Is there a ballerina trainer or sneakerina that doesn't give Hotter shoes vibes?

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I like comfortable shoes and have loved the trainer trend in recent years but I think that's blowing over. I hear ballerina trainers or sneakerinas (hideous word) are the next big thing. They all seem to scream hotter shoes catalogue to me though! Has anyone seen any that won't make this mid 50s woman look like she's raided her mum's wardrobe?

Or suggest other non granny shoes that stay on your feet for commuting across London please?

Same here.

TBH, I like my Skechers more than any of the shoes shown on this thread.

Ah I think you’ve helped me realise why I don’t like them as I don’t like Mary Jane’s either!

I just remembered I had some great little silver ballerina trainera from Rocketdog years ago. I loved those shoes.

I think im too boring for this thread... just got a pair of converse ballet pumps/plimsolls. They were £25 though ...not chunky. Probably what i'd wear with a midi dress and jacket in the summer and get crucified on here for lack of style

I think these are slightly less awful looking than some but still seem expensive for what they are:
https://www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-eagle-suede-sneakerina-trainers/p113856363

Primary school plimsolls vibe

Reading this thread: a journey.

Act one: wtf are ballerina trainers.

Act two: these are the ugliest shoes known to mankind which we will look back on in less than three months, wondering how we were ever conned into wearing them.

Act three: ordering the Adidas Barreda Mary Janes in red.

My daughter says just wear socks. Mind you, all the Gen Z alphas seem to wear socks with sliders.
I used to wear those trainer liners some years ago with Skecher sneariksa/ballertrainers or whatever they were. Yes, I expect to get judged.
But like OP, I want something comfortable yet work appropriate. My teenage self would be sad.

Agreed. I'm sticking to my Nike trainers!

Sneakerina is my favourite new word.

I might just stick with trainers. They are so lacking in faff.

Of the shoes people have mentioned or linked I like the samba janes but like others, I need to wear socks and not sure how that would work. I like proper, actual socks rather than no show things that always fall
down/ scrunch up.

I think I’m too old to worry if my trainers are fashionable!

Also I like my shoes to have some arch support - I have narrow feet and find that shoes that are open like this favour the broad of foot.

Like a PP mentioned Onitsuka Tigers are my go to.

Have a look at M&S ladies shoes online, lots of ballet flats, some styled as Mary Jane’s, some are just ballet flats, 39 pages inall

I bought two pairs, then my right hip was operated on and my feet swelled horribly. I'd forgotten about them in the spare room. 🙈

I kind of love these!

www.fitflop.com/uk/en/shop/delicato-denim-mary-janes-p-A0O?utm_content=Pmax&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21685280393&gbraid=0AAAAADMbeyjvH2QGdwZ7AiRyNzPhvDgl0&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlfbik_qBkwMVjItQBh0UBSp0EAQYASABEgIJOfD_BwE#D71

They all scream micro trend that’s going to look dated as hell and be destined for the landfill in 10 minutes.

@Bearybasket but they have been a thing since last summer…and they have been in fashion before. Plus if it’s now a discussion on MNs it’s not a niche micro trend.

Really love these! do they run small would you say?

I like these

https://amzn.to/3N4xVZQ

But sketchers bikers have been my go to for over 10 years

https://amzn.to/4sj0DVM

https://amzn.to/4sj0DVM

Adidas barraceda
just hiked up a hill in Sri Lanka in mine!
I bought washable insoles, great, instead of socks
though size up a half size for that

No they don't I'd say these were true to size and slightly wider than the others and very very soft x

https://repetto.com/en/collections/sneakers-activewear-collection

Just to return to OP, please be assured that the concept of trainers being unfashionable is, at this point in the century about as absurd as trousers being unfashionable. There will be different shapes, sure, but they’re here. While Dover Street Market still sells them, while Adidas x Wales Bonner still exists, I feel likewe’re all excused from having to go back to proper shoes unless we want to. I don’f know what a ballerina trainer is though, is this like a Simone Rocha thing?