New York's Shoe Set Puts Comfort Front and Center

At the Coterie footwear show in New York, the standout wasn't a towering stiletto but the sole underneath it. Cushioned insoles turned up across brand after brand, alongside flats and low-set heels, with block and kitten heels doing the work a spike heel usually claims. It reads like a quiet vote for shoes built to last a full day on a trade show floor and still look finished. Nothing about the look demands height to earn its polish.

With reporting from WWD.