For a long time, fashion treated comfort like a personality flaw.
The best shoes were the ones that looked great in photos but felt terrible by the end of the night. Blisters were a fact of life. Band-Aids lived in every handbag. Most women had flats under their desk, sneakers shoved into a tote bag, or some emergency pair waiting in the shadows. At checkout, you didn't ask yourself whether something was comfortable. You asked how long you could get away with wearing it.
