Trainer-esque shoe that is not a trainer?!

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Please could anyone recommend a trainer-shape shoe (I’m thinking pumps rather than athletic) that I can wear to work?! Trainers themselves are strictly forbidden (it’s a school, but I’m in the office, not student-facing), but I do not suit ballet pumps or pointy flats at all. I have loafers, which are fine for winter, but as Spring / Summer approaches I’m after something a bit less formal.

I used to have some Kurt Geiger shoes that had a trainer platform, and a fabric upper but they were so uncomfortable 🤦‍♀️

I have some black Adidas Stan Smith's with a white sole that I wear to work, as I cycle to work. Most people WFH most of the time in my company, so going to the office is just to get out of the house mostly, so not quite the traditional workplace where dress code might be more strict.

https://www.rieker.co.uk/rieker-ladies-footwear-c2/rieker-ladies-shoes-c82/rieker-l59l1-ladies-shoes-p12854
I have these two colours

Fitflop so many styles of shoe!

I wore Toms when I worked in a school (not as a teacher). They are very comfortable.

I’ve just come back from my week wearing only 1 pair of Clark’s Un Rio shoes from new. I can report that they passed the test, walking around cliffs and muddy paths as well as pavement pounding.
So definitely recommended.

Do Vans still have completely flat insoles with no shaping or arch support at all?That’s how I found them whenever I’ve tried them on.

Yeah they are quite flat although I have orthotic that I put in mine.

That's a trainer

What about sloafers?

kind of a mix between ballet flat and trainer.
i haven’t got around to trying them yet

www.sloafer.com

What size are your feet? I find boys school shoes are comfy.

I have some shoes from Office that are a loafer at the front and a slingback at the back. Are you allowed slingbacks?

I wear Paul Greens with black trousers both slim leg and wide leg. They are so comfortable and the leather is so soft.

Black, leather Converse?

Ecco do a lot of shoes that are half runnerish but are still a shoe. My kid's school do not allow runners but I just get them Eccos, all black shoe-runner type things and nothing has been said so far. They also do a lot of goretex which is great

I have these for my boys in black and for myself in pink:
https://ie.ecco.com/en-IE/product/5642698569/ECCO-MULTI--VENT-W
and the boys version of these for school too:
https://ie.ecco.com/en-IE/product/5643363471/ECCO-STREET-720-W

And I have these:
https://ie.ecco.com/en-IE/product/5643404776/ECCO-SOFT-7-W

I don’t get all the shit on this thread about a dress code for staff who work in a school. You honestly think there should be uniform policy for the children but not for the staff? You don’t think that’s double standards? The obvious example is where they’re saying that students can’t wear trainers but the staff are all wearing them.

Place making so I can go and look at dome of these later. We are smart casual but out and out trainers aren't really the done thing.

I'm looking for the same. Ordered these recently : awaiting them.

I have these, they’re very comfortable and I like the velcro fasteners because my laces are always coming undone.

https://gb.ecco.com/en-GB/product/5638272125/ECCO-SOFT-2-0

Birkenstock Bend

Loving the Sloafers!

I really don't see how stiletto heels are appropriate for school. It's a place of learning not a naff 90s nightclub.

Stilettos on varnished wooden floors!

I have a few pairs of Birkenstock trainers not sure hat they are called. White leather, blue suede, tan, pink and green. I have fat feet and Birkenstocks are the only things that support and fit.