Can stylish shoes coexist with healthy feet?

Add comment May 9th, 2008

Ooouuuccchh!!

That is my feet talking.  It may not sound like a health issue, but is is for me: physical pain, calluses and mental wellbeing, if nothing else.  I’m talking about finding comfortable dress shoes that don’t  a) put my feet in perpetual anguish and, b) make me look like an old lady.  (I’m not admitting anything here.)

I have arthritis in the toes of one foot. Long gone are the days of pumps with three-inch heels and pointy toes. I can’t even tolerate low-heeled pumps.  But I’ll be danged if I’ll capitulate and wear clodhoppers with my business attire.

If you’re a woman who’s struggling with that foot-health-versus-business-style issue — and especially if you’ve found a workable solution — I’d love to hear from you.  Somewhere, somebody must have invented a healthy yet reasonably attractive shoe for women.