Best Shoe Inserts for Heels & Flats — Advice on high heel comfort

  Sock boots- how to keep them looking sleek and not lumpy and bumpy!   According to fashion experts a big – or the biggest - boot trend for fall 2017 is  the sock boot.  It is a boot that fits tight to the foot like a sock. This style is not only flattering, but also the stretch material instantly makes it form fitting and sexy.   For fall the trend is to have high sock boots, up to the knee and higher. Over the summer movie stars have been wearing the mid calf and higher sock boot on the street...

Walking in high heels is like walking down a steep ramp with your foot pushed by gravity forward in your shoes and most of your weight borne by the balls of your feet.  The longer you walk the wobblier your shoes get as your foot is displaced from its’ optimal position.   The steepness of the ramp - which is making walking difficult- is determined by the heel-toe drop, which is the difference in height between the underside of the heel of the foot and the underside of the ball of the foot. The heel-toe drop alters the orientation of your...

I recently had a letter from a women who had a problem with being unable to find the correct high heel shoes (or ballet flats) that would properly fit her narrow foot, especially at the heel. She had also been unsuccessful in finding the correct shoe inserts to place into her shoes to make them more wearable and comfortable. This is a common problem because many commonly available shoes come only in medium width. There are also issues with some shoe manufacturers who use the same shoe last for womens' and mens' shoes, adjusting only for size and not overall...

 The Good, The ‘Badly’ Obvious and The Ugly: Advice on how to make high heels comfortable from ‘Blogs Land’ couched in the form of Tips, Tricks, Hacks and Ways.  This is my analysis of responses by 12 bloggers to the search question: “Why are high heels so uncomfortable?“It's amazing that we willingly wear shoes that sometimes hurt so much, it takes an hour-long ice bath just to recover. And yet, it's hard to ditch high heels completely” says Rika Nurrohmah in her 2014 Bustle article. Her article was one of twelve articles found in the first 120 articles reviewed that...