I Traded In My Stilettos for Sneakers, Now What?
The New York Times
A reader asks for guidance in finding comfortable, yet chic, footwear.
I can’t tell you how many conversations I had with peers during the last fashion week complaining that we had all lost the ability to tromp around all day in high heels. After about an hour or so, our calves would start to seize up, the balls of our feet begin to ache, and we would revert to the sneaker-shod form of the past indoor year.
Which did not feel like a step forward (so to speak).
There are a variety of solutions: Queen Elizabeth II, for example, wears pretty much only square-toe pumps with two-inch heels that have been broken in by her senior dresser, Angela Kelly, and she can spend hours on a receiving line. Vice President Kamala Harris is almost always in Manolo Blahnik 70 mm heels (about 2.5 inches, a.k.a. mid-height). I think the answer lies in the soul of the matter. Or rather, the sole.
