My sister wore nothing but Charles Jourdan shoes; we own several hundred pairs. They were brilliantly engineered. Made and designed in Paris. K. had no trouble wearing hem, for sixteen hour days, WITH hosiery. She still can, at age 54. As a matter of fact, we don't buy shoes for her, these days. I think most of them, are hideous.
Sorry, I will not change my opinion. No stockings is an uncivilized look, to my eye.
Sixteen hour days, Fabienne . . . without a single foot problem, to her history. An absolutely perfect, fit. I still have my Jourdans, too . . . the best shoes I've ever worn.
OK, thanks for the tip, I'll give Jourdan another try, if I come upon them.
Bah, forget the conversation, it must be cultural. The first thing that befuddled me in the US was to see women wearing hosiery with sandals in the summer. When the company announced hosiery was no longer imposed in the summer as part of the dress code, I, a French woman, a Mexican woman and a Belgian woman all cheered. That meant I could wear half of my summer shoes at work again. The Mexican graphic designer had been wearing long skirts and defying the code.
