High heels with the practicality of a low shoe

[EarlyInTheMourning]

I am desperate to find comfortable shoes that are high but don't look it. This is mostly for work. They don't have to be super smart, just smart, to be worn mostly with ankle length slim trousers.

What I call 'shoes for ladies' look ridiculous on me. For example: www.clarks.co.uk/p/26117814?cm_mmc=Google--Product-Listing-Ads--PLA-_-la&kpid=26117814&gclid=CLvIv9a7_ssCFZUW0wodgOIEFA

Even though I'm in my 40s, I end up looking like I'm dressing up in my mum's clothes.

My ideas shoe is a wedge with a platform but it is extremely difficult to find something relatively smart looking.

I don't even care about the price anymore.

Help me please.

[maggiethemagpie]

I second El Naturalista. Heels that are so comfy you forget you're wearing heels!

[Zola1980]

Haha same as previous poster! They are actually really nice in the flesh!

[Zola1980]

These are so comfy and lovely for work www.clarks.co.uk/p/26111167

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Lol - I didn't think you'd like them!

Wedge I think these are pretty hideous tbh but they are nearly sold out, so somebody must like them.

[professionallurker]

What about these?

www.clarks.co.uk/p/26105939

[EarlyInTheMourning]

SO! The shoes I want/need don't exist

[EarlyInTheMourning]

oh

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Second link again Don't get too excited!

[minipie]

Marking place as I want the same thing.

How about these from Geox
or these from Gabor? Both along the lines of a ballet flat with a wedge.

Actually I just bought a lower Gabor version and am kicking myself for not trying the higher ones...

[EarlyInTheMourning]

remus I'm intrigued by your second link but it doesn't work

[cissyfuss]

Soz, bit of a highjack...

[cissyfuss]

Love the United Nude site... Just my kinda thing and a brilliant idea to offer different heel heights....

Slug, good quality I presume? Comfy?

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Those Camper ones are truly hideous. I hate those Hotter ones too, sorry.

I have some M&S suede high heels with Insolia which are pretty comfortable. All the ones on their site at the moment look prety grim or are made of plastic though, sadly.

These look nice and are quite delicate, so might not feel so fancy dress.

And //these won't be to everybody's taste but they look as if they might be comfortable and aren't 'too' ugly.

[WidowWadman]

I have El Naturalista Octopus Mary Jane's which I found on Amazon and they're the most comfy work shows I ever had.

[Nettletheelf]

Please, for the love of God, do not buy any of those Camper shoes.

They look like something 'The Freak' (the wicked prison warder from Prisoner, Cell Block H) would have worn in the show's early 80s heyday.

[EarlyInTheMourning]

United Nude ..... hnmmmm..... very interesting

[EarlyInTheMourning]

Flyffy, one thing I've noticed is that you can rock the 'granny' style when you're still in your 20s, but if you're mid-40s, it's a different situation altogether. For example, up until three or four of years ago I could wear a tea dress with a cardi and look and feel attractive. Now the same outfit makes me look super frumpy.

[Backingvocals]

oh I like some of those United Nude ones. Might have to find myself in Covent Garden sometime soon.

One way to get round the "your mum's shoes" vibe is to have a showy colour. I have these and they look nice with trousers.

I also have some aquatalia boots from Russell and Bromley. They are actually not these as they are more of a shoe boot (last season). But the aquatalia brand always seems to have a thick wedge built in which is good for comfort.

[FluffyLittleChick]

Might I add I'm 23 and often wear these gorgeous hotter shoes for work (www.hotter.com/gb/en/donna-heels) and I'm always getting compliments on them AND they are super comfy!

[slug]

I'm a fan of United Nude. Not cheap, but mostly bizzarely comfortable

Block heel
A bit different
These are available in many colourways and 3 heel heights I have two pairs and the mid heels are the only shoes with heels I can stand a whole day walking around London in.

[MaybeDoctor]

Marking place

[Tate15]

Cheap but if they don't fit you won't have wasted your money!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ladies-Womens-Mid-Wedge-Heel-Platform-Smart-Work-Pumps-Patent-Court-Shoes-Size-/251664771563?var=&hash=item3a9863a9eb:m:mtRkX4rYVrrYilrkWomo1hw

[Run247]

www.gaborshoes.co.uk/womens-c1/shoes-c2/vesta-2-womens-court-shoes-p17540 Slightly grandma, but not dreadfully so; and they are ever so comfy

[RaisingSteam]

Various of the Clarks lace up and buckle up block heels are quite comfortable.
Ciera Brine, Ciera Gull, Dulcie Lily, V&A and Orla Kiely designs. They are smart but a bit less classic. Or can you wear smart ankle boots?
Hush Puppies sometimes have good wedges and mary-janes.

[EarlyInTheMourning]

Baroness that's incredible!! I actually bought those exact shoes in burgundy a few months ago; they're right up my street but I found them so awfully painful I returned them. Should I have persevered?

Miss, 6cm heel would be ideal. Hotter? Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(not yet anyway)