Smart shoes for work meetings which you can actually walk in but aren't frumpy?

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anyone?

Usually to be worn with smart jeans plus blazer and nice top type look. Nothing frumpy. A heel would be good but I need to be able

Clarks?

Usually find their shoes comfortable and practical. Mary Jane type shoes with a strap are normally quite a good bet and not too frumpy!

Please can I join this with the same plea for help? A lot of the smart shoes in the shops look great, but the heels are sky-high. The rest seem very frumpy. Where has the middle ground gone?

How about heeled ankle boots? Or wedges? I saw a couple of lovely pairs in Office today.

Heeled brogues are everywhere, Im not great with heels but find these v comfy, probably because you tie them on, so no need to grip to keep them on. Some nice ones here

I got these ones and can confirm they are good to walk in.

these look dreadful in the pic but classic irl and comfy

I've got those ones too, which is why I now have the other ones. Wore those out to a business lunch and went arse over apex. The heel is pretty high for doing lots of walking.

I've got these for work & I love them, and gets loads of compliments

www.clarks.co.uk/find/department-is-women/producttype-is-shoes/colour-is-red/product-is-20347931

Like the topnshop heeled brogues and now found some nice Mary Portas for Clarks ones. I do like wedges so more ideas in that direction would be great. The Marks ones are similar to something I've got.

This is a question with an impossible answer. Why aren't we being more stroppy about it? I even emailed the sainted M Portas about it when she put a circular in our professional journal about what older working women wanted. 3" mary janes aren't the answer - sorry Mary. I regularly have to pack a trundle for three days in London. Meetings, public transport - it's a nightmare. It's not so bad in deep winter - flat boots always look better than flat shoes. Transition time, like now, is soooo difficult. The best I have managed is these Bertie ankle boots www.johnlewis.com/141375/Product.aspx.

Clarks. But look
Online not in store

Agree with noddy wedge ones. I have the Clarks grey leopard. Are ace. No rubbing at all Rl mate swears on
The next wedge ones with s buckle. Look nice on her.

My heeled loafers are tesco and are super comfy (now) despite high block heel.
Is interesting q. I hate mid heels you see

Love those berties

how about school shoes?
seriously, they are often quite smart without the heel.

and I like them because I walk a lot and wanted shoes that look good on the school run as well as in the office.

I have these in black and brown - a close colleague does too - we are both in our 30s and I commute by bus/train in them.

you see i cant get my head around that heel

I like a definite heel those little in betweeners are mumsy. The wedges look good with skinny trousers and shorter trousers too.

river island I have these, they come in about five other colours too including black and a bright turquoise.

You couldn't walk a distance in those river isan ones

I've got some Dr Martin cone heeled shoes which are very comfortable and not at all mumsy (well, I don't think they are anyway but I may be deluded - in which case, just ignore me and let me pootle (comfortably along) ignorant of my mumsiness). :)

These

AnnetteProfit-I walk around a hospital all day in them! Everyone's different, and I don't recall the OP saying she wanted to go on hikes in them.

Non heeled brogues, v fashionable here in E London.