As I write these words, I am wearing my dark blue Hush Puppies Performance Expert Oxford sneakers while tucked into seat 31A on a cross-country flight. Whenever I am traveling, these are my go-tom shoes. Likewise, if I’m going to be spending a day bouncing around meetings in NYC, going from train to subway to walking innumerable city blocks, these are my footwear of choice.
Why? Because they’re just so damn comfortable.
You know that break-in period where a pair of shoes feels stiff and rubs at your ankles and just doesn’t cradle the bottom of your foot quite right? There’s none of that here. They felt amazing the first time I pulled them on – which is quite easy to do thanks to loops at the heel and tongue, by the way – and after about a half year of wear multiple times each week, they’re still like an extension of my foot.