We Asked Baristas, Retail Workers, and Servers About Their Comfiest Shoes

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Most people, except maybe people who use the word “summer” as a verb, will work a service job at some point in their life. And while the vocations under that umbrella vary from barista to line cook to showroom sales associate and beyond, they all require one thing: surviving long shifts—and often long shifts on their feet for eight hours straight.

When I was in my twenties, I worked retail at a chaotic fashion boutique in Paris’ Marais district—think, the SoHo neighborhood of NYC—and one of the only things that got me through the long periods of standing, folding, and organizing stock boxes like I was in an analog Minecraft hellscape was my pair of Nike Huaraches. My white Huaraches were versatile enough to go with everything; they went with my go-to ’90s high-rise jeans and a turtleneck combo, a vintage floral dress, and the good old suit-and-sneakers look that the French do so well. But, most importantly, they made me feel like The Flash during physically demanding shifts.

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