<p>My D is the same size as your D and works in a corporate office in a similar job (mostly men). She also has those rocket dog flats and she likes Anne Klein ballet flats. I have a pair and they are pretty comfortable for ballet flats. When we visited her last she bought a pair of brown loafers at DSW for work. She buys clothes at express, limited, j crew, banana republic. Mostly now she picks up clothes at Target. She’s not much of a shopper and you can get cute (but I don’t think well made, but that’s me) clothes and toilet paper at the same time. Perfect for her. Like I said before she wears flats to work, I don’t think her office can wear sandals, and she would never wear pumps. Of that I am sure. Depends on what your D is comfortable with.</p>
<p>I think wedges are so cute. I love the TOMS wedges I have a regular pair of TOMS and they are really comfortable. If she doesn’t have a pair of TOMS I recommend going to Nordstrom and having them fit you. They stretch and I thought getting the right fit was important. </p>
<p>Good luck shopping. We did the same. It was much easier with my S. With him, I buy,he wears. If he goes to the store it’s short and sweet.</p>
<p>I work in corporate IT as well. If its their corporate office, there will be other women there.</p>
<p>My team is actually all girls. As a whole I think we’re about a 70/30 split… Which I think is pretty good considering in college there were only one or two girls in my IT classes! Feel free to PM me if she needs help. I’m good at putting those boys in their place (lol).</p>
<p>Also, that review made me laugh too. My sister has those same shoes in black, red and zebra.</p>
<p>That various flat shoes are poorly designed for foot health does not necessarily mean that a high heel is any better. Poor shoe design is rampant for both women’s and men’s shoes.</p>
<p>Ucb, that is exactly the point of my argument which you were trying to counter :)</p>
<p>There is a universal opinion, as reflected in multiple posts here on CC, that flats are “comfortable” and a great alternative to heels. Af the result, after the generation of high heel wearers with foot problems we will end up with a generation of ballet flats wearers with foot problems. Please do your daughters a favor and do not skimp on shoes!</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, yes, that is the classic definition. My local sales people nowadays use the term to describe a visible heel up to 2, preferably, up to 1 inch. </p>
<p>Deborah, those tiny heels can be extremely stable if they are positioned correctly to evenly distribute the pressure. It is pure physics and engineering. :)</p>
<p>Me Too shoes, like the pair posted up the thread, are a good, inexpensive choice. Brands that make professional looking shoes that do not kill feet are: Anyi Lu (designed by a chemical engineer), Taryn Rose (podiatrist), Paul Green, Tod’s, Gabor (not well known in the US, so here is an example [Gabor</a> 61.270 Black - 6pm.com](<a href=“Gabor 61 270 black gabor | 6pm”>No results for Gabor 61 270 black | 6pm)), Geox, etc.</p>
<p>For shoes, Zappo’s and Nordstrom.com are your friends, always free shipping both ways on Zappo’s and generally the same with Nordstrom, although if I’ve returned shoes to Nordstrom I usually return to the store. I buy shoes also at Macy’s and Lord & Taylor as both department stores in NYC have good shoe depts and always have sale coupons for charge card customers. I don’t have as much luck with DSW however. Brands that I like include Trotters, Enzo Angoloni, Adrienne Vittadini, Vince Camuto, sometimes Nine West, BCBG. I used to love Jeffrey Campbell but not their recent line. Both the d’s and I have what used to be called desert boots or chukka boots in ancient times from DV Dolce Vita they we all love. I have wedges that I bought in Banana Republic last summer that I love and also from Chelsea Crew. I am not a huge fan of slingbacks but I do have a pair of slingback wedges that are Ellen Tracy that I bought in Lord & Taylor that are very comfortable. Older d and I bought Worishofer (sort of updated Dr. Scholl’s -not for the office but they are my favorite wear around comfy shoe). I don’t like flat sandals or flip-flops, not really comfortable and zero support. Older d just bought a pair of wonderful sandals from Camper. We both have Camper boots that we love that we bought from Nordstrom.com.</p>
<p>To me, ballet flats are about the most uncomfortable shoes that I could put on my feet. Super high, pointy-toed heels are a close second. The best shoes for my feet are my Birkenstock sandals, which aren’t exactly heeled, but they are molded as opposed to that totally flat, cardboard-thin bottom that most ballet flats have. For work I usually wear boots (heeled and not, but even non-high-heeled boots are not totally flat) and supportive, low, heels and wedges. i need a good pair of oxfords. My feet pretty much hate all shoes after a point, though.</p>
<p>I just bought some red peep-toe wedges and some rocket dog flats. I wouldn’t walk long distances in either of them, but they feel pretty good and they’ll both look good for work.</p>
<p>I don’t particularly like pointy toe shoes, but you simply size up and voila, no crushed toes.
I like Cole Haan, Stuart Weitzman and I’m debating Ferragamo Varinas, though they are on that fine line between stylish and dumpy. My D is very hard to fit with a 5.5 and very narrow heel, so she sticks w slingbacks.</p>
<p>I’m not a heels wearer at all, and I feel uncomfortable walking in them for an extended period of time. I prefer Mary Jane style heels. Low, comfortable, can be matched with any kind of out fit. </p>
<p>My biggest issue is that my feet are a D width and widest at the toe box. I tend to size up anyway and look for shoes that run wide since I can’t get everything in the right width, but some types of shoes are just tough. Because of the sizing up, ballet flats tend to try to fall off my feet, for example.</p>
<p>Tory Burch Revas are awful - I received 2 pair as a gift and had to give them away. But other flats I’m just fine with. I can’t wear teetering heels as I did in my 20s, but since I do t have foot problems it’s not critical for me to avoid a flat or a heel. Everything in moderation.</p>
<p>You appear to be arguing in favor of heels, rather than saying that most shoes are poorly designed.</p>
<p>However, high heeled shoes are inherently poorly designed for most uses (other than perhaps horse riding); flat or minimally heeled shoes may be designed well or poorly (although most are designed poorly – most are not foot shaped, having unused space in front of the toe, but being too narrow in the toe area).</p>
<p>I am wearing the light brown/dark tan color (somewhat hard to describe) suede oxfords that I got at Vince Camuto store right now. They are incredibly comfortable. I am wearing them with straight-leg jeans. I haven’t worn these to the office yet as I didn’t buy them for office shoes… but I easily can see doing so-maybe not when it will be really hot this summer though.</p>
<p>Being a guy, to me this sounds like far too much effort in clothing selection. I didn’t catch what industry the D is in. In many industries, such as tech fields that have little interaction with customers, employees are generally judged by other criteria than their wardrobe. For example, I work in engineering. During both my off campus tech job while in school and my first job after college, I wore the same clothes I wore in college – usually shorts and a T-shirt (I later switched to jeans after a year or so). Nobody criticized my wardrobe… instead I received the maximum rating on my review, a best in department award, and always made the cut during downsizes/layoffs. Obviously it would be different in sales, a law office, or just about any industry where you’d meet with customers.</p>