Day 346: Favorite type of shoes

[maeve66]

I hate shoes. I think I always have, except for the Dr. Scholl's leather sandals I had as a kid, which are kind of a forerunner of Birkenstocks. I remember I went to some department store in downtown Evanston, when I was eleven or so -- Litton's? Anyway, the supercilious prick of a shoe salesman tut tutted at the width of my feet and claimed I had done something to make them wide, like wearing tennis shoes instead of pointy-toed shoes. He utterly shamed me. Now I see my younger niece's feet and they are genetically identical to mine. And she's 9. What a fucker that salesman was. Anyway, for whatever reasons (and I am sure that is one of them) I fucking hate shoes. I own three pairs: a pair of New Balance walking shoes; a pair of Birkenstock Arizona sandals; and a pair of black sort of suede Mary Janes that despite their deep cushioning, are very painful after even an hour of wearing them, I think because the sole is on a slant, so it mashes my toes.

I have no favorite shoes.

Comments

[springheel_jack]

You probably have wide toes and a narrow heel, like I do. It makes it impossible. The only good answer is custom shoes, which I hear are a miracle. One day I will get some.

[maeve66]

I've always wanted to get bespoke shoes, Ren Faire as that seems. But my feet... they're just wide. Peasant wide. Spade-shaped, block-shaped, wide. The heels aren't at all narrow. Nothing about them is narrow. It's bizarre to see them in miniature in my niece. On her they're very cute.

[springheel_jack]

Ren Faire?? Heh. John Lobb!

A good shoemaker will make your own last, and make the shoes look good.