These shoes, but different

March 31, 2022 6:45 PM

I really like this pair of shoes, but I don't like the braiding. I'd like a pair that is just smooth leather. Is there a specific name for shoes like this? I can't seem to find any other shoes like it.

I live in a city where winter lasts for 6 months, so having them open like that really means I can only enjoy them for less than half the year!

posted by VirginiaPlain to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (6 answers total)

Search for women’s heeled brogues or heeled Oxfords.
posted by loveandhappiness at 6:55 PM on March 31, 2022 [2 favorites]

The link describes the shoe as a "Derby silhouette" and searching "women's Derby shoe" brings up a lot of similar things, most without mesh.
posted by tchemgrrl at 6:56 PM on March 31, 2022 [1 favorite]

Block heeled oxfords. I love them too, they’re a little retro, a little androgynous, a little businesslike, a little funky. There’s a lot of variety but if you search for chunky or block heels you should be able to narrow it down. Lizzie from Trotters has woven texture but isn’t open.
posted by Mizu at 7:14 PM on March 31, 2022 [1 favorite]

These heeled oxfords are closed and come in different colors.
posted by nantucket at 12:02 AM on April 1, 2022

Other women’s oxfords and women’s derby shoes at the same site. (Scroll down in each case for the heeled versions.) I’ve been on that store’s site on the computer (rather than the phone I am currently on) and recall that there is a better way to find their shoes in different general shoe style categories than the search method that I used to obtain those links, though. But it’s not quite working on my phone.
posted by eviemath at 3:34 AM on April 1, 2022

Dansko’s Louise Oxford looks very similar. Sorry I’m unable to link right now.
posted by quixotictic at 11:43 AM on April 1, 2022