From fuzzy slippers and thick leather ankle boots to futuristic runners, these brands will meet all of your shoe needs. If you’re looking for a new pair of steppers that will have people turning their heads, this is the shopping list to study. Whether you’re looking to spread equity with your spending or you’re looking for more diverse brands to support, don’t worry, we have you covered. These designers have infused their innate culture into the structure and presentation of these items. This list is just a compilation of some of the hottest Black-owned shoe brands that you can get right now. Although more and more Black-owned footwear designers, and designers in general for that matter, are calling for more visibility to Black-owned brands, it's important that we show them support now and not wait until after their respective brands garner attention. With some of the most popular brands today being Telfar, Brandon Blackwood, and Hanifa, the traction and support for this sector of creatives within the fashion industry is growing. And many fashion pioneers and innovators in the fashion space are Black. I too, have long toes – but another couple of “foot” issues as well! Funky pinky toe-nails – I inherited them from my mother (thanks ma!) and in the last couple of months I’ve just begun to get a bunion on one of my feet! Is that an old-age issue? I remember my Grandmother had a really bad bunion on one of her feet, and she used to buy new shoes and CUT OUT the side of the shoe – so that her bunion was not enclosed in the shoe! She always had a hole on the side of her shoe! Oh, how I loved my Grandma! She was so innovative and when I was little I wanted to cut out the sides of my shoes too, but my Mama wouldn’t let me! I thought she was such a spoil-sport.Īnyway – back to toes and sandals – I really don’t like my long toes – but I accept them.No matter what trend cycle we’re in, supporting a diverse range of designers and makers is something that will never go out of style. Oh Angie – your comments really resonate with me. Jonesy, I totally get what you are saying. But I find narrow strapped sandals extremely uncomfortable and avoid them like the plague. My feet look good in narrow strapped sandals because of their size and frame. Maxine Raffia Platform Strappy Sandal (Women) 165.00 Current Price 165.00 (50 off) 50 off. Many of my clients have the same problem. 170.00 Current Price 170.00 (18) New Markdown. The “hooking” of short pink toes is quite common when shopping for sandals. Does that make sense? And even though it may not have come across that way, I like the look of my feet actually The skin on my legs is not a fit challenge, which is why I am not concerned with it. To my eye, they are also unflattering on my frame. The same way I avoid v-necked wrap dresses because I cannot fill them out. I avoid sandal styles that I feel are an unflattering toe fit. Let me put it this way, I regard my long toes as a fit challenge. Valleycat, I don’t find my perspective on toes unusual. I find your comments and toe perspectives fascinating.Ĭynthia, I don’t mind toe cleavage in closed toed shoes at all. Fellow long toed gals, does my minimal toe exposure idiosyncrasy resonate with you? Do you pay attention to how your toes look in sandals, or is it not a concern. Sandals that look killer with shorter toes and a slightly broader foot look terrible on me. Something I learned shopping for sandals with many different clients: toe exposure is not a concern when you have shorter toes. The top straps and vamps must be positioned closer to the top tip of the sandal so that my toes look shorter, and so that my feet don’t slip out of the front of the shoe. It’s no wonder that I have only one pair of sandals at the moment! If finding comfortable sandals for my fussy feet wasn’t hard enough already, now I also have toe exposure to worry about. Clumsy somehow, and not at all elegant or ladylike. When you have dainty feet like I do, it’s hard to “fill out” a sandal (especially a chunky style), and my foot slips out through the front of the toe box exposing even more of my toes.Īnd if most of my toes are exposed, it makes me feel like a cavewomen. Some sandals expose virtually the entire length of your toes. When the toe box, or the top strap of a sandal starts further up the vamp of the shoe, the style exposes more of the toes. To my eye this makes sandal shopping even trickier. Like fingers on my feet, as Greg likes to describe them. I have regular width bony feet with really, really long toes. Are you fussy about the way your toes look in sandals? I am.
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