incredible naturally gorgeous legs to get noticed if you’re wearing flats, but even average legs can get a whistle or two when their attached to the right pair of ladies high heel shoes. I know, I know….you’re thinking I’m going to tell you to go get some sexy thin heeled stilettos. Yes, they get noticed and they do make legs look great, but it’s difficult to wear stilettos and not make it look like you’re trying just a bit too hard….instead…try the newest women’s wedge shoes and sandals that have sculpted heels which are high enough to stretch out those calf muscles and bring out the best you’ve got. Here are some good suggestions for wedge shoes and sandals that get noticed and are not your average espadrille with cork heels and ribbon ties.

Emporio Armani Wedge Sandal

First, there’s the Emporio Armani Wedge with a 4.5 inch sculpted heel. What do I mean when I say sculpted? Well, it’s not a straight triangular wedge, but shaped on the sides with a sort of concave so that from behind it looks like a thin pointy heel but in fact it’s a much more comfortable wedge. The next great thing about the Emporio Armanio collection of women’s wedge shoes is that they have slender straps that wrap around the ankle. This creates the illusion of a slender ankle, which makes the entire leg appear shapely. The other plus is that the front of the shoe has a strap across the toes to hold them in and another just above so stop slipping forward. One of the problems with some of the very sexy high heel ladies shoes and sandals is that they only work on ladies with teeny perfect feet and not on real women that actually walk a block or two.

Marc Jacobs High Heel Wedge Pump

The other shoe that’s totally different but also makes legs look great is the Marc Jacobs metallic peep toe design, also a wedge, but a bit more closed in a pump style with just a little toe peeing out. The great thing about the heel is that it’s also a high heel, but the twist is that it’s slender at the base while being a solid stacked wooden wedge. Oddly enough, the Marc Jacobs design is more expensive than the Emporio Armani one.

We have all been there before. We see a sale advertised in the newspaper, on TV, or on the Internet and we decide to get to the stores early because there is only ten pairs of our favorite high heel shoes on sale. And the high heel shoe sale is only going to last one day and the doors open at 8am. So we decide to show up at 7am and wait in line just to find out that people have been waiting in line since 6am.

But when we really sit back and evaluate the situation, we realize that we are giving up a good night sleep, a nice relaxing morning breakfast, and a little stress just to save a few bucks. And there is a great chance that the high heel shoes will not be there by the time we get through the line. Here is a bit of advice from someone who has 30 pairs of shoes in the house. If the advertisement for the high heel shoe sale says that there are a limited number of shoes available, you can be sure that ten times that many people will be waiting in line to buy.

And at what amount of savings is worth the trouble anyway? Is it $10 or $20 or $40? I know this is an off the topic example but I always scratch my head when Denny’s has a 3 hour period when they serve a free breakfast. People stretch the line around the corner of the restaurant and wait 2 hours for a $4 meal. This just doesn’t make sense to me.

The same holds true for a high heel shoe sale at the mall. Don’t get sucked into waiting in line for a $20 discount that may not even come to pass. If you ask me, I would prefer finding a free shipping coupon at Piperline.com or Zappos.com and order my favorite high heel shoes in my pajamas in the comfort of my home with a hot coffee and bagel by my side. But that’s just me!