Shoes for New Job

[Melne11]

I got a new job where I will be standing on my feet most of the day with dress clothes on, (dress pants). I need new shoes, brown and black. I need some suggestions on some good styles and comfortable brands (preferably department store brands). I don't want any particularly FLAT shoes, but I don't want anything with TOO much heel. Got any ideas???

[looch]

anything by aerosoles! even the highest heels from there are super comfy. i don't know what they do to those shoes!

[nektarine]

for the past 3 years i've done a LOT of standing at work, when i wasn't actually running around.

i know you're looking for dept stores, but i've found the j.crew line of shoes to be comfortable. i've got the Lucy & the Charlotte which don't exist anymore, but i know they have some comparable line out now. they have just enough of a heel so that your arches don't hurt at the end of the day.

actually, now that i look over there, almost all of their shoes have some sort of embellishment!
http://jcrew.com/images/nov299/emstyle/70605_BR6401.jpg

cole haan makes some comfy shoes too, with a bit of a heel...
http://images.colehaan.com//is/image/ColeHaanEComm/D17626_A?$CATCH$&defaultImage=ColeHaanEComm/SEARCH_A

http://images.colehaan.com//is/image/ColeHaanEComm/D17570_A?$CATCH$&defaultImage=ColeHaanEComm/SEARCH_A

[laura]

I love Cole Haan and kitten heels, as mentioned above, but I'm not sure if I would want to stand all day in kitten heels. I find them comfortable, but they don't really distribute pressure very evenly, so I feel like standing in them day after day would make my back hurt - but I don't know, I sit most of the day.

I don't know what your style is or what your price range is, or how dressy you are looking for, but Nordstrom has a whole section of "comfort" shoes with brands like Born, Clarks, Naturalizer, Munro, Ecco, etc.

http://store.nordstrom.com/category/cat_medium.asp?category=2376778~2372808~2374961~23 80549&startNum=0&styleNum=409&boutique=&viewAll=1&mode=

Here are a couple of pairs I think are cute:

http://a1216.g.akamai.net/f/1216/955/6h/images2.nordstrom.com/images/store/product/medium/165313.jpg

http://a1216.g.akamai.net/f/1216/955/6h/images2.nordstrom.com/images/store/product/medium/166685.jpg

http://a1216.g.akamai.net/f/1216/955/6h/images2.nordstrom.com/images/store/product/medium/161513.jpg

http://a1216.g.akamai.net/f/1216/955/6h/images2.nordstrom.com/images/store/product/medium/144143.jpg

http://a1216.g.akamai.net/f/1216/955/6h/images2.nordstrom.com/images/store/product/medium/129168.jpg


Or these Cole Haan's are cute (they have the "Nike Air" technology in the heel, which makes them fit/wear more like a sneaker):

http://a1216.g.akamai.net/f/1216/955/6h/images2.nordstrom.com/images/store/product/swatch/large/149576-LUG.jpg

[Ali]

I second the vote for Aerosoles!