Which trainers are fashionable and versatile for a woman in her fifties?

[Midnightstar76]

Advise for trainers please. What are the trainers that are in fashion for a 50 year old me? Would like some to go with floaty dresses etc well just about anything really Thank you

They’re lovely, but what a price!

If you want to protect your joints and back, go Joya.

Don’t get Sketchers or those Gabor ones, they’re really outdated and in your 50s there’s no reason to just give up. The Mexico 66 OT’s are a good shout, they have quite a high instep which isn’t for everyone, but they’re a contemporary classic.

They are pricey for what are basically plimsolls but for me, cost per wear is pennies. I have had the white canvas pair for 3 years. If they get grubby I just put them through the machine and I wear them probably 5 days out of 7 from April to September. @PhaedraTwo has me circling the ballet ones!

I love my Gola trainers. Forest green and bright yellow trim. I hate a white sole, I think it’s jarring, Golas are a neutral fudge colour and they aren’t chunky. I have no idea if they are fashionable though - I wear what I love in my 50s.

I like my Onisuka Tigers but my Air Rifts are even more comfortable.

I suspect that’s true but they are a very particular taste, the split toe look for me is awful. I think the op is looking more for something deemed fashionable rather than comfort irrelevant of appearance.

You’re on the wrong thread.

Does anyone else find that the New Balance 327’s come up a bit small ?

Adidas gazelles for me, love the liberty ones.

Veja Campo

Trainers are timeless. (Unlike wedges and ballet flats which are really quite naff.)

If you don’t like them, obviously don’t wear them, but complaining about ‘the tyranny of trainers’ is a bit like complaining about ‘the tyranny of jeans’ or ‘the tyranny of t-shirts’. Trainers aren’t a trend; they’re a wardrobe staple. As with jeans and tees, specific trainer styles certainly emerge and evolve, but trainers themselves are a staple and there are a million ways to wear them.

Depending on budget, I like Claudie Pierlot https://uk.claudiepierlot.com/en/category/sneakers/

or I have my eye on these https://blacktulipstudio.com/products/arbi-sleek-sneaker-botanical-green

My go to is Adidas Japans - less common that sambas or gazelles (which I love too).

Adidas sneakers are in where I am and comfortable. I've got the Grand Court Lo ones in pale pink because they go with lots of outfits. DD (21) also has some in a different colour.

Edit to say that I only use them for walking around not serious exercising. I bought them to be comfortable and look decent on a city break, and they were ideal.

Adidas Originals Tokyo. I have the ponyskin zebra print style and get lots of compliments.

Those flat trainers like Stan Smith are deeply uncomfortable for most of us with arches.

@Moistcottonchafers I was tempted to get an animal print but I wasn't brave enough to. Thought I was too old, which is daft, but I like the pale pink too.😂

I love Fairfax & Favor for something more smart and ON for the sports casual.

Here they're considered very fashionable by the creative types and ugly hoof shoes by others.😂

But it really is like walking on air.

Another Onitsuka Mexico 66 fan here. I can walk very comfortably for hours in mine and they look 'quietly stylish', as a fellow MNer put it some years ago .

I absolutely love those and if you’re into fashion they’re very “in”. Just shows how different we all are!

Ballet flats are hardly a new invention are they?

I second Hoffs although mine are mainly black so not really for floaty dresses (I have some white Nikes for that). Adidas are cool but they’ve never fitted my awkward feet.

No.

Tyranny?? I don't think you know what that word means 🤣

And for those of us who like to walk eveywhere, trainers are the best choice.