You would think that as someone who has worked and planned events for a number of years, I would have at some point given in to comfortable shoes. Well, I haven't. I kind of tried it once with a low, chunky heeled loafer for a conference, but my feet hurt anyway, so I got rid of them (or they're rotting in my closet, I forget). I don't care what anyone says; running around hotels, or other sites in any shoes, tall or flat, for eighteen hours a day for three to five days straight makes your feet hurt no matter what. The trick I've learned is to wear different shoes every day. This serves two purposes: 1. Creates more luggage than seems necessary because there's a whole separate bag of shoes. 2. It changes the angle of your foot daily so the pressure is redistributed and your feet hurt less. Since it's once again conference season, friends of mine are breaking out the rarely used suits, digging up "conference shoes" and bracing for days or weeks of...
Shoes, fashion, kids, work and snark.