Your thoughts on these sandals, please...

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I like them.

I'm not very good at flat sandals, but I need some... am thinking these.

Do your worst

Kurri I love those sandals! but I am a teacher and what's more bought some new Birki's today

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Stick to your guns Tetherend the Clarks and the Garnier can

usual that is SO weird... I had a very deprssing day trying to find sandals and on the way home in the car I was sighing to myself thinking 'I wish I could get some Jesus sandals like Clarks used to do...' I had a lovely tan pair and a navy pair when I was a kid and I LOVED those sandals.

They look so comfy [old]

irony doesn't work on S&B, usual...

I'm a teacher too, harpsichord; hence my horror at those sandals

harpsichord you are a woman of taste

How about these Tethers?

I am embracing my teacherdom in every way, but particularly in the comfy shoes department.
I might even get a cord jacket with elbow patches

I like a nice wedge, and an ankle strap.
I am not WHOLLY committed to the gladiator thing, though. I fear they make one's ankles a little chunky

I like a nice wedge also. The best flatties are haviainas.

Kurri, I quite like those too... at the moment it's

1st place = Clarks
2nd place = Fritzi's office ones (close second)
3rd place = Kurri's HoF ones

tethers look at aspiga

Howzabout these? Much groovier and that rubbery heel is v good shock absorber. I have a well cool frog green pair of Fly wedges.
Tres comfy.

Never has the word 'Gopping' been more appropriate. And that is my unhelpful contribution to this thread, no alternatives to suggest!

Tethers, sorry but they are BAD. In fact nearly everything from clarks is old lady.

Clarks are patronising. They think we have no taste. Screw Clarks and buy something from a shop that LIKES you.

I like those Clarks one and I think they look well made. I had a look the other day at the Clarks stuff and decided have really stepped up the quality ( and the price) compared to say Office (which look good but seem to fall apart) and M and S which has lots of gladiator style sandals -which manage to be cheap looking and somehow miss the mark. Also the Clarks ones are leather lined which helps with sweaty feet.

I don't understand how you can look at them and say they are awful! But then my taste goes this way www.hm.com/gb/hasbeens

Also these ones are lovely handmade in sale

The thing is you don't have to buy shoes from Office either, as yes they do always fall apart immediately. (unless they're another brand sold by Office iyswim). And M&S are guaranteed to be horrible.

There are loads of lovely shoes out there from companies such as Camper, Rocketdog, Dr Marten, etc etc that are well made and actually look nice.

Clarks shoes might be good quality but it's at the expense of looking good. Their market seems to be the over 60s.

I've got a lovely pair of sky high (not that high though) Hasbeens.
They are most definitely not walking sohes however.

www.folkclothing.com/women/women-folk-shoes-sale/sidsel-ambra-matt.html
try again

Fly shoes are made well, too. They do loads of sandals. And Scholl, and loads of others...just look at the Javari website for some ideas.

I got some Hasbeen boots on ebay for over 100 and I have worn them once. They need some serious wearing in. Then I saw thoes in H&M and could not resist. I put them on in store and so practised walking for an hour in them and they were surprisingly comfy. They straps really hold your feet and so they feel v supported.

But Fly shoes have that rubber sole that sometimes works sometimes doesn't. And rubber soles are un-re-sole-able.

Scholl, yes!

I like these from Dune.

The best ones roughly equating to what you want are from Dune or Pied a Terre on JL site.