When it comes to shoes, style wins over comfort, even if they
hurt.
Manolo Blahnik says that "uncomfortable shoes
are stupid", but the king of shoes, Christian Louboutin says style is his focus,
not comfort.
It’s undeniable that that stylish shoes add to sexiness or a
power outfit, and consequential pain is taken for granted.
Is it possible to combine style and comfort? Or to minimize
pain with uncomfortable shoes?
Like Christian Louboutin, not many shoemakers focus on
comfort because they concentrate on style and aim to simplify the complex
manufacturing process.
But then there are very few designers and shoe manufactures
who also focus on comfort.
One manufacturer, Birkenstock from Germany
Three very good reasons to focus our attention to
the shoes we buy and the shoes we wear.
- To get daily comfort with our shoes
- To achieve daily wellbeing and better work performance.
- To
avoid serious health problems in the long run, which is a well documented issue.
Buying the right shoes becomes the logical step to take.
Not all shoe retailers focus on shoe comfort in their
ranges, because of the wrong mental associations that comfortable shoes seem to
imply, like boring shoes or orthopaedic shoes.
Style and comfort can be combined, and some manufacturers do
just that, like Hoegl of Austria and Loake from the UK
Retailers with shoe comfort in mind will stock ranges combining
style and comfort.
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