Sensible shoes never looked so chic

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When I worked on glossy magazines in the early 2000s, I often used to take a second pair of higher, more painful shoes to work with me to change into for events and important meetings. It seems laughable now. These days, accustomed as our feet and joints have become to the working-from-home ease of Birkenstock Bostons or the walking-on-clouds sensation of Hoka trainers, comfort is…