Flat Shoes First

Flat Shoes First

Flat shoes for the days when sneakers feel too casual and heels feel like too much. Slippers, Mary Janes, ballet flats and loafers for every day of the week.

Some days sneakers are too casual and heels are too much, and a good flat fills that gap. I reach for a flat that has some personality, like Stubbs & Wootton's velvet slippers with their hand-stitched zebras, which turn plain trousers into an outfit. A Mary Jane is the other one I wear constantly, whether it is Tory Burch's Bunny Knot in black or the blue velvet pair by ViBi VENEZiA. I went deeper on a related idea in Flat Shoes Trend: Loafers, Ballet Flats and Slides to Wear.

 

When I want something more polished, Zimmermann's Astor loafer or Margaux's James in suede go with straight jeans and a white shirt. For warm days a woven ballet flat from Quince or a raffia pair from Madewell keeps things light. Try them with cuffed denim and a sock. If you want to keep going, Margaux Shoes: Flats, Loafers and Pumps From One Ballet Flat is the one I would read next.

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