They may be ugly but diabetics, with feet trouble, love them. Maybe they should start marketing them for diabetics instead of to trendy customers. Nursing homes also love them for their patients.
Yes, they are. The are unbelievably ugly and awkward-looking. But they are comfortable. Should never be worn outside the house (even to fetch the newspaper at 5:30 a.m.) or in the range of any sort of camera unless you want proof of your dorkiness preserved for posterity. They tried to make marginally more attractive ones, on sale at Lord & Taylor, but it didn’t work out all that well.