Are these cute or butt?

[Anonymous]

Depends on your wardrobe and your feet, of course, but I think we have a winner:

http://www.zappos.com/merrell-sweetpea-aluminum

If it's merrell you know it's well-built and comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Butt. Terrible. They would be ok if you are 80 and have overgrown, fungus infected toenails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am neutral. Could be cute w/ cargo pants, jeans...

Cute and cargo pants do not belong in the same sentence...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on your wardrobe and your feet, of course, but I think we have a winner:

http://www.zappos.com/merrell-sweetpea-aluminum

If it's merrell you know it's well-built and comfortable.

Are you serious?

[Anonymous]

Ha. No. At first I was thinking maybe the blue ones but never the pink and now that I look at them again...I don't think it really matters. Both are equally a no for me. There is something about the style that makes them look super cheap to me. I think you can do a lot better than that.

[Anonymous]

OP, change course completely.

Look for a cute pair of sneakers. They are comfortable and very in right now. You could do anything from a bright colored Vans style slip on to plain white keds. Check out Kate Spade Keds. Even low top Chuck Taylor's would work.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

OP, I think your first shoes are greats. Very Glastonbury vibe.

[Anonymous]

What about a cute espadrille wedge. Toms makes some cute ones. I hate to see a young person wearing "old people's" shoes. I am an old person and I don't even wear old people's shoes.

[Anonymous]

AWFUL.

[Anonymous]

Get birkenstock gizeh instead.

[Anonymous]

ugly.

Too clunky looking.

Grown ups don't use "butt" as an adjective.

[Anonymous]

I like the first ones that you posted. Would depend on your overall look, of course - but as a shoe, and given what you've said you are looking for in a shoe, I fail to see what is so objectionable about them.

They certainly aren't more clunky than Danskos or Sanitas (which I am wearing right now, because they are goddamn comfortable).

Would you wear them out to a nightclub? Maybe, if you were one of the normcore dressers:

http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/02/normcore-fashion-trend.html

And if you're just, like, a normal young-looking 40-something who wants to look cute while also being able to walk a lot, then I think those are also totally, 100% fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP,
I attempting to redeem myself after the Mellisa Etheridge suggestion.
I would wear these in a heartbeat and they look like an improved version of the sandals you suggested:
https://www.everlane.com/collections/womens-sandal-collection/products/womens-slingback-sandal-fig-rhum?clickId=969388750&utm_medium=aff&utm_source=rewardstyle

PP, just in case you wonder, I am allergic to cats and have a parakeet, but secretly want a turtle!

These are very cute! But they don't look very comfortable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does "they're butt" mean? Weird.

What does butt mean? I'm guessing ugly, in which case they are BUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTT! Anyi Lu Linda on Zappos makes a very cute sandal. Don't know how to copy.