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A Bipedal Adventure in Androgyny
No secret society or religious order, with all their mystic robes and symbols, can hush up a shocking, taboo-shattering truth I discovered this week, and which I must share with you.
Men's shoes are really comfortable.
I had to get leather-soled shoes for a dance this weekend, and as the sort of women's shoes that have leather soles are usually high-heeled and extremely uncomfortable (not to mention completely the wrong style), I decided to try finding some nice men's work shoes which I could then continue to use in the fall. After a fair amount of travail and bike mileage I managed to lay my hands on a pair that were both leather-soled and small enough for me, which was an elusive combination. They aren't quite broken in yet, but they are awesome. Get this:
- They're wide enough for my feet at the front without being specially 'wide.'
- Because they're not specially wide, the heel is actually narrow enough that it stays on.
- They lace up
- The laces actually cover the instep so when I tighten them the shoe is firmly secured on my foot.
- They are generic enough to go with lots of things.
- They are roomy enough for arch-support inserts.
- I can run in them if I need to.*
- They make a radio-friendly footstep sound when I walk so people can know if I'm coming or going.
Additionally, mine are black and shiny and a little old-fashioned ('classic'), and they make me feel like I should go hang off a clock face.
All those years of searching fruitlessly for sensible, subtle, comfortable shoes, when all I needed to do was cross to the other side of the store... I still draw the line at a tie and/or watch chain, though. My rules are arbitrary but there they are.
*This is an important thing to consider when buying shoes, in my opinion. You never know.
Men's shoes are really comfortable.
I had to get leather-soled shoes for a dance this weekend, and as the sort of women's shoes that have leather soles are usually high-heeled and extremely uncomfortable (not to mention completely the wrong style), I decided to try finding some nice men's work shoes which I could then continue to use in the fall. After a fair amount of travail and bike mileage I managed to lay my hands on a pair that were both leather-soled and small enough for me, which was an elusive combination. They aren't quite broken in yet, but they are awesome. Get this:
- They're wide enough for my feet at the front without being specially 'wide.'
- Because they're not specially wide, the heel is actually narrow enough that it stays on.
- They lace up
- The laces actually cover the instep so when I tighten them the shoe is firmly secured on my foot.
- They are generic enough to go with lots of things.
- They are roomy enough for arch-support inserts.
- I can run in them if I need to.*
- They make a radio-friendly footstep sound when I walk so people can know if I'm coming or going.
Additionally, mine are black and shiny and a little old-fashioned ('classic'), and they make me feel like I should go hang off a clock face.
All those years of searching fruitlessly for sensible, subtle, comfortable shoes, when all I needed to do was cross to the other side of the store... I still draw the line at a tie and/or watch chain, though. My rules are arbitrary but there they are.
*This is an important thing to consider when buying shoes, in my opinion. You never know.