Are these shoes nice or awful

[scramalam]

I've ditched almost all of my heels since covid and live in trainers or birkenstocks.

I ordered these the other day and can't decide if I love them or hate them. Are they really out of fashion, they seem pretty comfortable.

https://www.fitflop.com/uk/en/shop/platfforms-leather-cork-heeled-ankle-strap-sandals-p-JF7#C15 www.fitflop.com/uk/en/shop/platfforms-leather-cork-heeled-ankle-strap-sandals-p-JF7#C15]]]]

I like them, and I think fit flops are awful in general

Neither. I can't say I like them.

Like. platform is too high for my comfort, but I really think they look nice.

I’m no style guru and I wouldn’t wear them myself but I do like them.

Hard to say. I think the shape of the sole and heel is slightly wrong somehow, especially in proportion to the size of the strap. But they’d be worth trying on to see which side of the cool/frumpy line they fall. I’d be interested to know what they’re like to walk in.

We used to wear things like this in the 1970s. Bloody uncomfortable.

I think they look odd on the model. But I’m the least stylish person you’ll ever meet probably.

They look heavy to lug around

I had similar in the 70s from Sacha.
Couldn't wear them now.. but still like them.

I cringed a bit when I saw the Fit-Flop link coz as a rule those things are fugly...but, those are OK and fairly on-trend in a summer chunky way. I think they'd go well with a lot this summer; floaty skirt/dress, tailored shorts, flarey jeans.
I've a similar pair so I hope I'm right 😅
The straight strap across the front would probably dig and bother me. Mine have a woven criss-cross.

I like cork wedge sandals and have a few pairs but these look really clumpy.

Horrid and clumpy. Sorry.

Like and I’m picky

@scramalam I think they’d pair very well with a very long summer skirt/maxi dress or long wide baggy trousers.

Or you could have these:

https://gabrielahearst.com/products/sardis-platform-sandal-black-nappa-leather?variant=44945108697280

It would never occur to me to even look at Fit Flop footwear - but clearly I’m a fool, because they’re really not that different to these sandals by a brand whose footwear I have regularly lusted after. (Not these, though.)

I like them. They look stylish and comfortable.

They’re okay. Not “in” as such (think Birkenstocks, really clumpy fisherman sandals and then weirdly the total opposite of these - super strappy feminine kitten heeled sandals, that’s what seems to be “in” at the moment), but they’re fine and if you like them they won’t look particularly out of place.

They've got a fisherman sandal just down the page, which I only noticed because I wondered what else they had.

I've been seeing this style around quite a lot recently so I think it's going to be quite popular this year, but fisherman sandals look to be more popular this year.

I like them and the fact that there are different colours to chose from. I have a very simple pair of fitflop er flip flops which I got last year as a "slipper" to wear when in hospital and they were great for keeping me steady on my feet as I got back to walking properly after big surgery and I still wear them around the house - I've worn them out, they're a very bog standard looking flip flop - and whatever else is going on with the brand, they are comfortable, so if you like that sort of style and want that style - I like them - you know that whatever else they are, they won't be hurting your feet. Why not find a pair in the wild and try them on, see how they look on you?

Think they’d look nice with the right outfit.

however my middle age feet are growing corns just looking at them

Hideous. Bulky. Clumsy. Chunky. Comical.

They don’t look very comfortable, very expensive too.

So did I, and always had comfortable ones! In the past few years I've duplicated them, as near as possible. I like OP's FitFlop ones but they're out of my price range - and I don't actually need any more big sandals.

@scramalam They're great. Imagine how you can wear so many different things. It'll totally expand your wardrobe choices.

Heavy and clunky. Very 1970’s looking, they look uncomfortable, I do like cork though just not this style.

I think it depends on how they look on. Can you walk “normally”-for want of a better word? Because I know they would make me be kind of unattractively clumpy!