The very best shoes of any size are custom shoes, made for one by bespoke shoemakers like G. J. Cleverley of London and John Lobb of Paris, which has a shop in New York City. Such shoes are completely ...

Women who love buying luxury heels–the kind of sparkly, expensive, Italian-made shoes worn to red carpet events and black tie galas–have, until now, had to accept a few harsh realities. First, the ...

Pumps may look fabulous, but sometimes they feel like the masochistic torture tools that many podiatrists insist they are. Michael Liebow, a podiatrist in Bethesda, Md., pulls out a wince-inducing ...