Naot

Tampa

Women's

Naot makes sandals with the most yummy, comfortable footbeds and the most wildly inconsistent uppers. I keep on buying them in different styles: "Isis" type heels (prettiest/most consistent/best quality of all the styles), "Ashley" type flats (most unreliable, overly stretchy uppers), "Paris" chunky soles with velcro straps (great to wear, but not as attractive) and now this "Tampa" style. DIVINE footbed, nice height, WAGGLY loose uppers - one looser than the other! Spill something on them? Good luck getting it off! Wear them a lot and they just get looser. They are made from stretchy fabric, would it hurt to make them snug, for those of us who don't have a high volume foot? And make both uppers the same size? Then they would be my all time favorite sandals. Instead, I'm throwing them away after one summer, before I twist an ankle.

These are perfect spa shoes. I wear them after my shower or bath at home while cooling down, and the cork footbed absorbs extra moisture comfortably. I would imagine they are great indoor shoes as well (I don't wear outdoor shoes indoors) for the summer months, though I have several pairs of Naots for that purpose (Laura & Michele). I am thinking of buying a second pair of Tampa's for actual trips to the spa in the summer as they are easy on, easy off, yet they don't slip off, which is good for driving. I also like how you get a boost in height with the platform. And the width is comfortable too, with a true size medium for my medium width foot. I bought these in a size 37 for my size 6 foot and they are perfect. All I wear now is Naot since I discovered them last November. I no longer get the painful calluses or blisters I used to get with other 'comfort' shoes. Naot is the best I have found for true arch support as well. And though I can spend $500 for a pair of shoes if I need to, I am glad with Naot I don't have to...which allows me more beautiful styles for my designer wardrobe!

These shoes were more visually wide and clunky than I expected. They might be comfortable, but not to pleasing to look at.

I've worn this shoe before (but forget what size) and loved it for its extra deep and supportive footbed (only a few of their sandals have it), and its elastic band across the foot that keeps it in place (unlike other Naot sandals, which I find either slip or have a strap uncomfortably high on the foot). I am a 9 1/2 AA and ordered a size 40; length was perfect, but the shoe was too wide and slipped on my foot. Size 39 is not available just now; hoping it will be soon and I will re-order.

I love these shoes; they don't flap when I walk. Keep them on all day they're so comfortable. Get them, you won't be sorry.