I hate the way sneakers look on me – is there another comfortable shoe I can wear?

‘I absolutely hate the way sneakers look on me. I feel instantly un-hot the moment I even look at a pair.’ Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

I’ve had a torn meniscus in my right knee for eight years. My knee was OK for 47 years, and then I went on the easiest hike in recorded history and stepped up on a not-very-high ledge. That was it.

It’s not ideal. I can walk, but I can’t run or sit cross legged. But whenever I’m about to bite the bullet on surgery, it seems like the wrong time to be sitting around for six weeks or longer. Or someone says: “That surgery didn’t work for me.”