Do You Choose Style or Comfort?

Comfort and style for me. If you look around you can have both. For me the really high heels have gone, but for an evening out a small heel of about 2/2.5 inches. I do call these 'taxi shoes'....car to restaurant (or wherever' ) restaurant to car. For anything involving walking, comfort everytime.

You can have both. I have high heels for special occasions & Lower heels or toe post slip-ons for normal wear.
I do love a nice high heel - nothing better for giving you confidence.

A replacement knee definitely influences what you wear. I have a cupboard full of lovely heels but now wear fit flops (which have some lovely styles) in summer and flat(tish) heeled boots in winter. I also love the style of sneakers/tennis shoes which is fashionable now. I do have a yearning to wear heels and wonder when the actual time was when I last wore them as well as wondering (like many other things), would I have enjoyed it more if I’d known it was the last time? I think that’s the hardest part of getting old, the sudden realisation that you no longer do something and can’t remember the last time you did? It’s like the doors shutting behind you......
My daughter is getting married next year and it just hit me the other day that I am no longer the size I was and that heels are out of the question so I won’t be that elegant ‘mother of the bride’ I always dreamed of!!

I have flat feet so can't wear heels. Birkenstocks and trainers in the summer. I wear a Clarks wedge heel sandal for special occasions. Hotter boots in winter and a small heel ankle boot for evenings out. I've always been envious of those who can wear heels

Comfort - and style! I love flat sandals and there are many pretty styles.

It is possible to find shoes that are stylish and comfy. I buy online from an American company...not expensive either.

I very bravely and heartbreakingly bagged up about 30 pairs of high heels and took them to the Charity shop last year ! It has to be about comfort now, altho I can still strut in wedges upon occasion, I just cannot do the “teetering” these days ?

I don't think comfort necessarily means lack of style. Most of my shoes now are from Tracey Neuls. They are eye-waveringly expensive but I've bought them cheaper either in their sale or from eBay and they're the most comfortable and gorgeous things ever. Then of course on a day to day basis, especially in current situation it's just a matter of Skechers Go-Walks - dull and uninspiring but as comfy as slippers!

They're lovely!

Margsus those that silver shoes are beauts!

Mary Jane's, boots or sandals but they have to accommodate orthotics so the choice is limited.
I can't wear anything completely flat but a small wedge heel is fine.
BladeAnnie I wondered about the foot fusion operation and whether immobility afterwards could cause more problems than it is worth.

High heels ,always.I dont own flat shoes though I do go barefoot at home most of the time .All my boots have 3 or 4 inch heels too ..and I can still run upstairs in them

I also can’t wear heels, but needed silver evening shoes to wear for a special occasion. I found these last year on holiday in China, and they’re like slippers!

Style always, but I would wear something comfortable as long as it still looked nice. X

beigecardigan yes, they fool us don’t they?
Or they develop a creaking /squeaking noise.

The sandals I chose to go with “mother of the bride” outfit 10 years ago were the perfect shade of dusky pink and I thought we were going to get along fine.
Not so.
Half way through the day I swapped them to beaded fit- flops as i was practically limping. They remain in the wardrobe in a box.

I go for comfort these days but try to look fairly stylish too. I'm so glad that trainers are all the rage as I wear them with all sorts, even summer dresses.
I can't get on with sandals or boots, they just don't suit the shape of my feet somehow. Isn't it annoying that shoes which were so comfy in the shop can start to pinch after a long walk?

Comfort is good, but some events need style as well.
Never been a fan of Mary Janes, they don’t suit me and mainly wear Skechers for walks and shopping. I have pretty shoes and sandals for other social outings and do’s.In Winter I wear boots a lot.

Comfort for me. I have canvas type loafers in various colours to match with same colour jeggings. This style seems to be my uniform these days. I do have black patent and nude 3inch court heels but goodness know when I will ever wear them again.

Comfort all the way here too,!! I had an ankle fusion and hind foot reconstruction 2 years ago so my foot and ankle literally do not move. Good job I was always a jeans and trainers kind of girl!!

Goood that white trainers are fashionable. I wear them with laces mostly undone and the tongue sticks out and hides the oedema in my feet. Best of all they are comfortable and cheap and washable.

Yes it is possible to have both.

We are all different though in our tastes. For instance I am not a fan of trainers especially when they are teamed with a pretty floaty dress or skirt as I think they ruin the look. Plenty do wear them though.

As soon as the shops are open I will look for some lightweight summer shoes with a low heel to wear on cooler, showery days.

There is talk of reducing the two metre distancing rule to fall in line with the rest of Europe which will help enormously especially with restaurants etc possibly opening in a few weeks.

I have shoes and boots varying from flat to very high, wedges, block heel and stilletoes.

The heels are worn on evenings out and are known as car to bar shoes and whilst I can stand in them and walk for short a distance I am clinging on to them for dear life ?????

No Lucca ?
If you have good feet you have much more freedom of choice. My feet are troubled by bunions and metatarsalgia unfortunately, and they don’t tolerate heels or narrow toes of shoes.

Does it have to be either/or ?

Puzzler61. They are nice. ?