https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:56:17 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061550 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:27:07 +0000 Jane 2061550@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are shoes out there just waiting for you to give them a beautiful home. Uncomfortable shoes = unhappiness! I think! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061537 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:08:30 +0000 Anonymous 2061537@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Vildy and Suz said. It is probably time to move on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061535 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:49:05 +0000 Gigi 2061535@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would look for a new style. So many times I have been in the same situation, and in hindsight, I'm almost always glad that I had to find something new. It allows you to keep your style up-to-date. Otherwise it's all too easy to get stuck in a rut. Onward! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061473 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:54:40 +0000 notsaf 2061473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shoes wear out. Sad but true. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061465 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:18:53 +0000 Chris987 2061465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for posting those finds DonnaF. Definitely a very masculine and chunky vibe. For all day waking I’d prefer a running shoe look over that sort of shoe but I certainly will keep looking! </p> <p>Suz - merci ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061396 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:53:11 +0000 Suz 2061396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with those who say let them go and move on to a new style. Once the shoe has thoroughly broken down, it really won't work any more, and that's especially true if your feet have also changed. Bon chance! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061389 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:21:09 +0000 DonnaF 2061389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chris: These are what I was referring to. The Josef Seibels have as much support as you would ever want, but darn they are uber masculine -- even for me. I would only wear them if I were going on a trip and would be walking for miles and miles and miles day after day after day. I have never seen the Kensie in person, but at least they come in half sizes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061059 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 14:20:09 +0000 Chris987 2061059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good to know <b>DonnaF</b>, I'll have to keep my eyes open for new monkstrap loafers!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061054 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 14:12:38 +0000 DonnaF 2061054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can see why you love those shoes! I am starting to see monk strap shoes online, whereas a few years ago they were absent. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061044 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 13:44:09 +0000 Chris987 2061044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Bijou, </b>FAB idea to write a goodbye post like Cindy has done! I've done that just a few times for things I really loved although I don't think I've ever posted them.</p> <p><b>kkards,</b> thanks, you are right that one must have faith! </p> <p><b>TorontoGirl,</b> thanks for another great suggestion about having faith in the future!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061021 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:52:41 +0000 Helena 2061021@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Chris, the perfect new pair of shoes are waiting for you to find them Enjoy them when they show up! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061002 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:05:32 +0000 kkards 2061002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i hate it when my go to shoes are no longer comfy....that period of time between letting them go and finding the next OMG these are perfect pair is agony, but some how the next perfect pair does appear </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2061001 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:03:47 +0000 Bijou 2061001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You may need to do a "Goodbye Post" along the lines that Cindy Smith does to her departing workhorses. A shame, but this happens eventually with all shoes. I really hate having to say goodbye to formerly comfy shoes - but it must be done. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060997 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 11:55:33 +0000 Chris987 2060997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good advice <b>style fan</b>! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060978 Sun, 15 Sep 2019 09:22:53 +0000 Style Fan 2060978@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have to agree with what others have said.&nbsp; Enjoy looking for something new! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060837 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 19:15:02 +0000 Chris987 2060837@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks <b>Angie</b>. I needed to be "talked off the edge" and you and everyone else have done that for me :-)&nbsp; On to enjoying something new!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060830 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:27:37 +0000 Angie 2060830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What<b> Vildy</b> said. I'd look for another style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060824 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:19:22 +0000 Chris987 2060824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Anchie,</b> that's good to know. I need to realize that inserts sometimes work, and sometimes they do not. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060820 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:16:27 +0000 anchie 2060820@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I can just tell you from my experience that sizing up to accommodate the inserts didn’t work. Inserts made the shoes too shallow and my feet were slipping out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060818 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 18:13:19 +0000 Chris987 2060818@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Kathie </b>that is sound advice. I know it is&nbsp;the right thing to do, just having a hard time letting go. Geez you'd think I was talking about something a lot more important than SHOES! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060810 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:35:08 +0000 Kathie 2060810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would pass these on. They’ve served you well, but I agree with others that your best bet is to stalk new ones, and also keep an eye out for a new style that you’ll like. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060805 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:18:16 +0000 Chris987 2060805@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Vildy </b>you make a great point. These shoes do in fact have to much give, that's a great way to describe it, and an insole quite possibly would NOT help.</p> <p><b>Karen13</b>, sage advice. I'm thinking I need to get on with the shoe/frog&nbsp; hunt or I'll never find the "prince charming" :-). </p> <p><b>Deb</b>, absolutely right that life is too short for shoes that hurt. I think I need to let go, after all these are just shoes, and it would be better not to be so attached to possessions that have outlived their usefulness.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060803 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 17:10:38 +0000 deb 2060803@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It is time to let them go. life is too short to have feet that hurt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060798 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:57:10 +0000 karen13 2060798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both of course, but definitely Stalk them! If you can find a low investment option it is worth a risk for a shoe you love. Our feet are very different, so I can’t recommend a brand. And of course you should be on the hunt for a new style, but be prepared to kiss a lot of frogs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060796 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:39:07 +0000 Vildy 2060796@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When that fateful day comes that my most supportive shoes suddenly no longer are - I get rid of them.&nbsp; It's not the footbed that gives me the problem but the shoes suddenly have too much give.&nbsp; Well, I say suddenly but you know they served valiantly for years.&nbsp; Insoles wouldn't fix this problem for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/quandary-re-two-favorite-black-loafers-no-longer-comfortable#post-2060787 Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:23:47 +0000 Chris987 2060787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am in a quandary about two specific pairs of shoes and wonder if anyone else has faced something similar. Hardly a real crisis but looking for a solution.</p> <p>I have two pairs of black pointy toe loafers that I ADORE. I love the styles, they (used to) fit well, and they add a lot to almost every pant/jean outfit I put together.  Black shoes are my thing. I have them in many different styles, although I do have some in other colors especially for summer. I've had both of these loafers so long that I can't remember when I got them. I suppose they are a bit classic but seem also a bit modern to my eye. I have other more classic loafer styles but these two are the ones I love the most. </p> <p>For both of them, they still look good great, but are no longer supportive enough to be comfortable. There is not enough room to add an insole. It's probably in part because my feet have become fussier. I can't resist wearing them and then I promise myself I'm not going to do it again :-)</p> <p>Today without looking very hard I found both styles on Poshmark and Ebay, not in black or the right size,  but I could stalk for black in a<u> size bigger than the ones I have now so I could add a supportive insole.</u>  I know both brands well and for $30 or so it might be worth the risk. </p> <p>Or, I could look for something completely new that would be a replacement. I've not seen either style in my searches so I guess they are not the current trends.  </p> <p>Or I could do both :-)</p> <p><i><b>What sage advice might you have, dear fabbers? </b></i></p> <p>#1 Franco Sarto Kristof loafers with double gold zipper<br /> #2 Via Spiga monkstrap loafer with suede front section and flat leather back </p>