I only wear comfortable shoes at this point in my life and my feet are very hard to fit, they are flatter than flat so anything looks terrible on me because of how my feet are. but a few brands that I can wear are Merrell, I have 2 pair of them that I wear as my dressier every day shoes. Dr.Comfort shoes, Keen I have my Keen sandals that I live in during the summer they are not girlie shoes but are wonderful. And Born shoes are great and so are Clarks. This is very similar to my fave Merrells but mine are a bit dressier but do have the zip, and are leather. Lorelei Zip You should see a podiatrist and have them do a professional fitting on you, so many people think they are in the right size but actually they aren't and wearing shoes that fit badly can really cause serious toe and foot problems. My mother is a perfect example of that, she wore shoes that were too tight and too pointed for most of her life and now at 89 her feet are so crippled up she can barely wear shoes at all. Her toes are all on top of each other from being squished into those pointed shoes, reminiscent of the bound feet of Oriental women.

Oh my. Some leggings are more likely to go ‘sheer’-looking regardless of the size on the tag or that of the wearer because of the fabric they are made of. Anything sold in the leggings category advertised/described as ‘butter-soft’ you can be near 100% certain will be see through once they are on your body. They don’t go transparent only when you cross the threshold to exit your house, so the only way you won’t know is if you didn’t bother to check, or are young and silly enough to not think of checking in the first place but ‘like when boys pay attention to you anyway so whatev’. Some are for working out, these are similar to fashion leggings but with a different ratio for the materials they are made of, can feel more like a swimsuit fabric only a bit heavier/thicker. Now that many shop for clothes online I’m sure that a few don’t bother reading too carefully before they click on the cart check out button ‘submit’, but even overseas vendors selling on amazon will generally have workout leggings tagged as such (active wear) and not in the same category as fashion leggings. The young - regardless of which generation we’re talking about - will always be prone to ‘fashion mistakes’. It’s the time of life when we seem to care the least about what ‘old people’ think and of course want to draw the most attention. Sometimes our obsession with looks and cultural fixation with youth makes people hang on to what they perceive as them just being on-trend a bit longer than they should. Maybe if we made a point of raising girls to become women who know they have more to offer than just their looks, and stopped putting teen girls into advertising dressed like adult women for everything from fast food to makeup to clothes - the world would be a less revealingly dressed place. Jeans have always been a challenge to find a good fit for me - the front to back rise (measured from the top of the waist down to the crotch and from there up the back seam to edge of waistband) has to be just the right number with the cut over the hips sitting at the right point. There has to be enough room in the butt without being too much room there or in the thighs. So while I have a few pairs that look great I don’t want to wear them a ton, that way I can save myself the misery that is jeans shopping and crying on the floor of tiny dressing rooms. But I must have pants, too cold in the Nebraskan winter to not have pants - which I can wear under more pants. And another pair of pants over those. Leggings are pretty darn great and layer well - even over each other! Two pairs of ‘butter-soft’ leggings and a tunic top belted or tailored so it’s more fitted a couple inches under the bust to highlight my small waist (compared to bust and hips, that is) - comfy and attractive outfit...as long as I’m not going to be outside much. ;)

When I was going to the gym I found that for certain things I was doing I liked my shoes tight like running but other things such as some of the classes where you moved side to side there was less swelling and pain if the shoes were looser I think I would pass on these one size plastic things. I also wonder how long they last before they broke or the connection started opening by itself.

Well, that was what my thought has always been on vinyl upholstery. It's just not durable, very subject to punctures and tears, (belt buckle, random kids shoe heel, etc.). Can be redone, but that's an expense and chore. Those of us who grew up with vinyl upholstered kitchen chairs can attest to the tears and the tape used to mend them . . . One could re-upholster those chairs in a durable fabric though . . . but there goes the savings. But that's how difficult it is to find chairs that are comfy, which is why I am totally fine with reupholstering mine . . . btw, you might peruse restaurant supply sites, they have a lot of options for very durable chairs . . . wood or metal chairs can also be outfitted with cushions . . .