The fit of high heels is a dilemma. Buy them with a snug fit so they stay on your feet – and suffer the consequences when you stay late to a party and your feet are so painful you can’t even walk, let alone dance!
Or buy them with a loose fit so you can easily wiggle your toes - and suffer the consequences when you wear them to a morning wedding – and just as you are leaving the church you lose a shoe on the stairs nearly twisting your ankle!
Corporette is one of the best fashion, lifestyle and career advice columns. It is hosted by a woman with a wonderful eye for fashion who used to be a lawyer in New York. The fashions, including the shoes, reviewed on Corporette are very well researched and analyzed by the brightest women anywhere, who also need to go to work looking great. A wonderfully useful column on "Corporette is their Guide to Comfortable Heels" It was initially drafted in 2011, although many of the shoes mentioned are from well established excellent shoe manufacturers , there are some notable shoe brands such as Aquazurra who make stunningly fashionable (and comfortable) shoes that are not on the list. Also Killer Heels Comfort shoe inserts for high heels were patented after the Corporette.com "Guide to Comfortable Heels" was printed. These inserts are much better than the ones mentioned in the guide, which are variations of inserts for high heels that have been around for 20 years or more and continue to have problems in function and fit.
How to make ballerina flats comfortable to wear – so you don’t fell like you are walking barefoot on cement!
Flats, particularly ballerina flats, are pretty and go well with both skirts and jeans. But sometimes they are just ‘too flat’ – in fact so flat that you feel like there is nothing between you and the pavement. A simple fix to make your ballerina flats wearable is a ball of foot cushion that stops your foot from sliding forward to stabilize your foot at the toe end and stop heel gaps. And of course cushion the ball of your foot against that concrete! Use only cushions that don't bottom out or flatten and are are not slippery and flat like gel or vinyl cushions.