I recently visited Chicago which was quite a change from what I am used to here in Charlotte! Not only was it a bit cooler, I also never got in a car to go anywhere. This is quite unusual for me as Charlotte is primarily a driving city, so you can bet I was curious about the footwear choices of others.

Walking block upon block, navigating through crowds, and scaling slippery train station stairs is pretty much not doable in heels. In fact, I would strongly advise against it! I definitely saw a lot of bad/boring footwear choices, but some girls did manage to look quite cute in their walking attire. The main choice I saw were flat riding style boots – and it was also the choice I decided to don for most of the weekend!

I wore my favorite flat boots, the BCBG Petler boot in black (now sold out but available in suede!) and they were quite comfortable! Well, I will admit I was pretty sore from all that walking!

A good amount of the girls were wearing styles very similar to this. A similar style we carry at Heels.com is the Steven by Steve Madden Inragee:

We should also be getting in quite a few more similar styles in the next month or so.

What are your primary choices for walking shoes? Do you gravitate to sneakers or Uggs? Or do you try to up the style factor?