So with looking fashionable taking a back seat to feeling ultra-comfy, where does that leave high heels?

“The dress market has been challenged for quite some time.

Shoe sales as a whole declined 21 percent.

Woman wearing high heels

Their Fashion Insights reporter Morgane Le Care toldNPR: “This quarter, obviously, there was a lockdown.

So people were not going to the office anymore.

And it was not about being glamorous.

Bright orange crocs

And actually the trend towards comfort began long before the pandemic.

“We may stop wearing high heels and shapewear.