What’s been your most loved pair of shoes/boots ever?

I had a pair of Steve Madden slinky style platform sandals that were a snakeskin print. I loved being 2-3inches taller AND comfortable. I felt like a boss walking around in the 90s and 00s.

Here are my fav boots ever.

I literally wore them for 30 years (honestly!) and because I live in Calgary they never went out of style!

I resoled them once and they are beyond comfortable.   






I finally replaced them this year because they are so beat up.    

My new one's are another pair of black leather beauties!   

I had a pair of tooled leather clogs back in the 70s. They were so very comfortable! I wore them all the time since I lived in jeans most of the time. Then one morning when I went to get dressed, they were gone! I know they had been in my bedroom closet the night before. I asked my mom and she said she certainly hadn’t taken them. Then my little sister chimes in with the fact that she saw my older sister wearing them that morning when she left for work.

That baffled me. First, we were not close and did not share anything. Second, she was a nurse so she wore white nurses shoes all day. I drove to the hospital where she was working, found her, and demanded my shoes back. She claimed that she was in a hurry and didn’t want to be late for work so she just slipped my shoes on, acting like it was no big deal. The biggest issue with that lie? My bedroom was on the third floor and her bedroom was on the first floor. She had to go up two flights of stairs and go into my closet to get them. She must have done this when I was in the shower.

She tried offering money for them and said she was going out after work so she needed them. That didn’t work. I told her to wear her nurses shoes to a mall and use her money to buy her own pair. I took my clogs back. She tried to get me in trouble when she came home that night for me embarrassing her at her job. My dad quietly listened to her plead her case. She gave me a smug look since she thought Dad was buying into her crap. Then Dad put his newspaper down, stood up, and said “She would not have had to go to your job if you hadn’t stolen her shoes out of her closet!” He made her pay me for the gas it took for me to have to drive to retrieve my shoes. I adored my dad and his no nonsense ways.

The Pappagallo flats I had in high school and college - I spent all of my babysitting money on them!  (I'm talking about late '60s or early '70s).

Skechers Shape-Up shoes. They were recalled so I never found more than the 2 pairs that I had worn out. I've had plantar fasciitis off and on over the years so finding a comfy shoe can be difficult. Right now I've been wearing Kizik shoes and they are very comfy. The days of wearing dressy shoes like heels, pumps, flats are far, far behind me. It's all about comfort now.

A pair of Bobs Skechers. They were a cute dog pattern, in blue. I wore the heck out of them. I have been unable to find that particular pattern. 🐶

Hands down, Birkenstock Mayori in brown leather with a pair of Freedom Moses slides when I am strictly at home. 

Currently, Rocket Dog Jazzins, I have about 6-7 pairs of them including a new pair of white canvas high tops that I’m going to customize with either HTV or paint.

Another pair of shoes that were awesome was a pair of Levi’s dark denim blue slip ons that I got at Costco for like $20. Of course I didn’t, but I *should* have bought as many pairs of them as I could have gotten my hands on when they were in stock because I’ve never seen them anywhere else since. I Googled excessively trying to find another pair when they started wearing out but no dice.

In the past I loved Vans and Keds but I can’t wear them anymore. 😢 Back in high school I had a sweet pair of white leather Nikes with a rainbow colored swoosh and laces. Some asshat stole them while I was in gym class (gymnastics, so I wasn’t wearing my shoes but had to wear them in the hallway between the locker room and the gym) and in spite of them being really unique and noticeable I never got them back.

This is like asking me to choose my most-loved child.

I’m not saying I’ve never had one, but the answer changes day-to-day.

Moccasins, I can wear the shit out of a good pair of Moccasins. That's pretty much all I wore through the late 70's.

Plum purple leather -  knee high flat riding boots - they were resoled and heeled about 5 times

Black suede '40's style ankle strap cut out shoe from Ravel in the early 1980s - my father hated them 

My post spinal surgery flowery Doc Martens that lesley found in my size and actively 'encouraged' me to buy images.app.goo.gl/pryfnVjmNDgefZDk6

I am not a "shoe person", and I kind of resent having to spend money on shoes. My favourite boots for comfort and function (ie. boring!) was a pair of black ankle boots that I wore to work in winter every day for four or five years. I finally replaced them a couple of months ago, but the replacement pair are not as comfortable.

The boots I lusted over is a pair of purple Doc Martens I saw in a shop window on High Street Kensington when I was in London nearly 30 years ago. We didn't have anything like that here in Australia in 1994. I had run out of money and couldn't afford to buy them. I dreamt about those boots for years afterwards.