Summer is in full swing, and as someone who lives in New York City, where walking is the primary mode of transportation, I’m definitely getting my steps in. It’s not unusual for me to hit the 10,000-step threshold in a given day, but in peak summer right now, that’s looking a lot more like 15k+ between press previews, meetings, happy hours, dinners, and everything in between that’s filling up my calendar. On busy days like these, it’s tempting to slip into my favorite sneakers and call it a day, but instead of reverting to them out of habit, I challenged myself to source heeled sandals that are chic and actually comfortable, and the results are in.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve hardly experienced a single summer that didn’t leave my feet beat up and blistered from a pair of ill-fitting shoes. Sand might be a natural pedicure, but even the whitest of beaches can’t fix my toes after a summer of days spent stomping on concrete in four-inch heeled flip-flops. In order to find out which shoes—specifically heeled sandals—successfully combine style with comfort, I took a few buzzy pairs out for a true NYC test: 10,000 steps (or roughly five miles).
See which heeled sandals I’d dare to wear again after running around the city in them.
