My Favorite Brands for Comfy Shoes

The style I'm showing above has been in fashion for a few years. Or at least I started buying shoes like that a few years ago. I hope they keep making them. They look good with jeans and other types of pants, and they also looks good with skirts. The Clarks slip-on shoes to the right come in several different colors.

Rieker Shoes started in Germany in 1874. If you travel to Germany today, you'll see Riekers everywhere. I have owned a few pairs of Rieker shoes and sandals and they have all been comfortable. When I can't find Clarks, I look for Riekers. They are comfy and stylish.

Many Rieker shoes for women are available online on Amazon. I love their new designs. You'll notice that each of the brands presented here in this article has its own distinct appeal. And all these shoes combine comfort with a trendy look and durability.

Josef Seibel is a relatively new brand on the Romanian market. I don't think I knew about Joseph Seibel ten years ago, even though they make shoes since 1886. They have carved quite a market share for themselves in Romania over the past few years.

Lately I've been seeing more and more people wearing mesh slip-on shoes, such as the ones from STQ and Slow Man I'm showing. Right now the bestseller in women's walking shoes are the Slow Man mesh sneaker loafers, but STQ ones are a close second, with similar prices and rave reviews, and loads of pairs sold. As of today, October 21, 2020, the STQ mesh slip-ons have 19,353 ratings with an average of 4 stars, and the Slow Man ones have 41,250 ratings with the same average of 4 stars. These mesh sneaker loafers are lightweight, breathable, and very comfortable, and offer great quality at a fraction of the cost of shoes from more established sports / workout brands ($24.99-$33.99 for STQ and $23.88-$33.99 for Slow Man).

Nevertheless, after many years of dithering, I have just made the decision to buy a pair this spring (NB: didn't happen at the time of writing the original article, but hopefully it will happen next spring). It was helped, in part, by some of the comments you can see below, at the end of this article.

Now I don't know what kind of Camper shoe to get first. They are famous for their colorful flats: fashion sneakers, ballet flats, you name it. They also have Mary Jane pumps and comfy sandals.

There are several other shoe brands made for comfort out there, with yet other lines of design, such as Hush Puppies or Birkenstocks. I thought I should list them here to have a list of the major players on the European and North American market for comfortable shoes.

I'm showing below the classic design for sandals from Birkenstocks. They come in several colors.

I'm also showing a nubuck Oxford shoe from Hush Puppies sincethey are boasting they now come with a novel Bounce Plus technology for the footbed and the foam sole, and a Nzym solution for eliminating natural odors and keeping feet dry as well as very comfortable.