If you’re lucky enough to have flat feet prone to blisters, I have good news for you. Your spring shoes are about to get a lot more comfortable, because ballet flats are officially over. Yes, that’s right, those flimsy, uncomfortable bits of faux leather masquerading as legitimate footwear have passed their expiration date, making space for something both stylistically and orthopedically superior: pumps.
I know, the word is ambiguous. So allow me to explain this simple but deeply chic (and comfy!) shoe. Picture a ballet flat except with a short block heel and more structure. Now, make the front part (technically, this is called “a vamp”) higher, so that it stretches to one-third of the length of your foot. Make the toe square-shaped, ideally, and that, my friends, is your perfect pair of spring pumps.
