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Please help me find stylish but comfortable shoes..

36 replies

MilliONaire · 08/02/2011 17:16

Hello stylish and beautiful people,
I need some help. I have been living in brown leather knee hight boots all winter but now I really NEED some shoes for spring. I cannot wear heels during the day & whilst I love shoes like ballet pumps I can no longer wear such flat styles due to a pelvic problem - they really cripple me.

What I need is a pair of shoes similar to ballet pumps but with a heel more like what you would find on flat winter boots iykwim? Or a small wedge perhaps?

I want them to wear with my new gap dark indigo denim skirt with opaques until the weather gets nicer. I also want to wear them with flared Gap jeans and skinnies....it's a tall order I know but someone must have seen something out there?

I like navy, brown, plum etc any colour I can wear opaques with but preferably not black. I quite like emellishment, such as jewels as in the Boden flats (like them but they are just too flat......

Thanks everyone!!

OP posts:
voiceofnoreason · 08/02/2011 17:20

as i have a dark purple cord skirt from Gap that is currently eluding me shoe wise.

Black is too dark - purple too samey

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:30

Something like this any good??

Look funn in the pic but I like them in RL. They are available from Russell and Bromley each season (AFAIK) in various colours/finishes.

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:30

funny

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:31

Hmm could be frumpy depending on length of skirt though. What about loafer style? Not as flat as ballerine?

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MilliONaire · 08/02/2011 17:36

Thanks MrsSeanBean,
I quite like them, but I am not sure they would look great with the denim skirt. Loafers are nice (that's the type of heel I mean) might have a look about for some. I wore pied a terre brogues a lot last year with trousers but they make my calves look, ahem, sturdy, with skirts iykwim?

It is SO hard to find nice shoes Sad

OP posts:
Decorhate · 08/02/2011 17:37

I've been looking out for loafers to wear under smartish trousers for work. Office did have some a while back... I think Jones has some more suited to wearing with skirts but think they have bit if a heel...

llareggub · 08/02/2011 17:39

I think this is the holy grail of shoe.

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:40

These have a slightly higher heel than some brougues/loafers...

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:42

I have some great holy grail shoes which I bought about 14 years ago in Russell and Bromley. They are like a lace-up shoe / desert boot almost - but have a slight (unintentional, as not in fashion then) platform sole as well as a 2in heel - a chunky number. I look after them with v tender care, as I would be buggered if they ever fall apart. But they are so useful - 'flat look' but not flat!

The closet thing I have found since is a sort of lace-up shoe-boot affair - but they are much higher and more formal somehow

planestrainsautomobiles · 08/02/2011 17:47

Had a little look round for you but its actually quite hard - can see why you need help Smile Have you looked at the lotta clogs - see other S&B thread?

Patent purple (size 36 or 37) look here

Black with a peep toe look here

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:48

Black but small wedge

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 17:51

Ballerina with heel (not sure about colour though)

noddyholder · 08/02/2011 17:52

i have these they are £29 atm in KG and super comfy and more stylish than the picture

selby · 08/02/2011 17:56

I don't do heels and wear flats/low heeled footwear like yourself but I found that I can wear comfy wedges and my most recent purchase have been these. They are really comfortable and I've been wearing them with jeans, cord mini, wrap/tunic dresses with opaques. The navy is really dark so goes with everything.

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 18:00

I need some of those Fly things, that's the sort of elevated but not formal look I need.

myonlysunshine · 08/02/2011 18:02

purple Dr Martens?

BikeRunSki · 08/02/2011 18:02

I just bought these for work and as many other occasions as I can use them for. Heel is not as scary high as it looks. I see them going with skirts and trousers, smart and casual.

bethelbeth · 08/02/2011 18:06

I wear these

I reckon they take a certain panache to pull off well but they are extremely comfy (they're built for it!) and they look smart and quite cute.

They've also been doing a wonder on toning my calves and I've only been wearing them a month.

Love them!

MrsSeanBean · 08/02/2011 18:08

BikeRunSki - I need some of those to replace my ancient Russell & Bromley version. Fab.

BikeRunSki · 08/02/2011 18:09

Love those Bethelbeth! Much cuter than my ugly MBTs.

Thelastnameleft · 08/02/2011 18:11

bethelbeth I love those shoes, have bookmarked that site for when I have a bit more money...thankyou :)

QueeferSutherland · 08/02/2011 18:21

Marking place!

Those DMs are lovely!
As are the Alegrias.

(I like a clumpy shoe.)

planestrainsautomobiles · 08/02/2011 18:21

A different pair of fly shoes - small wedge

Rannaldini · 08/02/2011 18:24

I have these but they have a heel
vair comfy

Decorhate · 08/02/2011 18:25

Can't link as on phone but the Jones ones are called Denham & heel us not actually too bad - search for loafer in their website