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Elle


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I've been trying to find cute flats to wear in the cooler weather instead of flip flops and have tried on a bunch of them.  I seem to keep running in to the same problem - they make the heels so high in back and the leather/fabric so stiff that if I take 3 steps in them they slice my ankle open!  I've tried all types of heel guards and moleskin and bandaids but nothing seems to work.


I'm just wondering if anyone else has a problem with this or if it's just the way my feet are shaped or something?  The only thing I can think of to solve the problem is to go very high end to get leather that's more supple and a more low cut shoe, but I really can't afford to .


Does anyone know of any less expensive brands that are cut lower at the back of the ankle?



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I usually have the same problem w/most flats.  However, I just bought these from Payless and I swear they are the most comfortable ballet flats I've ever tried.  I could walk miles in them.


 



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I hate that! I find that it help if I kind of mash up the back of the heel. Step on it, squish it in my hands, but the shoe on, slip my fingers behind my hell and tug, etc. It breaks down the leather a bit and makes it softer.

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I wonder if these would work better for you?


Mod Mary Jane Ballets



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FashionPrincess wrote:


I wonder if these would work better for you?


Mod Mary Jane Ballets




Unless the leather is extrememly soft, it would still rub me raw unfortunately.  They just come up so high in the back that they miss my heel bone (where they could rub and be tolerated for much longer) and rest on my tendon.  Ouch!  Just thinking about it makes me shiver ...


Why aren't all flats lined with satin?  It could even come all the way up and end in a rolled edge to protect sensitive tootsies.  Nobody does that?!



-- Edited by Elle at 16:21, 2006-09-07

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Ok, well maybe you need actual ballet shoes:



Or you need to slurge on these:




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Have you tried Anne Klein shoes yet?  I love their mocs, so comfy!




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I use the foot petals that stick to the back of the shoe and they are heavenly.  I would highly recommend them.

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I have the same problem. All flats have rubbed me raw on the ankle. I bought these and like them alot. Slingback gets rid of the rubbing problem




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Elle wrote:


Why aren't all flats lined with satin?  It could even come all the way up and end in a rolled edge to protect sensitive tootsies.  Nobody does that?!



-- Edited by Elle at 16:21, 2006-09-07


Today, while walking to the trolley on my way home and limping in pain my thoughts were along the same line except I actually wondered why shoes weren't lined in marshmallow fluff! I was hungry and in pain.


All summer I've been wearing cute little flats that didn't hurt my feet at all but somehow this week every single flat I own now kills the back of my heel. I'm not sure why all the shoes in my closet decided to fall apart at the same time, but nothing works. I bought some flats from Steve Madden and some from Urban but who knows how they really feel since I'm working on straight bone on my heels at the moment. There is no skin, no nothing back there anymore.


So, anyway, my whole point of this post wasn't really to help you at all, simply to give you my sympathies. Perhaps you can line your shoes with my sympathies, feelings are supposed to be soft, right?



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Hi Elle,


 


I have had the same problem before.  Especially with these kinds of flats with the elastic in the back.Mod Mary Jane Ballets


However, I do wear flats alot and I think sticking with certain brands are just better.  My delmans and delman look-a-likes from Nina are great and soft/lowcut in the back.  Also good are my Tod flats.  These 3 pairs I wear all the time have the soft leather fold-over trim around the top of the shoe - not just top-stitched together like the pair in the picture above.  hth!


Viv



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Oh I feel your pain Elle.  I can't wear any closed heel shoes anymore.  They eat my feet.  I wear mainly open back or slingbacks now. 

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Collette wrote:


I have the same problem. All flats have rubbed me raw on the ankle. I bought these and like them alot. Slingback gets rid of the rubbing problem




collette- these are so cute.  i love them. where did you get them?

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mikacat wrote:


Collette wrote:


I have the same problem. All flats have rubbed me raw on the ankle. I bought these and like them alot. Slingback gets rid of the rubbing problem





collette- these are so cute.  i love them. where did you get them?



Mikacat They are from Cole Haan and they have Nike Air technology so they are really cusioned too!



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