Dear RL loafers:
I met the Delmanoilslick slipper flats. I tried on the Delman flats. You, RL loafers, are not the Delman flats.

But you're prettty great anyway!

The Delman nude oilslick slipper flats had to go back due to comfort and fit issues. I've tried some other things as a sub but nothing "nude" has turned up yet.

I came across these Lauren 2-tone "penny" loafers and I'm quite keen on them for some specific purposes: 1) a flat to wear with black skirts/nude hose that does not look so dark and frumpy as all black; 2) a flat to wear with this tweed skirt ( or similar as may turn up now that I have shoes that would work!) as an alternative to my nude AGL ballet flats, which I will still wear 3) a flat for black pants in summer that adds a summery vibe for lighter or brighter tops.

I'm still confounded by all the variations in loafer styles as to what's current and what's too retro, so I'm using my own compass --I like a real but low stacked heel, a not-too high vamp else my feet look like boats, and more rounded than square toe--and to all that it has to be comfortable on fussy feet.

Also, this is part of wearing skirts my way--no pumps (at work, that is). I'm not in a corporate environment and am surrounded by people wearing seriously comfortable shoes for long days with lots of walking/standing, so it's important that shoes neither be, nor look, unrealistic for work .

Another thing I love about these is the ivory color--not optic white--as that's better for the colors I wear. That is why I did not jump on some of the fun black & white flats out this spring.

1-black skirt; 2-3 -AT cream/tan/black tweed skirt 4-slim black pants-- or would wear similar dark gray or straight black pants that are hemmed for a flat shoe.

What do you think?