20 stylish summer shoes to wear at work (and play)
When it’s time to dump the opaques and flaunt bare legs in summer, what are the best ways to rock the no sock look at work? Shoe trends this season are free ranging and make their own demands on our feet from slides and mules to sky high jewelled heels. Balenciaga put Crocs on the catwalk, Chanel brought out PVC boots, feathers flew at Saint Laurent, Gucci reissued the loafer while Céline stuck to points, a trend that was the most copied on the high street.
Sporting high heels sans hosiery means painful blisters are often the price to be pay. Feet have more sweat glands than any other part of the body and anyone who has spent a day walking around in leather footwear without a sock in sight will know about suffering and limping. If you’re vacuum packed into jeans and Nike flyknits at the weekend, what are the best shoes to wear with bare feet for the 9-5 job, the best artillery to fight sweat, sores and blisters and still look (and feel) cool?
Here’s our edit of some 20 shoe styles at various prices and heights – some more elaborate than others, some simple, others more colourful and playful. The plainer the dress, the more fearless and flamboyant you can be with shoes and vice versa, when stepping out in summer.
Green court shoe, River Island, €48 Foster from Buffalo We Are Shoe Lab, €120Elma white leather loafers from Finery £119 (€136)Ankle boot, Alisha, River Island, €95Pia cornflower blue leather mid heel Miista, €159 Atrium, Powerscourt Centre, DublinSammy - powder blue black velvet €240, L K BennettSammy - bronze/black €240, L K BennettIliana Latte, €255 L K BennettVenice - suede and leather block heel €150 from Buffalo We are ShoelabLeopard mule, LK Bennett, €270 CHEL: Fuschia/azul block sandals, €105 Buffalo Shoe Lab, Exchequer Street, Dublin and weareshoelab.comZara mid-heel suede sandal with ribbon, €55.95Via Roma 15 sandals, €250, farfetch.comAya - flouncy colourful sandals by Kat Maconie £343 (€392), farfetch.comEvergreen leather mid heel mules, €225, Miista, miista.comYellow wide-fit mules, €64, TopshopJumbo Lilico £495 (€566) by Sophia Webster, sophiawebster.comMarlene - black angled leather flats €159 Miista at Atriuim, Powerscourt, DublinMiista Hope Dawn check coloured mid heel sandals, €225, miista.comWoven mule, €64, TopshopSHOP NOW - Genuine Leather Shoes Ladies Fashion TrendResource- Deirdre McQuillan /https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/20-stylish-summer-shoes-to-wear-at-work-and-play-1.3505315