Dress shoes with minimal heel toe drop?
PT says i need this. Where to find?
Dress shoes with minimal heel toe drop?
PT says i need this. Where to find?
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Dress shoes with minimal heel toe drop?
PT says i need this. Where to find?
How dressy are we talking? Like high shine and nice leather? Not sure, perhaps best to go custom and have a cobbler build you a pair.
For a more casual style dress shoe, maybe check out Vivo Barefoot. And I know Altra makes a casual style shoe. I think it is the Everyday Instinct, or something like that.
I like Soft Star shoes. Maybe not the most dressy, but they do the job. Look at the Hawthornes and the Dash RunAmoc. Also, they are made in Oregon and you can replace the soles because they are sewn on.
Vivobarefoot was the first thing that came to my mind:
https://www.vivobarefoot.com/us/mens/everyday/ra-ii-mens?colour=Black
Here's another that might work:
https://www.lemsshoes.com/shop/catalog/product/view/id/10/s/mens-nine2five-black/category/11/
Dunno if either of those is dressy enough for you though.
Unfortunately, there's no way to have a conventional men's dress shoe without a raised heel. The best you could do is probably something like this:
Many years ago, I was a shoe repairman. 90% of the work was replacing ladies lifts (the little rubber part on the bottom of high heels) and sometimes the rubber heel or the leather sole of good men's dress shoes (these days, most people buy cheaper ones and just toss them when they wear out on the bottom).
Anyway, it would be very easy to build up the sole (which is the part that would need to be raised) with a piece of shoe leather, glued on there and sanded appropriately. It wouldn't cost much at all, and would be virtually unnoticeable (they would blacken/brown the edges). All you would have to do is figure out how much lift you need, and I'm thinking it wouldn't be much. The bonus is that the thicker sole would last a lot longer, too.
... I forgot to mention that they would also have to *slightly* sand the heel to change the angle to correspond with the new sole height. But they would know to do this, anyway.
Check out the shoes from CaretsCo.com. They're legit dress shoes but have a zero-drop platform, more anatomical toebox, and they designed the soles to look like they have the raised heel. This is the closest you're going to get to an actual dress shoe while still staying in the minimal range. If you are willing to pay extra I think they also do custom shoes as well.
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